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

Does anyone have pics of a black 1948-1949 Cadillac Series 62 (club coupe possibly) that has been running at Atco in the last say 15 years? I recall seeing the car there, all black, unrestored, and it has some huge engine in it that surprised every competitor it goes up against. I don’t know anything more than that having only seen it there a handful of times and on no particular schedule.

 

"Freight Train" John Peters built this single engine car known as "The Hand Car"

 

Compton and Hayes shrapnel 1 chassis wa built by rod stuckey in Kansas City for the cam twisters but they broke up before it was completed so it went to Compton and hayes Dan Stanley ford in Joplin mo sponsored the engine which was a 260 small block ford with Hilborn injection on nitro it was direct drive and had a olds rear so far this is all the info I have found hopefully some of the great historians here on the hamb can shed some more info these are the only pics I have the last one is when I made it a roller the the other day

 

Interesting header configuration.
And actual..."Chevrolet" rocker covers !



Mike

 

Coleman & Taylor/Joe Lunati two-fer...

 

US 30 Gary Indiana

 

Looks like Luigi Novelli at the wheel...

 

Chuck Finders mini-sequence...Claude Privee photos.

 

That picture gave me the willies!

 

Ivo open diff...

 

The pushbroom adds a bit of focus to the reality of the sport.

 

That half a second it took for the engine to clear his forehead would make any man piss himself.

 

The 554 is my all time favorite race car, but I can't give that photo a like. You should have heard Gene's opinion of it!

 

I had a question about the early dragsters and race cars in general from back in the day 60s and '70s and such. Did people just run open your ends or did they have posies or lockers or Lincoln lockers?

 

Don’t leave us hanging Dean, what was it Gene didn’t like?
Was it the yellow paint, the K&G lettering, or?

 

The fucking yellow!

 

From the looks of the laid back cage, drivers' rearward position, and the rear wheels. I'm guessing this one?

 

Yep. Looks like it. Thanks.

 

Different front wheels but the cage looks the same...

 

Bakersfield...

 

Open rear ends were the norm, clear through the front engine dragster era.

 

maybe not front wheels are different.