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Just to add I got some of the pictures from this guy http://www.joestevensphotos.com/DragRacing/DetroitDragway-1960sLegends/i-jLmRp84
There sure is! Thats one of the reasons for this post actually, I'm trying to find more details and pictures of the changes that where made to the...
The original car is long gone, however a bunch of members from the CEMA club (Chrysler Employee Motorsport Association) built a clone of the car...
From the pages of Hot Rod Magazine January 1960... "Ram Rod" Rides High and Wide [IMG]
Heres an old photo of our White Rose service station that we've restored, the photo was taken sometime in the 60's when it was a Shell service...
I've not been able to get my hands on a copy of the 1959 or 1960 rules to try and figure out how the classes broke down (I've never really had a...
Haha... Thanks Mick! I've bought and "borrowed" a heck of a lot of pictures of the car but always looking for different ones that I haven't seen...
Great response Rusty... I've never read up enough to get an understanding of how the rules worked in regards to the weight and cubic inches, so...
Definitely a great write up!
Thats all a man could ask for! :) Thanks! Trent
The car was light and bought cheap! You wouldn't be able to look through your collection sometime and let me know which ones had...
Thanks BrerHair... I'd forgotten about that one! longram60 thanks for the info, i'll start looking for that edition of National Dragster right...
I just scored a January 1960 Hot Rod magazine on ebay that has an article on the original Ramchargers High and Mighty 1949 Plymouth and was hoping...
Thanks for posting Backyard! I've only ever seen a very small black and white picture of Barnes' set up.. this is awesome!!!!
Beautiful car Wayfarerwalk!! reminds me of the 51 Wayfarer Sportabout that I grew up in, Dad restored it when I was 5 - 7 years old, I used to...
Thanks for the added info Dr Hemi, I had read an article a few years ago about Hoovers coronet having been restored but have never been able to...
Thanks Guys! It was a father /son project that dad and I finished in 2008-2009... has a 235 out of a 63 Impala backed by a 700r4 and a 10...
Cool cars in this thread! Here's my father's 53 [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Mr Shope is one of the original founding members of the Ramchargers as well.
Great to see you back on the HAMB Mr Shope! Very excited to see you've updated your webpage! You have so much knowledge to share and I for one am...
I'm up to 3 Hemi's now and working on number 4! .... I've got 2 - 354's and a 392 ... both 354's have the adjustable rockers one is an industrial...
Think that was probably the least of there worries back then! Here's a vid of one of them in operation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04SMJlwosZ0
Great stuff! thanks Cross Rodder
I've got lots on my High & Mighty facebook page... check it out! https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-High-Mighty/304718686287971
Did you get it home yet??? I absolutely LOVE my 49 biz coupe!!
Looking great Andy!! Keep it up your gonna have a sweet sweet ride there!! I'm liking the that short back window!
Thats what i'm doing wrong!! Not enough beer being consumed!!! hahaha
Ok... so I tried it again this week.. let me know if I did any better! lol.... I found a picture of Detroit Dragway's timing tower from the 5th...
Thanks Farmer!!! Peeking in on your build has definitely helped to inspire me to get at this one! Slow process this past week and for the...
Looking great Andy! Keep up the good work! Slow process on mine the next few weeks, I`ve got to go on an insurance course a week from tomorrow and...
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