Where's the rules ?

Does my possibly...new car...fit ?

A 1959 British car, rebuilt into a drag racer. Built about 20 years ago. Chrysler (440, Torqueflight) running gear.
Semi-gloss paint, old Weldwheels, wheels.

Mike

 

I read them once, but I sure can't find them when I'm looking for them.

There's something in there about foreign cars, but there seem to be some exceptions for proper drag racing cars (ie. they don't retain much of their original stuff)

Maybe I'll have to bookmark the link to the rules, when someone posts it.

 

If you post a picture of the car and the thread gets deleted you have your answer. That’s my litmus test

 

Send the info/pics/details to Mark. He’ll let you know as soon as he reads it.

 

NOT...true..!!

Anglias, Austins...(and more that I've seen) ARE foreign cars !!!
You let them post, right ?

Mike

 

Yeah, the WeldWheels will get me.
Unless I put some steel wheels on it for pictures ?!
OR...I have some Halibrands that may fit...

Mike

 

Back in the 60s, there was a big Healey that ran in the Gasser class at Harriman dragstrip in Tennessee. SBC for power, and that car went every direction but straight every time it ran. I expected the driver to die every time it ran. Crazy.

 

Show a picture at an angle so the wheels can't be seen.

 

Don’t replace the Weldwheels (which can look old style) with Centerlines…they are a no-no big time.

 

Who wants popcorn?

 

There were some weird furn cars racing back then

 

Toppolino's vs vintage Ferrari's

Out of curiosity, what is the rule on Foreign Cars that were drag raced on tracks outside the USA [eg: Holdens in Australia]
In NZ there were USA, Australian and English Fords that were drag raced

Here is a dragster that used 2 x English Zephyr 6 cylinder engines to make a flat 12

 

Austin’s were made in the US from 1930-34 By the American Austin Car Co. They were acquired in 1936 by the firm that became American Bantam Car Co.
Just pointing that out…. I enjoyed seeing any little car with a big American v8 tear down the track. Win or loose they were always exciting to see!

 

Crosleys we’re American made cars?

 

I mean.....my grandpa built and ran an early fifties Jaguar with a fuelie Corvette 283 in the late fifties around Missouri

 

The weirdest of the bunch!
Messerschmitt


http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-very-unusual-dragster-dual-hemis-with.html

 

Another

 

"a dragster that used 2 x English Zephyr 6 cylinder engines to make a flat 12"

I like that one. Any tech available?
Marcus...

 

Spring below the axle, never saw that one before.

 

People forget that the Cobra started out as a foreign car. And Anglia's were Fords.

 

Weird?? I guess I must be. I have two Messerschmitt’s and a Topolino in my shop at the moment. ( without Weld wheels!)

 

Nope, you have the cleanest, classiest Comet I've ever seen, not a hair out of place, inside or out, I like the "little mouse" too!

 

I don't know too much about it, except it had 2 crankshafts and a common drive between them. It wasn't too successful
Here is a close up of the engine



It was built by 2 brothers Barry and Graeme McConnachie [they were quite young at that time]



They started out dirt track racing
Here is Barry with an "English" Mk2 Zephyr dirt track car


And racing a Ford "Pop" [Anglia] gasser


Barry moved to California, and was sadly killed in an ATV racing accident [R.I.P Barry]

 

Gotta love older American manufactured automobiles, that kids have "Hopped Up"

 

Jag engine????

 

It's a Prefect!

Chris