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

Green Monster 1957

 

Thx for the Pro Stock pix ts3x65mph

 

Does anyone else have pics of this car??

 

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Joel Rosen's Cobra.








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Is it my imagination or is this a staged shot? Looks like he's yanking the fronts while in the dirt on the side of the track.






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Does look faked. The slicks aren't wrinkled right for one more clue. It is the only Cobra wheelie photo I've ever seen.



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This photo of Joel taken near his shop is said to be the real deal. According to sources, he had just tuned the car, had slicks put on for the weekend and was taking it out for a spin on Sunrise Highway. Since he was planning on making a full throttle pass, he put his helmet on. It probably was as much for fun as safety. <O</O
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This photo, also taken in front of his shop, was also claimed to be staged. Here is the final word on that one –


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Believers & Non-Believers:
I noticed that there seems to be a controversy over the shot of daylight under the front wheels of the '68 Baldwin-Motion A/MP Camaro taken on Sunrise Highway. Non-Believers doubt the ability of the Camaro to actually pull the wheels on the street.

Since I'm the guy who took the photo with a real camera (Nikon FTN) and real film (Kodak TriX) and still has the negatives, I can assure you that this is the real deal.
It was during dyno-testing and Joel Rosen or Billy Mitchell backed it off the dyno and on to the street.
There were two passes and both times the car hooked up and yanked the front wheels. The headers were open which explains the "smoke" under the front of the car.
The car, sponsored by Motion Supercar Club and CARS Magazine, went on to set a number of NHRA National Records and drive Grumpy Jenkins crazy!

It was the poster car for our "Win On Sunday, Sell On Monday" program which established Baldwin-Motion
as the premier builder and marketer of niche market musclecars. And, we still are!

And no, neither Joel nor I have a clue as to where this car is today.
Enjoy,
Marty
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Us guys around here remember the car when it was black. Not sure if Jerry Ault still owns the car or not..

 

I remember the Cirino Durfee Motors roadster very well, was originally white, unblown, later ran in primer with a blown Olds, no chrome or anything...was one of the loudest cars at the San Gabriel Drag Strip. Later Cirino and Groves (later partner) not only painted it light green but chromed most of the running gear and injector tubes. They did run port injectors on top of the blower, think it held the 1320 record for A/Gas roadster. I think that Nick Cirino later got into funny cars.

 

Someone posting before me said Jerry still has the car.

 

Here 'ya go. Taken on the same day. Famoso, 1960.

 

Hemi's

 

Mo Hemi's

 

Thanks guys! What a neat car. Beautiful photo Dean, who's wearing the top hat?

 

Great photos of the early days .....

Night drags:

 

Some more great shots from the past ....