Art & Inspiration Traditional images that need no explanation.

Sitting in a modified 66 / 67 Fairlane

 

Wasn’t this picture used for the 1940’s drug exploitation film “cocaine crazy”?

 

I remember seeing this roadster at the Early Ford Store in San Dimas, CA. https://www.motortrend.com/features/barn-find-1932-ford-roadster-hidden-60-years/

 

The Bell and Zaleski Anglia from Kenosha Wisconsin, a fan favorite at ‘DaGrove. (Great Lakes Dragaway, Union Grove, WI.)

 

This thread is not about hot rod only,it is under Art&Inspiration.

 

The T tub in the foreground was built by the father of former fuel altered pilot Rod Hynes. It’s still in the family.

 

Machining tri-Chevy blocks.

 

not even CLOSE to a '29 Model A >>> ANYTHING !!!!

 

@65pacecar

Hello,

We were fortunate to see the Green Monster #11 at Lion’s Dragstrip during July of 1959. They had traveled West to showcase some runs on various West coast dragstrips with Lion’s Dragstrip starting it off.

In the June 1959 edition of the Drag News Weekly paper, this large advertisement was shown.

Note: nice old bit of history from the Midwest...

Being upstart teenagers, we were into drag racing of all kinds. When we were told that Art Afrons was bringing the Green Monster out West to Lion’s sometime in 1959. We could not miss this event. The anticipation was tremendous. We were going to be able to see an aircraft powered motor in a race car going fast!!! Even our dad was intrigued. We were fighting for a front row position on the spectator’s side low fence. That was a ring side seat for us.
The first thing we all saw was the largest 4 wheel trailer (90% of trailers were two wheel tilt trailers at the time) ever seen in our location at Lion's Dragstrip. This Red, heavy duty trailer was towed by the Light Blue Ford Pickup truck all across the USA. Everyone stopped what they were doing and came to the viewing area to see this “cool” race car run.

The first thing everyone noticed was that it did not have a lot of quickness off of the line and took a while to get moving. But, moving it did, sounding like the airplanes that flew over our house from the Long Beach Airport, on the way to Catalina.
1959
If I had a zoom lens, the movies would have been life size. But, we adapt with what we have. It was a great place for an all day stay, as our 58 Impala was right behind us full of a cooler of my mom’s great cooking. But, it was still a short walk to get those famous, "Lions Pits" hot dogs and drinks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5h0szccao Green Monster at Lion’s Dragstrip July 1959

The Green Monster was an unusual set up, not anything like all of the other dragsters that were racing during this time period. It looked like a pure homemade race car. (it was) The sound was like an airplane because it was an Allison v-12 airplane motor. It did go by in a flash and not as loud as the top FED + racers of the time. (Sidewinder, Kenny Lindley/Don Hampton, H&H Garage Lefty Mudersbach, Dragmaster, etc.)

"Number 11 was probably the best running of all the cars, but by the time of its performance, aircraft-powered dragsters were relegated to the exhibition classification."


Jnaki

For the latest in original “sound” from 1959 Afrons Allison powered race car”
Afrons Allison Sound

No one was disappointed, although we wanted the race car to instantly go super fast. It started out with the firing up of the airplane motor and then slowly rolled out of the starting position. Then it took off like an airplane on take off at the nearby Long Beach Airport, except this one was going straight on the level dragstrip…

 

Daryl Finger's channelled 34 Coupe with early Poly Dodge engine and homemade 4 carb manifold and Rip Kirby's hot flathead powered 32 roadster at Fishermans Bend drags in the early 60's.

 

TV Tony Ivo on the left with Tony Nancy showing the Blown Nailhead Tony lent to TV TOM.