14 pages(and seven months) on this thread and nobody mentioned Tom Hoovers "Showtime". First car related t-shirt I ever owned had a picture of it doing a monster burnout.
In Australia in the mid seventies there was neat little Morris Minor gasser based in Canberra ACT called "Gas-Trick " it was painted dark brown for obvious reasons(just say the name fast). I used to take a 10 minute detour when walking home from highschool to check out that car as the owner often would park it next to his house. Another cool car ,an FJ holden Modified Production class sedan, had the name "Short & Shakey" I think Mick Borg raced that car Here's a pic of Gas-Trick from the visualvelocity web site, cheers RM c
On the West Coast during the 80's and 90's there were two TA/FC that match raced alot. They were "The Boogie Man" and "Evil Wicked Mean and Nasty". And my favorite is John Shoemaker's TAD "American Eagle" . RIP John.
I bought my 60 from a friend. He bought it from his friend who had built the car with the help of yet another friend. The "yet another friend" was a roller skater. The guy who actually built the car had another hobby, fur trapping. So the car was called "Traps and Skates." In addition to the name painted on the doors, there was a caricature of a guy in a little red wagon holding a trap while the wagon was being pulled by a guy on roller skates. Never did photograph it because it wasn't me. Wish I had now. Actually wish I still had the car. I sold it back to Traps.
Well lets see ya I dont get it with all our hambs in mn how they missed the skag oh well at least the got telstar who oh well if ya know him you understand well here,s a few of mine Rude Stewed lots of good fun 20 years ago and now some young guys are running the wheels off it and I used to put a magnetic "n" between rude and stewed make lots of people think, so it had 2 names, and as a elder I been running my 1/4 pounder 59 ply 70,s drag car, oh if you havent guessed the ruded stewed was a straight axel car in the birth of the (new nostalgia craze) in the early 80,s alot of people told me I was nuts for removin the indy frt for a beam and it was a stude
Geeeeeze...................... not ONE "Time Machine"????????? c'mon................there had ta be zillions of em.........................LOL
________________________________________________________________ These are very good names and I appreciate the work that went into these lettering jobs. Nice work...........that's what I do for a living.
Here are a few out of the past........my favorite..... "Crankenstien" There was a speed shop way back that had a cool gimmick. They were R&M automotive......the home of the monsters. Amoung their cars were the above mentioned Crankenstien a 67 chevelle, Tracula a 56 chevy, Rodan a 55 or 56 T-bird, Godzilla a maverick then a P/S Pinto. There were a few more old school names, mighty mouse, top cat, dennis the menace, small torque, alive-n-kickin', only a toy, blue max, the tonowanda dart, pure hell, rapid rodent, psycho, wild pumpkin, wheels of fortune, maxwell's silver hammer, panic, assassinm northwind, yankee raider, southern pride, thomas's promises, time machine, cobra rat, war cat, purple haze,outer limits, poetry in motion, devil with a blue dress, every last dollar, one in a million......there were so many..... I liked back in the day when the names showed up on the street cars as well, then again, way back the race car and street car were one in the same.
My favorite of all time was a local fellow by the name of Tom Tarrant. Had a Plymouth SS/A that was sponsored by the family biz, Tarrant Masonry Contractors. It was called "The Mortar Forker ll". I have searched but can't find any pics.
_________________________________________________________________ Very sorry to hear about that........ beautiful car......best of luck
__________________________________________________________________ More than likely that would be an old Grumpy Jenkins car. Either it was his or he tuned it....... there is an old story about that car....it goes when they retired that car, rather than sell it and possibly give up some secrets, it was stripped and cut up and scrapped.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Riddler is one beautiful piece of art............... the others are nice but that is art
A few more names came to mind....."Strictly Business" still racing with it's multi colored flake paint, an old school gasser early nova, Hitchhiker... corvette, the Exorcist.....corvette, Fun City Hauler...57 nomad, 2 Timer....nova, Jersey Twister..... early camaro I think, Tuff-E-Nuff.... camaro, Equalizer...early camaro, Plain Brown Wrapper....vega panel, Screaming Yellow Zonker...henry-J, Cosmic Debris...nova, Double Trouble... 70 chevelle, corvette, monza, Joint Venture....corvettes, 57 chevy, Dino's Toy...66 chevelle, King Kong...66 chevelle, Misfit...64 impala powered by olds, Jolly Green Giant....57 chevy, Poison Ivy....55 chevy, Tabu....57 ford, War Wagon.... chevy nomad, Wagon Master....55 nomad, Blue Light... 55 nomadthe Rustler........corvette, Hustler....69 camaro, Fugitive...67 camaro, Blackout.....mid 60's mopar, Travel Agent.....69 chevelle, Tazmanian Terror.... 30 something ford, Loco-Motion...65 GTO convertable, Mighty Mouse.....56 chevy 67 camaro, Hatari....early firebird, Phony Pony...early mustang, Casper....a white 65 Impala, Terminator.....73 nova, the Islander....56 chevy... the Maltese Falcon....a 64 GTO, Jade East.. 55 chevy.....Northern Hauler.....56 chevy sedan delivery....more probably to come
My dad ran a gold '57 Nomad mid to late 60's called "Gold Fever". I always thought "Trailer Trash" would be fitting for a ratrod gasser
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