History What time frame was this Simpson chute lever assembly from?

Ok. Mick and I got an old K 88/style dragster ( SF?) or chassis research many years ago. A lot of front suspension parts were chromed and it was set up for an early QC.( long gone ) It was torch welded CM from what we could tell. And was used up. We used it for a pattern and jig and went from there.
One of the last pieces that I have from it is a Simpson Parachute lever.
My question is what time frame would this have come from? I would have said the chassis was 59-61? It had the rear like a K88 but not with the big common tube on the bottom. All tubing was the same size. Roughly 1 5/8.
So I am going to throw it out there. Squirrel where are you?

 

My partner and I purchased one of those to use in an AA/GS in 1969 with an off topic body. You mount the mag switch in the hole and when you pull the chute it shuts the engine off clean. It worked perfectly as long as we ran the car. Chassis, body and tin were all done in '69. Sorry I can't confirm anything earlier.

 

this is mid 60s? Surfers

is that it? doesn't look quite the same.

 

Nope it doesn’t.
The lever shape is a little different. This one was mounted parallel to top rail. Bolted to tabs that again had been torch welded

 

Hello,

Back in 1960, we were in the final event for C/Gas Coupe Eliminations. My brother took off at the light and was at least two cars ahead of the class champion in the next lane. He was gaining past the 1/8 mile and as he was approaching the finish line, the clutch exploded and wiped out the whole interior with fire.

Luckily, my brother jumped out at around 60 mph as the return road racers told us later. He rolled over and over until he came to a stop in the gravel. His helmet was toast, but saved his head.

The Willys blew up and crashed into the fence, so the dragstrip was shut down at 9:30 pm.

Albertson Olds in 1960 ran a K88 chassis to an unbeatable record streak of 12 consecutive wins. Our Willys Coupe accident was the event that stopped the consecutive win streak at 12. After the race, the two drag racers were waiting in the staging area waiting their turn. They trailered their race cars and left the closed dragstrip. While our Willys Coupe was still burning until an hour later.

Atts Ono and the security guard stayed until the flames were out and no one was around the area.

Jnaki

The Olds powered k88 was fast and he was a tremendously quick off of the line. But, after Leonard Harris passed away in another dragster accident at Lion’s Dragstrip, Tom McEwen was contracted to continue racing the Albertson Olds K88 Dragster.

But, he was considerably taller and so the k88 was altered and now continued to race with a parachute. It was one of the first ones in 1960 with a parachute in the k88 dragster.

“…The Albertson Olds became the first in a string of successful Adams & McEwen collaborations. Long before he became "the Mongoose," Tom McEwen praised it as one of the few single-engine cars that could run with the big twins. The addition of a second roll bar, due to McEwen's height, and the parachute are the major differences from the Albertson trim. Here, McEwen was out first against eventual Top Eliminator Jack Chrisman in the Howard twin, setting the fastest single-engine speed of 170.77 mph.”

The first parachute introduction was 1960 for a K88.YRMV

 

I had not seen one of those. Every chassis builder I know built there own, me included. My guess is later 60's.

 

I thought the same thing as to everyone building their own. It wasn’t until I flipped it over where it was bolted to the tabs on the chassis that I saw SIMPSON stamped as you see in the photo.
I do not have a photo of the rail only a photo some where of the car we built from it as a pattern. It is similar to the A O car but not exactly. But from what I have seen no two were exactly alike hardly ever.