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

Top photo Fremont Pits General Motors Plant in back ground.

 

"Oh yeah.....those toluene fumes mixed with the nitro fumes how could that be harmful to breath "!!
Oh when we were young & dumb.....
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A Massachusetts car. From what I have heard, it is now street rod and the 1932 DeSoto grill is hanging on the wall in the garage. I remember seeing this coupe at Connecticut Drag-way in the 1960's.

 

Sexiest grill ever.

 

Leroy Chadderton.

 

When did the AA/A start with the wing !? 70's ?
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Mid 60's

 

Ron Colson with his Nickey Chevrolet sponsored BBC gas dragster.

 

Ron Colson, Top Gas Dragster. one of the first blown gas BBC out there.

 

This has been shown many, many times but it shows a lot of "motion" going on.

 

Pure badass right there!

 

WOW! So that's what it took for Willie to put both hands on the wheel.

 

Love this shot.... Gittin' it sideways.....

 

I'm willing to bet that dude in the background (with his hand in a bag of peanuts!) now wears hearing aids !!!!

When I was "young-and-dumb-and-full-of-cum" I usta stand there with NO hearing protection and NOT cover up my ears with my hands because I was the original MACHO MAN !!
I finally couldn't stand it any more and started clamping my ears up with my hands.....then I was crying like a lil girl because of the nitro fumes ! Which started another problem because....I didn't want anybody to see me wipe my tears.. or the snot dripping outta my head !!!
How bout ch'all ?!
No problem these days.......They keep you so far away from the strip... I'm hard pressed to SEE much less feel the power !!
Wasn't the 60's GREAT !!?!
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Bill Tibboles far lane, Tommy Ivo near. Looks like 1960 U.S. Nationals, Detroit, MI.

 

Don Garlits on the old To Tell The Truth TV program.