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Snake's car here ws probably one of the first "narrow" or dragster style chassis of the era. I was going to say '69 but possibly '70. The older...
Cool car.....BUT I'd surely get the title and registration straightened out before you spend a dime on it. It took me 6 months and a pile of...
Check the mag....I think it is a Frankenstein...forerunner to the Cirrillo that we all ran. Actually I think this was also made or modified by...
Didn't your mother ever tell you not to talk to strangers?? :D:D
The back is more rounded on the new BDS scoop. Otherwise they are very similar. these scoops are much thicker or taller in section than the...
Langy, I've been just lurking here for quite a while. I truely enjoy watching a craftsman build his car. I also have a "plastic" car that I...
The day my wife goes to a junk yard I'll know I'm dead because she said "The only way I'll go to a junk yard is when I drag all your old stuff...
Here is the BDS version of your scoop on my 41 Willys.
They are just staging. Look to the top right of the black car and you can see the stage lights. At first I though it was our "black car" but we...
Scoop backwards GSTA Ray Rutteman was the crew chief of the GSTA Twin during it's life time. I also was a member of the GSTA thru our clube...
what was the h.p. of the gas motors vs the fuel motors? You have to remember the late 70 TG were still pretty light weight by todays...
I still say the early Chrysler half ball shaped chamber was like it was engineered specifically for nitro from get go. I say more energy...
Both of these cars are in the pre slipper clutch days. Look at the weed burner pipes. Tires were rock hard. Basically street rubber on special...
Well your right on some points. Most of us didn't know ...... about running blown gas. There was a lot of BS floating around too. For the most...
Gotta love the jr fuelers. They were fun. The TF motor shot shows how spindley the frames were even on the TF cars. The 426 took a while to...
Isky, Engle Howard's a,nd Crower were the big names. You are right the gas and fuel guys ran the Isky 505 5 cycle and the others were in the .500...
We also ran a 2 in Gilmer belt rather than the 3 inch as the pulleys were lighter. Along with this we did not run an idler for weight reasons and...
69chevelle, We ran Top Gas back in the mid to late 60's and early 70's untill it was dropped by NHRA. Top Fuel cars of the period ran both the...
Painted rat rods. haha I sure would not want to go on my head in the Bantam. It's hard to believe how fast we went in those things. When you...
My JF weighed 900 even wet with me in it and I weighed 190-200 at the time. I don't think the chassis, front end and front wheels and tires...
We ran TG up untill it was killed by NHRA. It was a lot of fun and the cars were cool. We couldn't compete with the twins however. I had...
Yo Baby re picture 25374. I think that is a Herbert injector. Not very many were made. They fed fuel thru the butterfly shaft if I recall. The...
I think they were 11.00 x 15 the same as we used on the top gas cars.
Look at the difference in tire growth. This was common back then as spools were just being made. Many cars used the Olds or Mopar 8 3/4 rear...
Really like those Willys. :D
I was trying to dredge up the name of the glass body but you beat me to it. You are right it is a Kellison. I thought it was a Devin but the...
Yeah I agree, lose the lakes. Even if they are functional they sound weak on a stock motor. Turbo muffler duals would be much better. Back in...
Crager wheels will look a lot nicer on this car. Maybe a little larger tires on the rear. Keep the nose down. Skip the roof paint. This is a...
Bring on the pictures.....it's making me young again.:D
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