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

Okay, so it's model box art but it's still damn cool.

 

BIG dent in the header pipe in that "Picture of the week".

 

That photo is from Drag Sport Illustrated.

 

1940 Willys - Late 1978 to 81.
Photo is 1980 San Angelo Texas Wall Dragway, usually run low 10s at 2000 ft elevation with a best ET of 9.81. Qualified in San Antonio at the AHRA Nationals for Super Gas (9.973 ET) in one pass then Powerglide let go on the first round of elimations. All 16 qualified cars were betwenn 9.91 and 9.97 with a 8 if I remember right. Engine was 481 Flat top Piston Big Block Chevy. Bored 60 thousands and 454 crank offset ground. Angle milled Closed Chamber Heads. Shifted at 6000 RPM, long life combination. Alum rods
Now in Oklahoma City, solid Red color Pro Street Car with 502, turbo 400 and 3:73 gear.


67 Corvette Early - Mid 1980s
Green Valley Raceway, Ft Worth Tx. Best ET was 9.68 on the very first run on the below Engine Combination. One of those perfect air nights Green Valley Raceway was knon for. Set up for NHRA Pro Gas. Photo in the 1980s just before Green Valley Closed, Our last trip to Green Valley if I remeber right. Partnership car. Engine was 497 Flat top Piston Big Block Chevy. Bored 100 thousands and 454 crank offset ground . Angle milled Closed Chamber Heads by EPD neted 12.5 to 1 compression. Shifted at 6000 RPM, long life combination. Alm rods. Vette was a race car all it's life and was suppose to have been a factory 427 car. Had may owners. Unknown where it is now.

 

No grass or trailers this time.

 

Hey Royal,What's the scoop on the hat on this car? That is a strangeo unit.

 

Car reminds me of Bob Teegle's Orang Crate, a car that was later released by Revell. Man, that 20 foot ring slot should have that coupe stopped on a dime.

 

note the drag link and pitman arm location....waaaaaaaaay back there. too cool

 

cool...haven't seen that picture in many years. thanks!

 

"Okay, so it's model box art but it's still damn cool."

Heck yes! Model box art was so cool back then. It really helped your imagination. I really miss good model box art. Having a photo of the model, or of the car on the box does nothing for me.
I remember spending considerable time in hobby shops just looking at box art. I was also more likely to buy a certain kit because of the cool box art! Even airplane and ship modles used to have good box art. What happened?

Steve

 

Not in motion but still cool,if you don't like these bite my ass

 

Lawyers happened. In 1966 there was a Corvette ad that showed a 327 coupe ("flat" hood) but the ad text described it as a 427 car (which should have had the bulged hood). A lawsuit was filed for false advertizing and the plaintiff, a law firm, won. Same thing in the world of box art. How many modelers opened a kit back then only to find that it wasn't as nice as the box art implied? So, actual photos of the assembled model began to take over in place of art. Cost control was a factor as well. It is cheaper to have a company employee/builder assemble a model than it is to have an artist draw and paint the art for a model box.

Back to Drag Cars in Motion!

 

Bandit,

Do you which track is depicted in the top shot? Looks awefully close to Muncie...

Thanks!
Ebert

 

yup, same old story....$$$$

any more model box art anyone?

 

Perhaps in a totally different thread.........

 

It did not look like this at all.
Imagine, packed grandstands so far behind the line that they would be out in the field across the property fence.
That's about where my '57 lost it's fuel pump in the middle of the night, back in August of '69, on the back entrance road towards the 405 with a little bridge over the 5 for the farmers to use and the pro teams to come and go.

You can see this area at the very beginning of Funny Car Summer, from the opposite direction.



Eric

 

Saturday @ 75-80 Dragway













-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com

 

If you want to see some cool model box art check out this thread - Mazooma & some others have posted some great stuff!!


http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324125

 

Great to see race cars back on the 75-80 strip. Was Bunny back in the drivers seat? I'd heard she had stepped out due to health issues. I go way back with her, as we built the fiberglass for her Pinto Pro Stocker.

 

Yep....Bunny was driving. Ran 4.20s in the 1/8 on bad air and a slick track.

-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com

 

thanks dog, missed that one.

you've got some great kits too.

 

Here's a link to a little something from BB at the CFB's.
http://www.vaautoracing.org/Gallery2.html

 

Jack McClure in 1965

 

one of the original Z16s?