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1963 Ford 427 Lightweight Bridenthal Ford launching. [ATTACH]
56 Ford vs 55 Chevy [ATTACH]
1956 Corvette launching [ATTACH]
34 Ford vs 36 Ford [ATTACH]
There is a sign warning that it is an airport.[ATTACH]
Next photo was taken at the end of the track looking back towards the start line. [ATTACH]
In the Spring of 2016 I was down in the Maryville TN area. Since I had a little extra time I decided to find the Maryville drag strip. It had...
59 Plymouth vs 57 Oldsmobile [ATTACH]
56 Mercury vs 56 Buick flag start. [ATTACH]
48 Austin pickup gasser [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Flag start at a small town drag strip. Tracks like this dotted the country back when it was fun.
Caught a guy in tech at our local track back then who had a 64 Impala claiming a 283 2-barrel. All he had done was swap the 327/250 4-barrel...
An old input shaft always did the clutch alignment for me. Tighten the pressure bolts, install the bellhousing and pull the old input shaft....
A pair of S/S launching off the start line. 426 Plymouth vs 409 Chevy.[ATTACH]
Did not even know there was a dragstrip in Maryville when I went down there to visit a friend. Hearing about the dragstrip I ventured out there...
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'55 Plymouth vs '55 Chevy.[ATTACH]
'55 Thunderbird vs '55 Corvette.[ATTACH]
Stockers were always around but did not get the coverage that dragsters got. Here we see a new '54 Buick vs a new '54 Cadillac. Both were...
Ever try to remember how long you have had a certain item? Sure you can look up the paperwork to find the purchase date if you can remember where...
Ever try changing the battery in a vehicle with side terminal posts. There is a special ratcheting wrench made just for those terminals. But if...
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Photo taken July 1966. I was the D/SA class winner at Maryville Dragway that Sunday. [ATTACH]
1963 Fairlane Thunderbolt prototype in A/FX at the '63 Indy Nationals. The car sponsored by Tasca Ford was powered by Ford's new Hi-riser 427....
Redd's Auto Parts '48 Anglia A/G driven by Eldon Huffman vs Dick Weinle's A/G Anglia at the 1968 Indy Nationals. Eldon later went on to build and...
Ray Daily's 1965 Dodge SS-CA Hemi at the '69 Indy Nationals.[ATTACH]
The 1961 NHRA Winternationals was not just Ford vs Chevy in the Stock classes. Shown here is a '59 Buick vs a '59 Plymouth launching on their run...
1961 Ford Starliner at the '62 Pomona Winternationals. Trophy winner W. Van Vliet in B/SA with a 390/300 automatic. He turned 14.11 ET @ 96.87...
1962 NHRA Winternationals D/SA trophy run saw William Trevor in his '57 Buick 364/300 beat Tom Ritchie in his '62 Pontiac GP 389/303. The Buick...
My first car I owned was a '59 Ford. Had a 292 with a 3-on-the -tree. Added a 312 4-bl carb and intake, dual exhaust with cutouts, and traction...
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