History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

worth a repeat

 

Hey Mazooma, how about contributing to the site for once!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Doug, the only words appropriate are THANK YOU!! the other Doug

 

WOW! Good run Doug, awesome pics!

 

Phil Elliott photo

 

Rolled Anglia is Coney Island Ralphs 1st Anglia, after Willys pictured previously. In the back ground of the Super Vette is a 40-41 Chevy coupe that flipped at NY National I have a picture of it somewhere, Yup I found it.

 

Diggin the model a coupe gasser....

 

This A coupe was Joe Pisano's first drag car. Later ran in A/GS with a blower. Absolute show piece.

 

I saw this one, Steinegger and Eisenbaugh -- header came off in the lights at San Gabriel, (note the last pipe missing), apparently they were galvanized steel, hit the tire (note top missing), car did a slow roll in the lights and off into the dirt, flipped several times...the ambulance crew tried to get Al Eisenbaugh into the ambulance but he refused and there was quite a struggle getting him in...the announcer chastized them for the galvanized pipe, noting that the same thing had happened at Phoenix a couple of weeks earlier, except the car stayed upright...after this crash, they came out with a new Fuller car, the "Alladin Plating Special," shown racing Wenderski at Ramona (this was the run where John was killed)

Jeez, this is like a grand finale after a great fireworks show, THANKS!!!!!

 

Member car of the Southerngassers from back in the day.

 

Same car today.

 

Awesome photos, great thread I love it.

 

Great before and after pics of the Wompin Wagon,Judd.
I am partial to Nomads myself.
Take it thats your white Comet.

 

Thank's Doug. And you even got a shot from a swedish magazine with the US flag colored cars at MAntorp dragstrip. I remember those cars well, very proffesional back in the days.

 

What year did floater hubs become required for fuel cars? Tom S.

 

This place is great. The Photo's are Way cool.

 

I think top fuelers had them mid sixtys?

 

What the heck is this guy sitting on ? He's looking awfully tall in the saddle there !

 

Found here love'm

 

Thats the new "shoulder blade rest" so you dont tear your rotator cuff when shifting

Pat

 

Maybe he's got one of those hard plastic booster seats they used to give five year olds at Sambos.

 

I've been meaning to post these for awhile.