Features Altered Wheelbase Picture Thread

thanx , muttly .
let me see if i can find that feature.

jack

 

i've been trying to upload that feature on "psycho" , as well as the fiat bodied car that preceeded it , but they just won't "go" . don't know what the problem is yet , but i'll keep trying .

jack

 

i've managed to post the first page of the "psycho" feature . it's from the july , 1967 issue of "hot rod" . i'll try to post the second page .

 

this is the second and final page of the "psycho" feature . the small pic at bottom right is from the november , 1981 issue of "hot rod" .
sorry to have to post it this way , but this is what's working for me at the moment . i'm taking whatever i can get .
i'll try to post the short feature on the fiat , on which the mustang was based .

jack

 

it took a while , but it finally uploaded .
here's the fiat . this piece is from the june , 1967 issue of "american rodding" .

jack

 

does anyone remember that mustang exhibition car - the one with that rocket thingie made by turbonique [ sp?] attached to the rear axle ? the company used to advertise this product - tho i can't imagine where there would've been any market for it . the reason i'm asking is i'm thinking that car was also called "orion " .

 

The only ones I have see are a Chevelle with the dragaxle and a Mustang with a Turbonique supercharger:

 

How about the man that tuned Bernstein to the first 300 mph run.

 

thanx , muttley . i don't remember the chevy , but then , i really wouldn't care to . but i do recall the "ozark mule" mustang . however , i seem to remember a white fastback mustang with that rocket contraption on the axle . am i "mis-remembering" ?

 

Built in England now in New Zealand

 

Any chance you can make the pictures bigger???

 

How about right clicking your mouse, saving them, then enlarge them in Picasa or something?

 

if you left click on the photo , it will "enlarge" .

look at me . ME ... giving computer advice ! i think we've just stepped thru the looking glass .

jack

 

perfecto!

 

thanx , axle . yes , i believe that's the one .
now if we can just find out about "orion" . i seem to remember an "orion" mentioned and shown on an old jackson bros. drag tape , but i can't seem to find that tape . and i don't know if it's the same "orion" .

jack

 

I know, I know....... this is not the thread for this, but I feel compelled to mention the Turbonique rocket car of cars, the Tobacco King.


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Someone tell me; Where is this car today? I've heard in a collection somewhere that can be publicly viewed.
Tom S. in Tn.

 

now THAT"S scary, tom . was that car street driven ? it's obviously set up for drag racing , but there are no graphics at all .
and i love those tail pipes...they look like anti-aircraft guns ....hopefully pointed at those wascally chebbys !

 

Here is a pic you may not have seen before. It is from a preseason promo. package that was sent to Raceway Park.

 

Another one:

 

Jack Hazlegrens Tribute car.

 

i knew i'd seen something about this car before , but it took me a while to find it . it's shown 3 or 4 times on an old jackson bros. tape . it was running at half moon bay around 1968 . unfortunately , jackson doesn't say anymore about it other than calling it the orion mustang funny car .
maybe it was just a local car , but i'd still like to know who drove it and what engine it used .
jack

 

I found some info about this car on Draglist.It ran SX/S in Division 7.The Poppy Bros. owned it and ran a 427 Ford with a 3-speed trans.

 

thanx , analog -
i was thinking it prob. had a chrysler engine in it because when i enlarge the pic , it looks like it says "torqueflite by" right above the large "LM" on the front fender . i was also thinking it says "peppy bros." on the door .
anyway , it's nice to know they stuck with dearborn power .

jack

 

I was thinking the same thing.It definitley says torqueflight by LM,so I thought Hemi also.Can you put a torqueflite behind a 427 Ford?Draglist also stated the trans was a 3-speed manual.Is there a 3-speed manual torqueflight?

 

Maybe it's a Clutch-flite?

FWIW, the Torqueflite in my road runner is a 3-speed manual. No clutch pedal though.