History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Because I'm from the east coast, when I first saw the Warren & Coburn "Rain For Rent" T/F car, I had no idea what it meant. It wasn't until I spent time out west, that I found out.

 

We have a Rain for Rent here in Salinas...I smile every time I drive by!

 

Digitizer team...

 

The Ridge Route Terrors

 

The Greek at The Patch 1965...

 

I remember this car. Cragar must have given a deal on their rims if car owners put the Cragar logo on the rocker area of cars.

 

Romeo Palamedies chassis/Pete Ogden at the wheel...

 

Romeo's dragster is sitting in the Justice Brothers museum.

 

Fkn car was crazy. There's a 20min documentary on youtube about all the crazy shit they tried to make that car run, including a "floating" motor in a subframe. Wild times with lots of ideas and constant innovation. That's what makes the history so interesting.

 

Sky Six- thanks for the images, your stuff is always killer!

 

" Flaming " Frank Pedregon.

 

Eddie Hill.

 

Tommy Ivo.

 

Chi-Town Hustler...the early days.

 

^^^^WOW^^^^

 

@buickfunnycar.com Thx for the background. I've known of this car for years due to my infatuation with the early blown nitro doorslammers but I never knew this was one of the hustler cars.