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Gee I just had another look,It would 12 cylinder engines as well.Do the new Moroso do all that.Keep on roddin'.
Heres one I've had for over 20yrs.Been in a few different cars.Has a little switch on the back to change over from 2 to 8 cylinders.Only one I've...
Heres a little setup on a hemi that doesn't look to bad.I get the impression too many people worry what someone else thinks about their car and...
More great photos from the distant not too distant past.Heres a couple from WSID's nostalgia meet start of the month.The F111 shot is something...
Over here in Australia seat belt laws have been in for years and most people wear them(big fines if you don't).I've been wearing them since 1968...
Been past that place numerous times and was amazed that it was still there when I was through last January.Some of the cars have been there...
Yeh,You all have a really good Christmas and New Year.Seeing as we get ours before you I'll let you know what its like.Have a roddin Christmas.
Some of these are a little bit over the top.How about the Politically Correct Automobile Pleasure Drivers Inc. Or the Chassis Crackers,Tire...
So this thread gets bigger everyday,and some of the photos are interesting showing ingenuity in action.Here is some more but these were only last...
Strewth,Rooman,you must have been looking over my shoulder when I was taking those shots.Thats just a few of the ones I taken since about...
Oh well,her's some more.I've only got a few hundred to go but not today.The Alki Burner in last post is Jeff Burnett who runs a business in US...
Here's some more.The Mustang in the previous post isn't drag racing but it was the most famous of the tourers in the 70's and was driven like this...
This thread has some great shots,so much racing,so little time.You really need to be everywhere at once to see it all.Here's some from Oz taken a...
So this topic has been going for a while with lots of questions and opinions which has made it interesting.From what I remember wasn't that a...
Well there you go.A quick google check and I find out that McGee's are still going,building and racing Junior dragsters including the motors.Go to...
Back around 1974 the McGee family built a 4 cam V8 for drag racing(they were speedway engineers/fuel injection specialists)and put it in a chassis...
The Herrera and Sons car is an Austin A40.I think Mazmanian had one as well done in Candy Apple. Keep on Roddin'
Been reading about the guy for years and finally got to see the car(but not the man).Didn't realise how small the car was till I got to stand next...
Thats the car that held 56 records,all set on the one day back in August 7th,1933.The headlights were on it because he drove for 24 hrs on a 10...
Actually,Doc Watson,Sue Ransome was driving T/F before Rachelle(see pic).Other Aussie girls include Wendy Johns(Mrs Cowin),Pat Peck,Christine...
The "Fat Attack" was when Pete Chapouris built a '39(purple with flames). Jack Robinson built the '40 around the same time(1985)named Orange...
Here's a couple of progressive linkages I put together a couple of years ago,they are fairly easy to make and can be adjusted for opening...
I see a rare shot of Don Hampton's evil twin Corvette that ended it days as a burnt wreck at Surfers Paradise when he crashed almost taking out...
If you want to read all about big engines/small cars get Brooklands Giants by Bill Boddy,isbn 1 84425 315 5,has heaps of aero engined and big...
By golly,there's one of those photos done with the high speed film and fast shutter speeds.Great to see all those oldtimey photos,imagine setting...
Is it me or the photo.This car right hand drive,is that the steering column down past the block,I know there was another car there that was rhd...
I think this is a case of "I'm Rare" being well done.Nice work,neat style and even the colour looks right.Hey,Paul,put on some shots of the Hudson...
There certainly is a lot of imagination running wild at that show,how much money do they make showing off the wares.Actually the 57/58/59/60(take...
There is a youtube video titled the worlds fastest model A.Some guy in Finland built a model A sedan with a BDA that puts out 250+HP and runs over...
These engines were shoehorned into the 3.8 series Jaguars as well and made a quick little road car.I think these are as rare as the SP250's or...
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