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

Island Dragway around 1966 wish I had a better camera back then.

 

From my collection. From the Dirty D two sidewinders.

 

From Island Dragwag 1968/69?. Had "US" in the window, not sure if there was an Ultra Stock class for a while?

 

Really in motion.

Pat

 

Carleton Bros. (Swinger) at Richmond VA…. I think

 

Might have...there was almost no standard for flag starts, some starters had just one flag, partly back when there were no foul starts...if you jumped, you got a rematch, later the starter had one green and one red flag, like this guy in the picture, though I can't tell what color he is waving.....later San Gabriel and Lions had a flag/button start system where the starter put the end of the flag on a button, and if you left before he lifted the flag, a red light came on....

 

Is this an Abarth?

 

29Ardun - thanks for posting this one.
D/Gas, but that 'axle centerline is way forward.

 

Wow! Check that - I have the bumper off PRONTO on my car That's the first clear picture of the car I have seen. Found it at a swap meet north of Atlanta a few years back.

 

Thanks Pat for another Trip Down Memory Lane.
Jimbo

 

Nope! Not a Mopar as the distributor is at the wrong end and the ports point down rather than out. Looks more like a Pontiac to me.

Roo

 

Roo, could be, but those valve covers look more Mopar than Pontiac to me, though Pontiacs did have a breather at the front of the valve cover like this one.(taped over)....I keep looking but not sure where the distributor is.

 

Norwood Chevrolet - Mel Perry @ Island Dragway 1966 timeframe

 

Before we found a way to sneak in we used to sit at the end of the track on the railroad tracks. Had to lookout for trains but that was part of the excitement (I guess) Here's a picture of a Valiant wagon named Mr Violent

 

Plymouth "US" Ultra Stock (maybe) @ Island Dragway around 1968/69

 

Not sure if I posted this a while back. The "Snake", after a match race they used to push the cars into the spectator side so the fans could look at them. Back in the mid sixties you had to be 18 to get in the pits in New Jersey.

 

The Snakes crew handed these out. Got is signed. Sold it on _bay a while ago

 

Part of the same handout at Island Dragway timeframe 1966

 

Here's another good video - dragstrips from around the country

 

The valve covers looked a little wrong to me but Google is your friend and I found some Pontiac engine pix the were close to matching in that department. The ports are definitely not big block Mopar as they come just about straight out (like a small block Chevy). And if you follow the plug leads they go to the rear.
Roo

 

Ok

Ok, I see it now..... valve covers still look wrong but the distributor at the back makes it a Pontiac: Mopar distributor was at the front of the intake...thanks for the correction!

 

Thanks for the video Dave.
Pretty cool.

Mike

 

Double image of Davis & Ingram...car has apparently been found, any restoration updates?


Bob Culbertson near lane, racing Hugh Tucker...given that Bob was running a flathead, likely that Tucker's blown Olds won


Only caption is "Bolk & Grind"

 

Rick Abate in the Goodies sponsored Mopar vs Dee Keaton in the Comet, OCIR


From the Oilcan files: Brocter & Bonhaller, at Santa Maria, late '50s


Same car as above, can't see for sure but it looks like it is running a McCulloch blower



Koulan and Brown, blown Olds fueler, looks like San Luis Obispo. The A sedan next to it is the blown Olds gasser run by Roach & Torgerson, Santa Barbara area.


Flathead dragsters racing at Santa Maria


From the Petersen archives: Cordova IL, '65, don't have an ID on either


3 '55s and 1 '56, Famoso (Famoso is one of the very few original drag strips to remain open, started around '55 by the Bakersfield Smoker's Car Club....taking advantage of numerous Army Air Corps fields used for training, that's why it is so wide)


Never seen this one from the Petersen archives...anyone know anything more?


Also from the Oilcan files, carbureted Chevy, San Luis Obispo

 

I love steel bodied Fiats. Davis & Ingram ran the polished aluminum stock grill. This body was like it came off a fine restoration. Even ran the stock spare tire cover.