This has been kicking around the barn for a while, searched archives & tons of old mags & I haven't found a match. What do you think it is??
Send a picture to http://www.nitrogeezers.com/ and see if one of them recognizes it. Possibly it has Northwest Heritage and they will know who built it.
That trans hoop shows signs of a couple of clutch explosions.... I could be wrong... is that yellow paint on the main roll bar hoop??? It looks like an old Dragmaster ch***is.. I could be wrong there too!!
I can't read the complete name on the blue print,shall we presume it is Ch***is Engineering? Any background on the company? How about your guess on year of manufacture? And finally, What's it worth? I've been cleaning out the barn, trying to get down to a manageable number of projects. So I might be talked out of it.
Looks mostly Lynwood to me, but the rollbar rear down tube reminds me of the Moon Eyes ch***is. Do a GOOGLE For Lynwood and read the Nitrohutch page. Butch/56sedandelivery.
Doesn't look like the blueprint to me, other than the seat hoop and post, of which most of the era had a similar design.. Definitely looks pro-built, love to know what it is for sure!
bounce it back to the top to see if anybody else has an opinion. Some of it looks like Ch***is Engineering, some looks like the Lyndwood, but neither is exact. What's it worth?
For my money, I think it was built by a crafty guy who checked out what was being offered, and then built one himself. The lower strut brace and roll hoop are in the Lyndwood style. Scotty Fenn (Ch***is Research) never built a frame without an parallel upper brace to the main 3" rail.
As kids growing up in a largely unsanctioned south, and with an absence of actual real life championship cars, we built our cars patterned from popular west coast and manufactured cars we saw in magazines, at car shows, and even word of mouth description from individuals who had actually witnessed nationals, and etc. Roundy round liquor haulers and wild ***ed stockers, cl***ified as something experimental where ever a rulebook was present, were common. But something like a fueler or a dragster of any kind, was rare to see in Tennessee during most of the 60's. This frame resembles one of those that could be seen out in the early uncharted Div II, with features of Lyndwood and Fenn, as well as a home built influence. Lightening termite drillings was a common home built feature. The big ****ter shield gives rise to absence of approved safety equipment, and probably used aircraft surplus items like saftey belts and even possibly a huge cargo parachute. Where did you acquire this? Any history you could do***ent ?? That's about the only way to price this frame beyond it's $raw value$. Tom S. in Tn.
I meant to add: This frame was possibly from a car that ran during the early to mid 60's, and not when this design was cutting edge state of the art. I can't know, however realize there were a bunch of us wannabe touring pro's with a welding torch who built this kind of stuff, and I can personally identify with it. Sorry to be so long winded; Tom S. in Tn.
I agree with rich, it's not a lyndwood. but it does have styling cue's from many of the original popular rails of the early '60;s. I can tell you it looks like it was jig made,the laout & welding look really good, too good for a grage floor set up. Paul
I can tell you it looks like it was jig made,the laout & welding look really good, too good for a grage floor set up. Paul[/QUOTE] Not every nice dragster was manufactured by a ch***is company, and I dare say especially in the south. We used ch***is jigs. And our homebuilts SEMA'd in later years.......... acetylene welded. Some guys learned FAA principles from the people who wrote the book, military and etc. Some kids like me learned from them in places like shop cl*** and trade school. The reason most of us didn't hold a SEMA stamp was because we held jobs instead of operating a retail ch***is shop. I have seen during the busy season, many jobs subbed out to trusted independent hobby builders. Artistic individualism is not only lost, but it is not even understood anymore I'm afraid. Tom S. in Tn.
here's some shots of 2 Lyndwood rails, both Eliminator I ch***is from the late 50's. you can see some of the similarities to the ch***is in question like the lower support tube,seat set up & some of the frame rails on the one bare frame shot & the rear down tube on the twin engine shot. giving creedance to a builder who took bits & pieces of what was out there to make his own style rail. Paul
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