Well tis that time again, 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the shop Not a creature was stirring, all the work just had stopped, The tools were all hung on the peg board with care, In hopes that Santa soon would be there. The cars were all parked safely covered in the garage, My Roadster, My Pickup, and even my Hemi Dodge My wife in her robe and I in my Batman P.J.'s Had just settled down after shopping for days When out on the driveway there arose such a clatter! It sounded to me just like pressure plate chatter On to the driveway I flew like the Flash I tripped over the dog and landed in the trash. When there in the driveway beneath the Moon and the Stars sat a Model A Coupe with chrome ladder bars. As I walked up closer to get a better view I noticed a Blown Flathead and cheater slicks too. There behind the wheel sat a driver so tuff With Tattoos, an earring, and beard oh so ruff, Dressed in Black leather he looked like a Bruiser I knew right away he must be the Flathead Cruiser" He said "I pulled second, I pulled third, then I heard a big Bang, Things started to smoke, things started to clang!" "I spotted your big garage with hopes of repair" His back seat was full of presents, but I tried not to stare. "If you can fix my Ford and make it shift right I will give you these gifts for ruining your night" We opened the door and pushed the Ford in Before I got underneath, he gave me a wink and a grin. The headers were hot, the slicks they were sticky That blow-proof bell housing would make the job tricky. I turned on my droplight and gave it a look The big 3 inch exhaust was making me cook. When there to my surprise what did I see? The four tranny bolts had wiggled themselves free I grabbed my trusty torque wrench and started to turn As I tightened the last one I could smell my sleeves burn He slid behind the wheel and then fired up that mill. As I directed him out, just listening to it idle, it gave me a chill A Big Blown Flattie with two 94's up top Chrome reverse rims and a 2 inch suspension drop. He eased it out to the street and set the line lock I knew this would not be quiet, probably wake the whole block, He revved it to 6 grand and let the clutch pop As the rubber and smoke poured from the tires I spotted a cop! He released the line lock and let that Ford loose This baby was ALL MOTOR with no signs of Juice! He fishtailed sideways, grabbed Third with plenty of guts. With Police in full chase he screamed out for all "MAKE SURE YOU USE LOCKTITE SO YOU DON'T LOOSEN YOUR NUTS!"
Well lots of changes this year, Eagle Field is no more, but all is not lost there will be an Eagle Field Reunion race at Mendota Raceway in May and Oct, where the Flathead V8/6Cyl Clash will resume in all its glory, I hope ya all can attend and enjoy the splendor that was Eagle Field. Lets keep it going!!!!!
Bring your Flathead 8's and 6 Cylinders out with us at Mendota on the 17-18th of May and get a shot at this
Well another Eagle Field Drags is in da books and congratulations to Greg Silveria in the Flathead V8/6Cyl Clash for taking the trophy
7.31 at 91 but bad lights all day, old reaction times by old man ug. Car ran good but not so much driver.......oh well there's always October.....But thanks for asking
People stare but I have been known to do jumping jacks in the staging lanes, get fired up, get in car, pull up to the lights ready to leave as the green goes. Of coarse some guys dose waiting in stage lanes. Anyway car ok, ready for the next time
Of course there is always someone with a camera when you fuck up and don't remove wheelie bars, sometimes I wonder about myself....... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2nRLemIdF9Q
Actually had to laugh when looked at video. We all getting older, got to laugh at stupid things we all do. Nothing broke all good
is dick elmer snyder's son??-that the original of his?-i thought i remebered him w. a v8 chevy...thanks,pat
Yes Dick is Elmer's son and has taken over Elmer's seat after he passed away. I raced Elmer at Eagle Field until he passed, we raced when he was 90 and now that has become my goal in life. And yes that is Elmer's original old car before the chevy that Dick resurrected for Elmer and is still running it at Eagle Field Reunions come see us all in May and October at Mendota Raceway.......
Amish Mike the car is Tracy Ledford's built after the "Cotton Dropper" by Tracy. 46 Ford 284 Ci 39 Ford box, 41 rear, a really nicely done car all period correct.
didn't break it just going from 3.42's to 5.50's in the rear end to try to increase my 1/8 mile times, plus since we have her apart I really need to do some maintenance on her besides just an oil change. I can't complain since this will be the first real maintenance in 10 years
Way cool Carl! question as I am going to be building a Flathead for a FED… are you running a potvin 425 eliminator cam? I had Pete grind me a few as I had good cores. As far as your alcohol setup, what static compression ratio are you running? I need to build the Flathead for my model a first but I am planning my build with the 425 eliminator, blown and on alcohol.
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