big sounds of the drags

All this talk about slipper clutches reminded me that I either heard or read that Garlits left leg was a bit shorter because he would slip the clutch a bit with the pedal (not from the 2-speed explosion!!). Made sense to me.

 

Thems the ones.......mmmmmmm

 

Fleetwood has remastered cd's from their original albums 1958 - 1965.
www.fleetwoodsounds.com
I have five of them, sounds of sanford, 63 winter championship, 63 nationals indianapolis raceway, bakersfield '63, 63 winternationals.
Bruce

Works good
Lasts long time

 

I got the LP too, you can see it on the right hand side of the wall just under the Hollywood Knights Lp (*** on the cover).

 

I have a small collection of racing sounds albums. If you can find an actual record store, they usually have a sound effects or similar type section.

 

Back to the question of manually shifted trans., many earlier G***ers and FED's started out in 2nd gear, then shifted to high, using the great.......Cad/LaSalle/.
(I have a very worn 1959 rendition of "Hot Rods and Dragsters in Hi-Fi" LP.........and the T-Shirt).

 

check these out;

http://www.discogs.com/explore?style=Field+Recording&decade=1960&year=1964