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

Dick Loehr - Chrysler powered Mustang @ Riverside


Gary Reed in "The Groundshaker"

 

The winter pic looks like Lake George,NY.I remember he
showed up for the Winter Carnival and set the speed record.
That was neat.Sammy had some balls.

 

He put up his show in Sweden in the 70's and he had some arguments with the promoter. One was he needed a container behind the bleechbox for more thrust, but the container blew over by the jet from his engine... I remembered sitting on the grandstand trying to get a picture with my Instamatic, didn't work. I saw him after his run and he had bruises after the saftey belts as they wasn't thightend up enough,

 

The ending portion on the Steve Miller song was from the album "Sound Of The Drags". Probably recorded in '61, because I had the album in '62 I believe. The album had recordings of rails, gassers and super stocks making passes. I must have thought it was awesome because I wore the record out from playing it so many times.

 

I just purchased the final Lions trilogy DVD series, wherein there is a slow motion home movie taken of the Garlits explosion. Filmed from the stands you see the car leave the line against Bob Creitz and bammo, the car seperates and the roll cage plops forward. You then see track personnel run to his aid and that of the injured fan in the front row. Filiming continues as Mickey Thompson tries to conceal the severed foot from Garlits observation. From a drag racing standpoint, its quite historical as with the car seperating, it marks the beginning of the end for the FED

 

Here it is..."Big Sounds of the Drags"

 

glad I asked about the "Howard Cams" car ..you guys are fantastic,thanks for all the reply's!
I also remember the old record albums,my Dad had them,wore them out as a kid.
one was "Drag Cars in Motion" if I recall correctly along with another with Sports cars called "Sebring Corners"..

 

Nice model car collection. If I only knew then what I had. Several of those mounted on the wall once graced my room, albeit in a completed fashion. My favorite being the AMT 3 in 1 Dragster/Altered kit. There were enough pieces so that you could build a twin engined dragster and a Fiat altered. The Revell series of gassers, Skippers Critter and Simple Simon Thames panel tying for second apiece.

 

Mazooma, It looks like a dual engine rail on the cover of "Big Sounds"...
Is this possibly Lefty?, I can't make it out.

By the way, NICE garage art !!!

 

Here's a couple of action shots of some my cars over the years. Hope you enjoy!

 

A couple more pics of some of my rides.

 

Those were the days!

 

No, the twin engined rail is the "Freight Train"...

Lefty's twin was unblown...

 

Time Machine-Golden Oldie-BIG TIME MEMORY-FLASHBACK-Pittman??? Unbelievable! You are now my new Best Friend. I've seen all those cars run. Its a pleasure to have you here on the HAMB. Whew... that's something. Those are all GREAT Cars. B

 

As a kid I had a bunch of those albums I wore the grooves off of also. Back then you didn't have your own stereo
so everything was played full blast on the family stereo in the livingroom. Boy my parents put up with a lot!!
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I picked up this CD a few years ago - It's 36 tracks of nitro cars with background tower announcements
and commentary. It will blow you out of your car!!
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There is a reason that the Nitronic Research CD is so good. Cole Coonce is one of the best sound men in the industry. He is also a huge drag racing fan.

Roo

 

Some pics of my Dad's cars. He drove some neat stuff over the years.
First shot is of him racing Hughy Lemma at Acto in 1965




Next shot is of him racing the "king" of AA/GS K.S. Pittman in 1968



Racing his Wild Bunch steel 40 Willys at Maple Grove in the 1980's

 

Can anyone tell me where I might get that CD....... please!!!!

 

I'd also like to get a copy of Coles CD. I do have a copy of the original Big sounds of the drags as shown in a prior post. It is a great record.
Here are a few, don;t think they have been on here yet...
Don Gays last GTO flopper

 

Don Gays '70 'Bird, his last flooper and 2 more pics of his GTO.
Steve Barcak

 

Will someone teach me how to post pics with being a thumbnail? I thought a knew but, it doesn't seem to work. PM or post me. thanks,
Steve Barcak

 

I post the larger pictures by using Photobucket - You can open a free account and do the same. Bruce at the YENKO site was kind enough to post a tutorial on how to do it - see the link below.
Believe me I'm no computer guru - its easy - and the YENKO site has some way cool stuff on it also!!






http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/199732/an/0/page/0#Post199732

 

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Can anyone tell me where I might get that CD....... please!!!!
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" The trick is - there is no trick "




You can download it for free here!!


http://thebigsoundsofthedrags2001.wordpress.com/

 

The photos dont do justice to the beauty of the paint job. I saw the car once at Irwindale and the paint hues were really deep and rich. I am thinking a painter named "Corky" from Oklahoma applied it.

 

Rocky,
What has the K.S. tribute car ran so far?

 

One pass and it went skyward, the landing resulted in bending the front axle. It was a fun 1st pass...! This car is pretty much a duplicate of K.S.'s 67 car. That one was the first to run in the 8's and we plan on running high 8's with her when she's shaken down.

 

Nine Inch,

Thanks for the kind words...! We try and have fun with our cars, having people appreciate them make it that much sweeter..!

Rocky

 

(Bruce USA-1 Larson) (Bill Grumpy Jenkins (Jungle Jim Liberman) ​