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

Nitrobrother, can you tell me the semi hidden interest related item in this picture ?

 

friday picture day right?

 

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I wonder if this was Al Graeber's old Tickle Me Pink?

 

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a few old mopars

 

Al's billion-mile Dodge four-door truck?

 

Those rear wheels are cool....anyone ever see ones like those around?

 

What is that bottle strapped to the cage?

 

That is the fire extinguishing system. Probably just a nozzle that sprays the driver. Safety back then was not a well thought out thing like it is today. My dad, same guy pictured learned this the hard way in 1973. When the car caught fire and burned him up pretty bad on his lower body. It ended his nitro fuel carreer.

 

I have never asked but when the picture was taken my dad had already moved to K.C. and set up camp with Al. During this time Al did not have a car by my time thinking. They maybe were tag teaming the Sour Grapes, The old Dutchman Charger rebodied to the cuda, by the looks of the billion mile dodge's location.

 

This brings me to this part of the story. This is the Flying Dutchman Funny car that burned up his lower body. This is my favorite picture, and unfortunately a low resolution at that. besause it has my dads name on the car in the driver logo possition. And the 2nd one does also, it was a handout sticker the gave at the track. I still have the sticker but it has seen better days. Yes it was originally orange, but the car is fading off of it fast.

 

This is a good time to bang out the Maverick pictures. This is the Charger 3 chassis rebodied to the maverick. The body before paint, stenciled spray can lettering. This is the point where Al went from using Dodge bodies to Ford bodies.

 

Not as bitchin' as these older pics but just took it last weekend out at California Speedway...

 

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he asked my dad what pill to run that day...Steve DeTar

 

Rub it in Dandingo, We have not had a weekend over 50 degrees yet here in Indiana, high today is supposed to be 48 degrees.

 

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[next to him that day I have a great pic of the whole strips pit area he took from standing on top of his hauler that day, But it has not turned up yet. I will keep digging.

 

Mooneye, that is the first set of pictures Ive ever seen that showed the interior of the malco gasser mustang, Thank you! This just helped Model builder's everywhere

 

That makes me want to finish my car up. some day!!

 

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The way men stare at gals in bikinis has not changed much, But the bikini itself sure has. Check the gazers in the background out.

 

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This is the last drag car my dad ever owned. I took this at a strip in MO. Somewhere. He still to this day runs a dirt late model and a modified. The late model is kenny wallaces old car that Tony Stewart use to drive.