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02-20-2007, 08:50 PM
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Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits' !
Since I have the fortune of living an hour away from Don, I and 2 of my FelPro race gasket engineers spent a few hours at his museum last Friday to get away from all the drama in the pits in Daytona
 . I spoke to Pat, Don's lovely wife, and asked if Don was around. She said that he had not been feeling well, and was under the weather and not come in today  . So, I thought my HAMB family that has not had the opportunity to see his fantastic facility would enjoy seeing some of the old engines, dragsters, intake manifolds, etc. that he has on display. I took 331 pictures  and I'll post several. I found that you can come away with allot of ideas and a real appreciation for the times that most of us did not get to see first hand. I hope you enjoy the pictures!
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02-20-2007, 08:56 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
2nd set
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02-20-2007, 09:00 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
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02-20-2007, 09:06 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
4th set
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02-20-2007, 09:09 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Sweet pics man - thanks for spending the time to post them!
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02-20-2007, 09:10 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Here is a 1/4 scale model of 'Swamp Rat IV' .......fantastic detail.
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02-20-2007, 09:16 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Set #5
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02-20-2007, 09:16 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Very cool, the early 50's stuff was really coarse but defenatly full of roots. Amazing how quick the sport advanced. Thanks for the pics.
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02-20-2007, 09:26 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Set #6
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02-20-2007, 09:33 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Set #7
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02-20-2007, 09:40 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
for those that havnt been its an awesome place and has more cool shit in it than i have ever seen under one roof. its hard to take it all in cause theres so much. i was there a couple years ago when the power tour rolled through and it was unbelievable. It should be on the to do list of any hotrodder.
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02-20-2007, 09:45 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Some great pics from a awesome place. Do you think Big Daddy was watching the tractor pulls when the light bulb came on and he said" i'm building a digger with a sideways motor". Sick
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02-20-2007, 09:46 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
The intake manifolds and induction systems are amazing.
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02-20-2007, 09:52 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Last for this evening, but I'll put up more in the morning.
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02-20-2007, 09:53 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
This is a little OT but did you see the NOS valves sitting on the floor next to the Dodge Pro Stock car of Darrell Alderman? That's the closest thing to an admission of guilt that will ever be made public.
Backround: NHRA was about to raid the Wayne County Speed Shop and by "luck" or "misfortune" there was a "break-in" and all the secret stuff was stolen. The Dodges were not competative for a very long time after that. Thanks for the pics.
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02-20-2007, 09:57 PM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Awesome pics!!!!!!!!!Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
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02-21-2007, 07:52 AM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
That is truly an amazing collection. Every time I go there I see stuff I missed. The antique car collection is pretty stout too. Thanks for posting the pictures. Mike
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02-21-2007, 08:03 AM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Simply, I have gone to Heaven.
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02-21-2007, 08:18 AM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Here are some more
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02-21-2007, 08:22 AM
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Re: Flatheads! Hemis! Nailheads! Pontiac's! Chevy's! Dragsters! A tour of Don Garlits
Thank you. Great stuff!
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