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

jesus probably not a N/A car amongs t the bunch and wheelbase's no longer then my Bicycle! those a true hotrods

 

Thanks for the pic i think that was 1985, The Vega to the left was owned by Rick Webb who had just sold his blue anglia pictured above #7749

 

I love those Anglia`s .Thanks for the pictures.

 

Empi Inch Pincher.....the V-8 killer back at Lion's in the 60's

 

I dug a little deeper, and found another of your Anglia, "iddragracer"

 

More Anglias...

 

Alot of Anglia's, Willy's, Henery J's, what about the Austins?

 

roadsters anyone?

 

There was also Deano-Dyno-Saurs V-Dub, the Iguana, the Stinger, among others. We are talking 69-71, the initial formative yeaers of V-Dub drag racing. As for Corvair powered rigs like Meyers Purple Potato Chip, there was also Crown Manufacturering who ran a Corvair powered D/Dragster

 

The Europeans and Brits really seemed to embrace the alterted/roadster classes. The cars appear refined and improved upon, while offering the classic lines and stances

 

For those of you (me included) who missed seeing the "football" the first time around it will be one of the cars on display at the new museum in Nevada. The original frame had long disappeared under a series of Opel bodies so it was recreated but the body and some of the other stuff is from the original car.

Roo

 

Another save by Mike Guffey.

 

Bloody stupid reversers! if they never started using them, this stuff would never happen!

 

It kinda looks like this....

 

Been a while since I posted any pics. Here are a few Comp cars from the 80s.

 

does anybody remember a guy who used to race a vw with a Chevy v8 in it? he raced out of orange county, Ca. i think in the 70's or early 80's. i think his name was Lyle

 

Coming out of the box and up on the tires at Amarillo, year 1985