Hot Rods LETS SEE YOUR RACE CARS THAT ALSO DO THE STREET!

More of a case of driver ran out of room. LOL

 

gasser todd glad you are ok. i had a similiar experience in august. see rebuilding after the crash thread. i like the licence plate.

 

gasser todd. These short wheel base cars can be a real handful! I have come close on several occasions . Glade you were not hurt. That power plant looks very serious!

 

...and then us idiots shorten the wheelbase even more!

 

Its 540 cubes with a 671. Made 851hp on the dyno on pumpgas before we put it in the car. I have a spare 1071 and a 1471 too in case I get hit by a big amount of stupidity and want to upgrade. I raced car on 95 octane gas.

I had the chassis pulled straight and recently sold the car less motor box and diff to a mate. I figure a late twenties tudor with a 10 point cage and an upsized blower should do street duty and run high 8s in the quarter.

I guess Im on the lookout for a big amount of stupidity already......

 

Just found this. This is the L-78 powered Anglia from Mission I was talking about.

 

Look it up on Ebay, theres a good description of it.

 

this one was up at Bruce Larsons open house show, has a plate on it.

 

That's freaking awesome! Love it.

 

Ok, I'm right on the edge here it's a 65. lol. I double duty my 65 Belvedere 1 plymouth all the time. And it's a blast. A/C blows cold , 2.72 rear gear runs the quarter in 2nd gear. Its a class winner.

 

Here's a real bad-ass piece..Built and driven on the street by a young fab'r for a NASCAR team
He replicated the style car his Grandfather raced in New York..Same car number , GF's shop address on the trunklid.... 426 Hemi , all race suspension.....You should hear this thing going down the backstretch @ Charlotte Motor Speedway

 

Someone is going to think I am a little off center but I keep coming back to this, I really like this car uh truck uh well you know.

 

Beeno, Off center because of that??
Naa man, there are other reasons for us to think that than that car/truck!

 

It will be

 

That is frickin kool!

 

My '33 Willys coupe and my son's '48 Anglia.

 

What impressed me the most about your car is how fast you slammed it together. I do street/strip but my car isn't HAMB friendly.

 

My all steel 32, sees a lot of street. I drive it to the strip, run it all day and drive it home. My kid drove it to prom after a day at the track. Oh yea, its a 4 speed car with drum brakes and it turns high 10s in the quarter.

 

1960
Hello,

When my brother and I were just about finished with our 1940 Willys B/Gas Coupe, it was running very strong and we had not taken it to Lion’s Dragstrip as yet. There was one area that we had to make an appearance before any drag racing would take place at Lion’s Dragstrip. It was our Bixby Knolls cruising grounds.

This area is/was the showcase area for all hot rod/drag race enthusiasts and local teenagers. The past history through out the earlier years set the scene. You build a car, customize it, just bought it, the place was a center of all sorts of hot rod activity. It was a must see place and to hang out with the latest...

The important camaraderie of the teenage egos was always something to make things better, after hearing great comments about what we did. No, those comments were not going to our heads, but made us work harder to reach the next goal of winning the B/Gas or C/Gas Coupe Class at Lion’s Dragstrip.

The Willys Coupe looked like a clunker with the red primer paint, black wheels and just a plain jane appearance. But,
The original 283 with the 6 Stromberg carbs, Isky cam +kit, ported heads, and aluminum pistons all put together made a great sound through the Hedman Headers for the real street legal sound. The dual mufflers were attached to keep everything streel legal. The first drive through was enough to impress those that were there when we went into the drive-in restaurant parking lot one Friday night.


Our friends were impressed with our first attempt at building a hot rod for the street and drags. It was nice to hear great comments and when we started the motor with the hood open, everyone stepped back a slight distance due to the fact that it sounded so strong and powerful. That was the first time with the carburetor powered SBC 283 c.i. motor. Then, after running the Stromberg powered 283 SBC motor, lightweight, 1940 Willys Coupe in the B/Gas Class, we decided to up our game and rebuild for more power.


After months of rebuilding and having a larger motor, (from SBC 283 to 292 c.i. with blower spec parts) The sound of the 671 supercharged 292 SBC motor and 6 Stromberg carbs made the “wow” sound on the street. When we chugged into the parking lots of the two drive-in restaurants where our friends were sitting around with their hot rods and sedans, it made an instant impression… mainly it was… what the #$@#^.


No one else had made such a supercharged motor set up. Sure, there were a couple of Paxton Centrifugal Superchargers on different hot rods, but since the 671 Isky Gilmer Blower Belt Kit just came out, we were the first to show up with a great sounding motor, our 40 Willys Coupe and the new 671 SBC power. Everything was all new since the parts had to be blower motor build specific.

Jnaki

When everyone saw the 1940 Willys Coupe roll into the drive-in restaurant parking lot, we could only see amazement on their faces. Then when we rolled out of the parking lot and my brother gave it a little gas, we could just imagine the comments coming from the group of teens. We drove around the block, came down the dark alley and pulled into one of the coveted rear row parking spots. A friend mentioned that he could hear the motor coming down the normally quiet alley. This was part of the reaction we were expecting from our original Stromberg powered 283 SBC and months later, 671 292 ci SBC Willys Coupe build.
similar in build and looks
We parked, raised the hood and stood back to talk to some of our friends. It was a good thing it was only red primer as the teens all gathered around the 1940 Willys Coupe to get a look at how it was built. The nods and approval comments were more than enough for us to be satisfied we did a good job with our first hot rod build. During this build, we decided to get into the speed shop business end by getting a good discount buy from the manufacturers and sell for a lesser discount to our friends.

The good thing that the 1940 Willys Coupe build did for us was that it solidified our “rep” as good engine and hot rod builders, despite the small backyard garage we used to house everything. Our very small business we created to buy speed parts and accessories for our friends was getting started and gave us a little pocket change to save up for the next level of “go fast” parts for the 40 Willys Coupe.

We had two SBC motors in our 1940 Willys Coupe builds. Chevy running gear, LaSalle transmission and a lot of aluminum sheets were used in the first build. The first edition was a 283 with 6 Strombergs an Isky Cam and kit, Jahns pistons, as well as Chevy Truck heads. It turned 13 sec on the initial quarter mile run and stayed at that average speed for a couple of months. It did not matter what we did, other than getting better at the starts from the line. We were limited with the build.


When we decided to get a total rebuild with the same 283 block, but go up to 292 c.i. (with all blower spec crank, pistons, rods, a Howard Cam/Kit, plus a Joe Hunt Vertex Magneto, a new 671 supercharger with an Isky-Gilmer Belt Drive… headers) using the same 6 Strombergs that led to some serious horsepower. We knew it had more horsepower and the times were much better at 1 sec faster. When we added welded in steel plates to give the frame some rear end structure/traction, it also allowed us to lower the qualifications for the C/Gas Class. The new 292 671 SBC motor started making some great runs and we were getting close to the national record.

But, for all of the work we did on the 671 SBC motor in the 1940 Willys, to get in a good position for a run at the national record, we had no idea what our horsepower was for the final build.


We never knew back then that the experience of our first hot rod /drag race build would be a street driven car until we tried it on several weekends prior to those racing days. The 6 Stromberg 283 SBC version was a street legal hot rod and had all of the reliability of a daily driver.

But, going out on a limb, when we added the 671 to the newly created 292 C.I. blower spec SBC motor, well, let’s say it was good for a Saturday night cruise, but it was leaning toward being a full on drag race car, despite the moniker of Street Legal C/Gas Coupe as per the rules. The 2.5 gallon Moon Tank was also a limiting factor or at least something we had to check almost every mile we drove with the powerful motor blasting our hearts and faces with big smiles…