History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

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HA!!! I almost spit soda on my laptop!!!

 

LMAO!!!!
I believe Lennard Woods Jr. was also!!

 

its brighton seafront on the south coast of england if i`m not mistaken...the scene of numerous sprint events and fights between Mods and Rockers

 

Brighton Speed Trials

(modern day) link
http://www.pistonheads.com/features/brighton-speed-trials.htm

 

Actually Dixon did most of the driving in the car until it was parked. As you noted it sat for a long time but was totally complete except for the motor which went into a drag boat owned by one of Greenmayer's buddies. The bolts for the motor plate were still in the seat under the parachutes when the car was retrieved from its long time resting place.
This was not one of Hanna's bodies . It was designed by Steve Swaja (who I met at Bakersfield last year) and constructed by Bob Sorrell (if my memory is working correctly this morning).

Roo

 

As you noted it sat for a long time but was totally complete except for the motor which went into a drag boat owned by one of Greenmayer's buddies. The bolts for the motor plate were still in the seat under the parachutes when the car was retrieved from its long time resting place.
This was not one of Hanna's bodies . It was designed by Steve Swaja (who I met at Bakersfield last year) and constructed by Bob Sorrell (if my memory is working correctly this morning).

It lead a life sort of like the Spruce Goose: Run breifly then stored away from the public
s eyes only to re-emrge for restoration. Swaja designed Tony Nancy's 22 Jr. Wedged FED to did he not?

 

Make it three yards !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCWQY2SzjJI

 

Some clips from Hollywood Knights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KifZ01yTCL0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jm0XmPN000

 

Sorry guys it's the best I could do.

 

Only one team. The last Swindler was painted black for a short time. Apparently my attempt at humor failed. I was referring to the car owners!

 

Anybody recognize this?
A Pratt & Whitney blower on a fuel injected gas rail.

 

No flies on you! Yes he was!!!

 

Mazooma1, you took this pic when you were 11? This is a great shot!

 

Yup, Dad gave me a little Kodak 127 film camera when I was about 6 and then gave me his twin-lens Graflex 120 camera when I was 10. I still have it, works great...helped shape my career for the next 40 years.

 

I stole this from the Cacklefest/Smirnoff article...

"To add to Prieto's comments about the Smirnoff, Sorrell deal, Sorrell was an odd sort, very talented but odd. The car went to him for the body and it took too long, the delays caused by who knows, so Zuech, Daryl, Roy were justifiably upset during the ordeal but the work spoke for it's self. In the course of the body fabrication Bob (Sorrell) decided the roll bar was too high and at the wrong angle for how he felt the body should appear. Race cars are a strange breed when it comes to form and function. Car builders, as a rule think and cater to function and also as a rule the body masters will tend to put form ahead of function. Sorrell took that at least one step too far when without informing any of the principals of his decision, he cut off the entire cage, built the rear half of the body, never reattached the cage in anyway and told them to come get er' - it's it's a wrap. Roy went insane, blamed Zuech as much as Sorrell, Zuech shrugged and said we'll get a smaller driver. and Daryl (who was small) thought she looked bitchin and finished it the way she sat!" - Pat Foster

HA! No wonder rails these days have big square bodies and vinyl!

 

What a piece of art. To hell with function, lets make this an excercise in what can be done with thin metal

 

a little inspiration....?? that car back in the day must have been a sight to see.... this new car...well it has to be seen , so much stuff , that can't be spoken for... brandon

 

More Midwest Muscle Car & Nostalgia Reunion,St Louis May31st,June1st 08
GASSERS



RICHARD BELL PHOTOS

 

Found these on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldhUiiRfEko
or do a search for puerto rico nostalgia drags.

 

Mike Daly, Omaha Ne, Probably 1970 or 1971. These are all the same car through different stages of evolution & paint

 

H/Gas. That means that at one point the car had a six banger in it, no?

 

Kev, that is a crazy cool picture. Where did you find that?....Where do you find the rest of your pictures????..........How did you get an all steel STREET LEGAL '56 Chev HARDTOP to pull the wheels that high???????!!!!!! With, what was it.....A 283???????!!!!!!!!!!!

You are not of this world are you.

 

Bill Bussart's H/Gas '62 Corvette leaves hard at an NHRA Winston Championship Series points meet at Warner-Robins Dragway in Georgia. A 288ci small-block Chevy (in this case equipped with Kinsler-modified Crower fuel-injection system) wound to 9,000-plus rpm was typical of the heavy-car, little-motor formula used in the upper Gas and Modified Production racers.


WCD, I was just a kid when this car ran the 1/4 mile, but I found this on a web site when I was searching gasser classes because I know Daly's '55 had a small block w/an early kinsler fuel injection w/the maximum setback on the engine. I think the small block was in 283-301 range

 

Man, try pulling off this shot today, posed next to pair of potentially errant top fuelers, with your only means of safety being some rubber cones. NHRA safety rule book says, "Note, any competitor who plows into Mr Parks will face stiff penalties, not the least of which will be expulsion from the event."