Who has a Gasser style car ? Stand up and be counted !

I'm restoring this '55 Fairlane back to how it used to be at the heigt of the gasser wars - save for some saftey and mechanical upgrades. It's been a race car almost it's entire 50 years in existance and was run during the height of the gasser wars.


I've also got a '50s Austin 4 door that's getting built into a gasser as well.

 

Gary sweet 55! Your's is in much better shape then mine.

I'm just getting started on mine, 62 Falcon 2dr. I've got a lot of work to do!!

 

Yea, I think it may be

 

my father took that picture of mike steinbergs willys...

 

Great to see so much interest in Gassers. I would attach a pic of my ride if I can figure (or someone tell me how) how to insert the picture to keep interest flowing. Duhh...

 

i finally figured out how too shrink a pic so it would load, heres one from norwalk raceway

 

Gassers and ALTERED's Rule !

 

Any idea how a 41 or 42 ford cpe would look as a gasser ? I'm considering one of ea. the 41 is a suicide car w a 12 gauge blast hole in the drivers roof , kinda spooky , Heres one from my past my old Henry J

 

Here are a couple of pictures of my fried Lonnie's car as it sits today. Took this for a drive last week to see how my '56 will ride and I still have a chubby!!!

 

Okay, I think I got this figured out... Here's a pic of my Gasser.

 

Two great warriors of yesteryear side by side again.

 

Mike watch AG2 again theres a shot of a 46 ford gasser in it. I think the 41 would look cool.

 

Are you from camarillo? I see that car around every once in a while and was checking it out in Paso. Very nice car.

 

Thanks for the kind words. Yes I am from Camarillo. I see you're from VTA - got a car(s)?

 

It's very cool

 

I have a 49 Merc that ran C gas back in the 60's. Has a 331 Cad, w/ 2x4 set up. I will post pics as soon as i get cable internet.

 

Here's my corvair. It was built in the late 60's and ran a Mopar 426. I've now got correct torque thrusts and NOS bias ply drag tires and a motor and tranny built for it. I've also got seats. Just need to do the floors now and wire it. I've got pictures of the original paint on the way too so that hopefully will be next.

 

You're gonna be hangin' on for mercy once I get this sucker rollin'...

Sam.

 

i think this thing could fall into this catagory. call it what you want, but i call it just plain cool. some guy from canada built this backwards wheelie truck. i like the fact that he has to hang out the window to see where hes goin down the track. gotta dig the helmet too.

 

Here's my 57 150. It's about to get a straight front axle and some fenerwell headers.

 

Here are some pictures of my cars(I hope). The coupe is a 39 Studebaker and you should be able to see in one picture my Anglia.

 

Dude that Stude is gonna be BAAAD ASS when its done.

 

Pagass, I dig the Stude!

What size rim and tire you running in the rear? Fronts?

Sam.

 

Thanks guy's for the kind words. The front wheels are 15x4 American flat spokes and the rear wheels in the pictures are 15x10 Cragar's. I will be running 15x8 Americans with cheater slicks when it is done.

 

Well, here's a pic of my '56 gasser

 

67 Tempest w/ 73 400, .030 over RAIII cam, 10.5 to 1, hookers, etc, looking for a cheap tri-power set-up, currently has edel intake w/ 60's style Carter Camp AFB, mexcian blanket interior,

I finally got the motor back in after putting front axle in, went to spin the meats and blew the tranny Friday (see other post)

Car currently has flaking Earl Schieb Paint Job left over from the 80's...

Will post pics when home comp is back up.

Haunted Ken

 

Milwaukee had a few at their N.S.R.A. show.

 

I'm building an Altered '36 Dodge panel truck, shortened about 3 or 4 feet, 400 BB chrysler, 426 wedge heads, offy intake (possibly building a long ram 4 deuce setup later), fenderwell headers from a B-body mopar, 727 Torqueflite, 10 bolt GM rear with spool and 4.10's...that's about the basics...I'm waiting to move into my new house and shop so that I can keep working on it, should be done by spring...I hope to be slamming this thing together during the winter, I can't wait to hear that motor crackle and complain about having to buy rear tires all the time...

 

Sure hope ditching those rear shackles will be first on that "safety and mechanical" upgrade list.

P.S. On second thought, keep 'em. Just put some casters in the lower holes and you got combo wheelie bars!

 

actually the first thing on the mechanical / saftey list was redoing the entire braking system. The rear end shackle situation was 2nd on the list.