Features Corvette Gassers

Hopefully I will see them in June at The HotRod Reunion in Bowling Green.

 

My early "g***er" from 1972..purchase price $950, 327" w 4 speed...

 

John Reidenbach's 62 that now runs in the 8s. John did a great thread on here with the build of this car from a near worthless carc***. Car is fun to watch.

 

What is John's screen name? I'd like to check out his thread.

 

John's HAMB handle is Bald1-great build thread IMO. Thread is "62 Corvette G***er project barn find".

 

Found these.

 

Love the Radar wheels on the car. They were very popular back in those days.

Jimbo

 

My 64 I picked up earlier this year:

 

Awesome!.....

 

@Chris Corwel,

Congratulations,
That is a very cool car. I would like to see some more pictures of it.

 

I agree Chris cool car.

 

I’m going to post the pictures a little larger for a better look at it.

 

Love it!

 

Glad to see a HAMBer got it. That's a rad car.

 

Thanks for all the kind words guys,I appreciate it. Here are a few more pictures.

 

Gentlemen, Thanks for all the kind words, I really appreciate it.

 

Those lap belts rule. What are they? I want a vintage set for my coupe.

 

^ This '57 still has the coil springs, the I beam trick got it up in the air.

 

Most of these cars aren’t g***ers.

They are Modified Sports.

I think you may have been able to run a Modified Sports as a g***er they as two different NHRA cl***es.

 

kek

 

Robert you may have a point but g***ers has become a catchall it seems for cars with a raised stance (and a few other trends that may raise eyebrows). The NHRA tweaked the rulebook every year to some extent but if you were to look at the 67 rulebook they had a street section that included Gas, street roadsters and modified sports. Some tracks may have allowed some crossover for Corvettes to run in gas but I have not run into it. If there was a distinction it may have been that gas only allowed a 10% engine setback and modified sports allowed up to 25%. When 1968 rolled around the NHRA did away with modified sports and the modified Vettes ended up in gas for the most part if they did not exceed 10%. If they exceeded 10% they were placed in altered.

Often you can tell if the picture is pre 68 or post 68 by the cl*** designation on the car but some of the cars that ran in 66 for instance were the same as 69-the NHRA only changed the designation starting in 68.

 

Jim you are right on, I might add that most of the corvettes only had a 10% set back, if they had the 25% they went into altered. One time at NY National Speedway they cl***ed my MG as B/G, it had a 25% setback. After that it was cl***ed as a C/A.

Pat

 

Pat the 25% setback cars were a hoot to watch although the word that comes to mind with me is cringe. I remember watching some dance around the big end. Ron Reader told me his blue Midwest sponsored 62 Vette with 25% setback would sometimes just turn left on the big end. Had to have a big set to drive some of those cars IMO.