Getting pumped for the HAMB drags...post pics of early styled front engine diggers

Hey Kurt, I am all for another pic. You see where this is going , right?

 

Man i got to build one,

Rusty

 

Here is a car that I crewed on and sometimes drove in Australia in the early 70's. We ran D/D which was a cl*** for pre '63 six cylinder, flathead or straight 8 powered cars. This one had an English Ford Zephyr motor with a four speed Hillman gearbox (using 2nd, 3rd and top gears only.
Others in the cl*** ran flathead Ford V8, Blue Flame Chevy 6, slant six Mopar, Jaguar DOHC six and even a straight eight Buick for power. The cars ran in the mid to high 11's to start and towards the end of the cl*** were into the high 10's. Lots of fun and not a whole lot of money as we built nearly everything ourselves from frames to headers and intake manifolds.

Roo

 

Rooman, that's exactly the kind of stuff I am interested in. It was good talking with ya the other night.

If anyone needs a ch***is built, Rooman is the man.

 

Thanks for the photo, brings back memories...

 

every kid should have one

 

Man, I love this thread, I just scored a Scotty Fenn frame... I will post picts. soon!

 

here's 2 pics of my rail, 1 from 2003 w/just fule injection and one from last year with the new injected blower.

 

some more

 

Hey King, that tin Lizzie rules!!!

 

Yes i do. Make sure you have your camera with you for detail pics you'll want to take. We'll pull the panels off and let you look at her naked.

 

More stuff...

 

I've got a few to add, but the computer's down at home. Love the FED's.

 

a few more

 

Roothawg - that last pic looks like the "Surfer's" car - is it? Interesting shot either way, you can see the driver leaning to one side, I am guessing to "see" where he's going?

 

Few more.

 

Dont know what happened to the pics. here you go. Hope it works this time

 

Yes it is the surfers car. I picked that pic up on the web somewhere. It is one of my favorite all time shots.

 

I never noticed that the surfers car had a leaf spring front end.

 

Does it? I thought that bar below was the torsion bar?

 

The black bar below is weight bar. Just looked at more photos on wdifl and looks like maybe later they swiched to torsion.

 

Does anyone know where I can get that style fuel mask? Does anyone have one they want to part with?

 

Crazy.

 

Doesn't look like that single moon tank would hold enough fuel to run all that!

 

there was speculation that the photo was photo-choped because the shadows under the enginge aren't the same as under the tank and the rear engine..lol

 

Probably so.....

 

I think simpson or someone makes them. My friend Jeff has one ( baby blue blown injected chevy II straight axle). I think he found it on e Bay by a dealer. I have looked at it. It is alot nicer than my orginal Deist one. Or did you mean one with out breathers?

 

not an FED but sweet to look at, should have seen it in person