History Early drag racing photos

The T/F dragster of Weekly, Rivero, Fox & Holding, Norm Weekly in the seat.

 

Little Puffer was built by Paul Stevens in the mid to late '50s in Lawrenceville, Il. I was in high school at the time and used to hang out in his shop.

 

I absolutely love this Bantum altered but dang, I would have to change the floor and / or seat position to improve the driver's height and leg position. But there again, I recall how "form" definitely followed function back then!

 

Agreed! the odd part is that he extended the firewall out a good 6 inches from the "usual" altered Bantam cut, but didn't use that space for his legs!