Drag inspired T Roadsters

to get back to the mv altered. i don't know who's cars i saw but they were both yellow and looked just alike. i have never been to a hamb drag so i don't think it was your car. i belong to the american nostaglia racing ***ociation and i believe i saw them at one of our events at palmdale. though, senility is starting to set in.

 

Sorry, That is my pal Bob Gauleys T bucket with a low buck 300 ford six. Motor ist bei mein hand
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here's a pic of my T bracket car

 

Here is my old pile. This car was a B/GAS car back in the day. I bought this car (not in this condition) my senior year of High School.

 

Not exactly what I am going to attempt, but I do love early Vette drag cars. That is a sweet ride.

 

Here's mine... Just sold on Ebay tonight

 

Yeah I saved all of the pictures from the ebay ad. LOL So where is it headed now?

 

Here's mine. Built it myself in 4 months. Runs in the 13's.

 

Well I know this is an old thread but I'm bringing it back cause its mine and I'm on the fence about which way I want to go with my T roadster since my parts stash is growing. Do I want to build something drag inspired, or a more traditional modified? That is the question. Post some more pics if you got 'em.

 

I'll bite. Here's some T-Bucket drag inspiration:

 

Anymore?

 

i had a look for you through my pics, but couldnt find the ones i thought i had so heres a pic of what the winged express would look like after 20 years of sitting in a field.

 

Thats cool. Anybody got more pics of the Gr***hopper?

 

Since you asked ...

 

What was that the name of that green show car they illegally made a model out of? A cover car with a lift off body? Gary

 

Believe you're thinking about the Geraghty and Crawford "Gr***hopper".


As for the model, I don't believe anybody who's car inspired a model was paid royalties until Big Daddy Roth came along. "Gr***hopper? Screw 'em, we'll just call it the Green Hornet!"

Might as well swipe the magazine pic pose for our model box cover while we're at it.

 

Yep, that be it. I really liked the car so much more than the model. Gary

 

Love this.

 

Here's mine

 

Found another pic.

 

me and hotrod69 are building this for the Hamb Drags....

 

I subscribed to your thread yesterday, looking great so far.

 

Now that is going to be fun.

 

heres the build thread....
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=441627

 

Here's the first one I built in the late 60s:

327 hydraulic cammed SBC - best of 10.36 @ 133

Here is my latest not-so-HAMB-friendly T:

300 Ford six - best of 9.0 @ 147

 

Cool, Frenchtown! That deserves closer attention.

 

I sold that car over 30 years ago to finance my next T, a Logghe altered drag car. I lost track of my original car until my wife and I attended the Goodguys show at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green in 2008. There on a hillside I spied a familiar site - my old car. Found after three decades! Thank God nobody died in that thing! It was built from Car Craft Magazines 10-month build-it-yourself series of articles, no doubt the most definitive series ever on how to build a rod.

The same car today:

It has the same hand built radiator I fabbed up with side-mount White truck Guide headlites. I crawled under it and my unique roll bar mounts were still on the frame. Yup, my old car.

 

I'm going for that Vibe with mine, I modeled my headers from this car for instance.