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

Looks to me to be the fuel pump mounts.-MIKE

 

End of P/S for now.

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Yes, Brutus was Pontiac powered here with M/T Hemi Heads & Jungle Jim was driving it here.

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Looks like "Strick" driving in both of the Grumpy's Toys shots. He was usually driving when the car was numbered 101.

 

Need a break.

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#### Yeah and that tells you how large of tubing they used to build the chassis out of !!! >>>>.

 

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Thats it until later tonight.

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Very cool International tow truck

 

Big Mike Burkhart's "Doran Chevrolet" Camaro Today. Owned and driven by Steve Timoszyk (Ftroop)

 

Ralph Muller (Big Foot) was a Central Iowa racer who later teamed up with a guy on an Opel GT called Friendship. I have a photo of that car.
Moats Opel GT body could be switched to an Austin Bantam body when wanted.
Al Booton

 

Love the early pro stock stuff.
Any shots of muscel cars in action from the 70s?
Lace paint & cragars will never go out of style,again.

 

Plum ..You are da man ... Your Old FC pics rules

 

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nitrofc:

Can you email me off line?

dottieg47@comcast.net

Thanks,

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Hey Plum, GREAT STUFF!!!, Do you have any shots of Barry Setzers 70's pro stock camaro...Thanks for all your great shots Rich

 

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Rab:

Yes, I got a couple but it will be awhile until I get to them.

Thats my ex-boss rinning besides the Beach City Vette, Don Kirby. Sure miss him. RIP

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NO PROBLEM!!!,I'm enjoying what you have posted so far and will continue to check the rest out ..... THANKS AGAIN...RICH

 

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World series at cordova.

 

photo by Ron "Ace" Johnson
Thunder Valley Dragways
Marion, SD

 

Oh dammmm is that Mustang sweet.

 

Hey BIG AL, heres a few for you,the Frantic shots were my first attempt at shootin at the drags before I got hooked up with Speed sport news and access to press passes ....Rich

 

Al ,Heres a couple after access to the press passes. shot these just before the battery went dead in the tow vehicle and had to help you guys push start the truck....Rich

 

A George Smith shot of the car either before or later,also from Marion,SD. Dennis Doubleday

 

Dennis,
I scanned some more old trannies last night and found these. The res is a bit low but what you see is what you get.

First up is the Phillips and Lumb Mach 1 doing one of their "tie down" burnouts where the lashed the car to a solid object and obliterated the tires.



THe same car under more normal conditions



Bill and Norm Oakey's mid engine Camaro. They also ran the back motor configuration under various other bodies including a Goggomobil and a Monaro.



Out of my home town of Adelaide is Geoff Pratt's ex Jim Dunn "Fireman's Quickie" Omni/Horizon in the process of being prepped for paint by "Scruff" Aslin



The end result. I painted the head and tail lights on this car even though I was out of the paint business and into fabricating by then.



Roo

 

Thanks a bunch,Roo ! Those are the first color shots I've seen of both the Panic Mustang and Oakey's Camaro.Nice job on the ex-Dunn car,too ! Dennis Doubleday