Art Chrisman #25 dragster cut-away?

Does anyone have a scan of the "Chrisman #25" dragster cut-away? I think that it was in Hotrod magazine, but I am not sure. With all the talk about the "HAMBster's" lately, I am just building in my head again. Here is a pix of the dragster from the HOTROD website.



Thanks,
Chris Nelson
Kansas

Also, if anyone from around Bakersfield, CA reads this. Do you know Mike Coles? He has a 32' 5 window coupe and I met him this past weekend and seemed like a real cool guy.

 

I remember seeing the cutaway but can't find it anywhere. Damn that is one beautiful dragster! Looks heavy though. LOL

Chris, you about ready to start building a digger?


Brad

 

I am thinking about it again. I stopped by my super secret junkyard the other day and saw a Hudson Jet with a multi-carb set up on it. And I thought "Hmmmm".

Vroom.............

 

God, what a gorgeous car.

 

That car started as a sprint car, or Big Car as they called them in the 1930's. Doug Caruthers was #6 with the car in points for the 1946 SCTA season with a top speed of 103.81. I don't know when Chrisman got the car and strarted the overall stretch.

 

This dang website won't let me post pics full size, I don't know how other people post these full screen pics.....it tells me anything bigger than a thumbnail is "too big".....must be a way around it though.....

 

what ya think something like that runs timewise? just curious as i have no clue i i know i wanna dream about driving it.......

 

Read the last paragraph in the pic , 9's @ 150

 

I think this was the car that broke through Roger Huntington's theoretical performance barrier for the quarter mile--something in the mid nines and mid 140's, based on the ***umption that one G of force was all the traction possible for a car. Theory turned out to be seriously flawed...

 

That was the first car to run 140... pretty impressive.
Sam.

 

I think the 150 MPH time was after the flathead was replaced with a Chrysler. It was, however, the fastest TF car in the country around 1953 with 144.** in the 9's.

I believe LeRoy Neumayer bought the car from Carruthers, and Art bought into it with LeRoy. The car was stretched and painted black. When LeRoy went into the service, Art and brother Lloyd bought him out and repainted it bronze. It later had a hemi and a pointy tail, but it was definitely at its prettiest as it's now restored (and pictured at the top).

 

If anyone is wondering about that front axle it is a Franklin, out of a 1920' automoble, same cars that had the steering boxes that most sprints and midgets used.

 

Cool......thanks......

 

There is a bloke down here building a replica of that car, there were pics on the scroungers blowout pics back in March or so.

 

thats my Dad

Roy Caruthers

 

But it didnt start as a sprint (big car) even thought the nose looks like a Miller it's 2 cut up 32 chrysler shells

 

Roy, I havn't seen a Franklin spindle left/right yet. Should I still keep my eyes open... or have you had any luck?
Bil

 

Upload it to somewhere like www.photobucket.com and just paste the link. That'll get it done and save Ryan's server...

 

Thanks for the correction! I knew you were on the HAMB but forgot your ID.

 

I've only had one Franklin front end in all the time I've been into cars, the spindles are real small and easy to miss ar a fleamarket. A real rusty axle and spindles turned up this spring for $350.00 at a swap meet.

 

I need a right fron spindle, I screwed up when i was at the L.A. Roadstr show a year ago there was a complete front end in the swap i shoulda bought it.

 

This might be the same car.

 

Your dad must of known my granddad,AL Sharp....the car went that fast cause Sharp engineering was involved.....well that and Art is a great driver

 

Here's a small one, Chris. I'll try to get a larger one.

Mike