Hey Y'all ........ my name is John ........ I'm 63 and I live in High Point, NC ....... the land of possum & dumplings Grew up drag racing NHRA style out in Division 4 ....... which was known as the "land of the goodguys" .......... home track was Amarillo Dragway I'm now very close to completing a total rebuild of a 1948 English Ford Thames panel van .......... it's an old A/G drag car which we are converting into a street rod Thanks for letting me join you
Welcome from Belmont, NC. Long live the Gassers!! Building a semi- recreation of the old Flintstone Flyer II, Stude Lark.
John, Nice Intro!.............Welcome to the H.A.M.B. .................from Arkansas City, KS. firstnomad www.angelfire.com/jazz/flatlandstudio
Hey John....grew up myself on the Amarillo Dragway track....late 50s-early 60s. Was up there a few weeks ago to visit with an old HS buddy who's still building streetrods....in fact I drove my '39 Chev up there from south Texas...me and my buddy spent almost a week messin with cars....it happened to be a Route 66 Festival w/car show happening...and on a Friday night we found out they were having a "test & tune" night out at Amarillo Dragway...went out and, predictably, had a ball....we met the one of the new track owners and told him..."man, this is the first time we've (me and my buddy) been out here together since 1963"! He laughed and said, "well, get another car together and come on out and run". Before we left my buddy was already planning to get a car together to bring out....so guess I'm gonna have some repeat trips back up to Amarillo. Those were were without a doubt the best days of drag racing.....low buck guys could run what you brung and the crowds loved it!
Hi John, and wellcome. I'm building a -48 Thames too, but mine is far from being done. It's all steel with Anglia doors and converted to one door in back. Home made chassie with 302 Z28 csb and th350. Kurt
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