Gasser Era Questions

Not quite true. NHRA amended the rules in '66 to allow Anglia's 90" wheelbase, and the A40 Austins that were longer. But my Austin is 89" wheelbase, and were not included in that rule change.

 

Here's a good example for ya. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdSq89I1S4A&list=PLC9E2721E6C670CAD

 

Very cool!

 

Did Hemmingway build a g***er?

 

Well it is on the internet so it has to be true.

I worked around reporters for several years, something that is a true fact is that they seldom get everything or anything right. Hell if you depend on what a reporter says then I was correct in the first place as the local news paper that boasts that Hemingway worked there has or had the picture with the caption in the main lobby. (He did work there for a little less than a month)


I personally never met Hemingway and was not with him every waking minute of his life so I am not sure what he said or when. I can only depend on what someone else who may not have understood what he was saying said that he said. Some things never change.

Nope just extraneous bull **** on a thread full of extraneous bull ****.

 

Little confused on your car. I saw somewhere that you listed it as a 1946 A7. No where in any history of Austin cars can I find such a beast. The last of the Austin 7's were made in 39 and are very different from your car. Yours looks an awful lot like an Austin 8, and that car did have an 88" wheelbase which technically would have excluded it from NHRA, but I know of at least one that was allowed to run in the late 60's

 

Hemmingway did build a g***er but it did not meet the 64 rules---so he sold it to a guy from san francisco for a cold one last winter ?

 

found this in another thread

 

I FULLY understand the concept of "G***er Style" vs. "G***er" as it pertains to being period correct. I know the difference between functional and street freak. I also fully respect the fact that there are folks out there protecting the concepts. I love the new era G***er cl***es for what they are but I would drive 10 times as far to attend the Meltdown event or see Quain Stott's travelling 4 speed g***er show. I am a huge period correct g***er fan and I often curse the day that saw me born 10 years too late.

I do have a problem when some of these same "protectors" get carried away in the defense of the realm. Too many times on this and other forums I have seen folks come on with the best of intentions only to get bashed. They never come back and likely, the project takes a turn to a different direction.

Well kids... like most folks here... we build our junk on a budget. We buy used parts and search the sales section at Summit and Speedway for blems and 2nds. We use steel instead of aluminum because...well... we have a pile of 4x8 sheets in the corner with the bottom edges rotting off... but it's free. But mostly, we build what we build to drive and drive hard. The pile of bent and broken parts from my Scout should prove that.

I'm really sorry we can't afford $1000 for original 12 spokes but we appreciate the fact you have more invested in a set of original magnesium Halibrands then I have in my entire engine. Don't like my seat, don't like my choice of wheels, miss the fact we are running old school mechanical fuel injection because you're hung up on my choice of fuel... that's your choice and I respect your right to state your opinion... but seriously... Keep it up guys... keep bashing folks for asking good questions and for wanting to get involved in a traditional build and all our "G***er style" projects being built because someone thought it was a cool look and a cool era, will become Donks and billet rods !!

Dammit... my soap box just broke. Guess I stood on it too long

 

my problem is not with anyone's choices,it is with not realizing eras are co-mingled ---build what you want just let it speak for it's self---the 12 spokes you refer to for example only came in spindle mounts before 1965 so they are not era correct and look weird to us geezers---you like them run them ---like i have said before i like draglites but i know they were not around in the day---oops my soap box broke

 

You and Black 62 using full or empty soap boxes? Neither holds me up!! Now the wife is pissed.. So I'll use a 2x6...The video in post 152 of 60's g***ers [second clip] shows what I have said before; G***er "style" cars being built today and for around the last decade are built too high...The vid shows the bottom of the frame not much [if at all] higher than the center line of the rear axle, which I thought was in the rules a long with 24" engine crank height and 10% set back, front of car could be as high as you wanted [no head light height dim.] till you couldn't see where you were going [that didn't stop some!]...And I agree, we don't need more donks and billet rods; its bad when a question is asked and the answers have to be sorted through as to wether BS, crank, know it all, honest or plan steer ya wrong on purpose[some think its funny] who I'd like to reach through the putor and slap..!..Phew! 2x6 held up good! Me Done..

 

What do you G***er purists think of Von Hartman's Abomination henry J?

 

cool name...that wasn't much motor that he broke---looks good for a hank---got some nice workmanship---cool lettering---the best wheel choice ever---takes it to the races---what do you think of it?--- but then i'm not a purist, just someone who knows what he likes...

 

George knows his ****.

 

I am not a "purist", but I think its a great car. The motor he had in it was most likely what he could afford at the time. I can't knock a guy for that , and never will.

 

Yes, back when I purchased the car the seller told me it was an A7, but since then I've found it has to be either A8 or A10, (depending on what HP engine it had) Regardless, the 1946 Austins in either model were too short. Not sure where they got an 88" WB, as mine wasn't quite that short.
Wouldn't be surprised there was a couple run back then, and I've even seen one that ran as an Anglia using an Anglia gl*** frontend to diguise it, but they weren't allowed if anyone got around to measuring the WB.

 

George knows what he has been told and read in his daddies old Hot Rod mags. He wasn't even born until about 60.

 

This could have been a cool thread. Lots of good info, but now just people *****ing. Sad.

 

My car has 3.55's and I've run hotrod drag week 2 yrs in a row and ran a best of 10.79. So you are telling me my car is BOGUS.
This is just a little SOAP OPERA.

 

just looking at your avatar, it seems your back tires are wider than most cars of this era---also tubbed and narrowed rear end---i am a big fan of your car at drag week and have no doubt it is a strong ,streetable car---show me some pics of cars from 65 or before with these features---i know swc, maz, and others were running 16 inch wheels with the biggest tires avaiable---if it was just about performance their are lots of stangs and camaros that can out out run our cars ---i would never call your car bogus and don't understand why you would want to put yourself in that group---just as hot rod has requirements for you to run in your cl***, there are general parameters for era correctness here that mean more to some than others...that is what the discussion is about,,,

 

Just curious why you (and some others) seem hung up on using Magnesium Halibrands as some sort of reference? Very few G***ers, in the grand scheme of how many cars there were running gas cl***es (especially B and Below) ever ran "mag" Halibrands. Hell my car had them for the first few runs (borrowed) but ended up with Cragars because they paid contingency and Halibrand didn't .
My problem with the Bolt on 10 spokes is the fact that they aren't like anything that was available back then ~ the original 12 spokes were always spindle mounts and so the bolt on versions just don't look right on a Period Correct G***er in my (and my other folks) eyes. Better off with Cragar's, Torque Thrusts, Chrome Reverse, Ansen Slots, Aluminum Halibrands (or Real Wheels) or something that was available then, even if they are new.

 

I wonder what Chuck Finders and Jr. Thompson are doing in this 1965 picture?

 

Or what Don Long would think about narrowed rearends.

www.meltdowndrags.com

 

George was born in the '50s just like I was. I cannot answer for george but some of us grew up in the pits.

The question on G***ers always goes back to era. Before you were a known en***y on the HAMB the arguement actually started with "Look at my "Traditional G***er"" back then the recognized cutoff date for the site was '64. In '64 gas cl*** cars or gas coupe/sedan was a street legal cl*** at least in the NHRA. Some of us mistakenly believed that the NHRA rules were acceptable. Cars like yours for instance would have been run in altered cl*** in '64 for example. I am just using your car for example because you are available, and this explaination is just to add understanding to the original arguement.