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In the 1960's I drag raced a Model A that was powered by a Packard v8 that had 4 carbs.
Hi everybody! I have been snooping around on the HAMB for a while without introducing myself because I felt I did not have much to offer. Now, I...
Neat pix! Thanks for posting.
In 1962 I was 14. My older brother was 15. Our father was making mini-bikes and hopping up Briggs and Stratton engines. Two years later were...
I sold my 1931 Ford, 5-window coupe for $650. That was with the injected 354 Hemi and Muncie 4-speed. See the 'awesome 60's drag car' thread.
Terrific pictures! Good to see Jim Lattin and Elmo Gillette are still around. Many years ago I was a course steward at Bonneville. Haven't seen...
Many years ago there was an automobile by the name of Star. Maybe that is what these are from.
d2, how long have you had the Renault 4cv? Is it driveable? The bucket seat we used in our Model A Ford was from a 1957 4cv.
The last picture in group 12 shows the back of someone's head blocking the view of what I think is Neil Mahr in his Chevy-powered Wheely Healy. I...
Many years ago J.C.Whitney was selling brand new 352 inch Packard marine engines complete with water-cooled exhaust manifolds.
The red, injected, Chevy-powered dragster in the first picture in group 13 is the national record holding A/D, "Tired Blood", of S and W Speed...
The Henry J was the A/Gas Wooly Bully. 413 Plymouth power with two fours on a cross ram. Ran low 12's with the automatic trans. The black...
Nancy Pelosi is a clunker
I believe the blown and injected Dodge dragster was the "Brief Encounter" driven by Joe Jacona from Delaware. I think it later went 8.10 and 185...
The Stude tried many different rears. The last one was from a 1956 Mercury station wagon. It was a very strong unit, 3.54:1 ratio.
We did not set the engine back. I don't remember the motor mounts.
The Packard cylinder block was very long, in part because the flywheel end of the block extended to surround the flywheel and pressure plate...
Our father had two 'Supers' that he wanted to get rid of. One was a 1955 Buick Super, the other was a 1956 Nash Ambassadore Super. The idea was...
I believe the Corvette in the first picture was the nasty "Rapid Rabbit". Fantastic car. Fuel injected, 283 cubic inches, 315 horsepower. In...
Yes, there was someone in the Stude to steer. The first picture shows the Stude when it had the early Ford 3-speed stick trans. We had already...
As I was examining an Olds crankshaft to see if it would need to be counter-bored to install a pilot bearing to change from automatic trans to...
I think viewing these pictures makes some of us feel good and bad at the time.
very cool, i grew up at that strip. Makes me sick that they close it and it sits for 20 years then the put up another strip mall. Very sad. I...
Gotta love the ingenuity and all the different looks to the cars. Unlike the "spec" racing today! I agree!
Mart Higginbotham smokes the tires with his "Drag-On" Vega funny car in a run against Tom Hoover in the "White Bear Dodge" funny car.
The injected hemi-powered RED on the near side was the "Outcast", running DeSoto power of about 300 cubic inches.
My high school ride was a 1955 Stude (or was it a 1956? I just can't remember) into which we put a 352 Packard Engine. Turned 16.24 and 88 in the...
Photographer Steve Reyes gets a close-up as "Mr. C" prepares for a run. Gary Cochran was one of the hottest rails around and even beat Big Daddy...
The beautiful Sien and Lankford "Brand X" funny car was from San Antonio, Texas. Crisp Mustang lines on the outside, big Dodge Ramchargers engine...
Chris Karamesines had been experimenting with some new-fangled sheet metal, but quickly discarded it, which is why his new car looks incomplete.
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