mine was on the cover jan 2001 doing a fire burnout. shortly after that they ran a series of articles on how to alter you own car. i believe there were a few cover shots involved with that.
Magneto's car was on the cover in pieces, unfinished....but yeah, thanks for the reminder about yours! I looked at the article not too long ago, but my memory ain't what it used to be
jim did you ever read the un edited version of the hot rod story. the magazine edition was cut down quit a bit. it can be found at quarter mile stones under nitro hallucination. its geoff stunkerts site he wrote the article. it gives a better idea of what we were doing that day. for anyone that is into the awb cars this is a good read on keeping this rich history alive.
This originally was the Flying Dutchmen car. Looking for any current information of its current where abouts.
Ok had a small work related hiatus so back to the Pontiacs Dick Jesse "Mr Unswitchable" GTO Jess Tyree tempest Millner Pontiac "Pussy A Go Go" GTO Pouncin Poncho GTO Can't quite see if this is AWB but it was in the AWB section The Blue Twister GTO
Finally a couple of Ford products in the final no less Dyno Don Comet at the 1965 nationals losing to Dick-Brannan mustang
A few guys used the TH400 really early....thanks for the pics! I've encountered the Pouncin Poncho a few times in AZ.
Here is a very unusual one there can't be many like this one. a 1956 Ford AWB altered. posted by Gasry renolds in drag race car in motion
Interesting placement of screws on rear wheels. Often wondered if this way wasn't more effective than through the side.
from this older thread http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-drag-racers-with-their-cars.400138/ Joe Ralph Thompson AWB Plymouth
Back in the 60's almost every car had a colorful name lettered on the side of it and those names became part of drag racing history for me and many others. I find that missing from drag racing cars of today for the most part. When I think of the last national drag race I went to I really don't remember any of the cars having names on them and I wonder if this could be part of the reason for a lack of interest for some racers. Back in the 60's there were many colorful drivers or car-actors has some people called them and today with the exception of a few drivers like John Force I find this is also something very different. For me drag racing used to be something I looked forward to every weekend but that has changed for me. Just my opinion. Jimbo
Butch Leal made an exhibition run at the 1965 Winternationals with his altered-wheelbase Plymouth. Because the radical entries, which were quickly dubbed Funny Cars, were illegal for NHRA competition, they raced on the match race trail in 1965 and quickly caught the attention of the fans. With the introduction of nitromethane, fuel injection, and eventually superchargers, the cars dipped well into the eight-second zone, which essentially put an end to the A/FX era.
For the 1966 season, Sox & Martin ran this altered-wheelbase Barracuda that was originally equipped with a manually shifted four-speed. It was later modified with an extended nose, and the four-speed was replaced with a Torqueflite automatic transmission
At the end of 1963, Gary Dyer teamed up with John Farkonas and Ed Rachanski to run an A/FX Mercury Comet during 1964. Later that year, Farkonas and Dyer joined with Pat Minick to run Norm Krause’s A/FX Dodge. Dyer spent the bulk of his career driving for Krause, the owner of Grand-Spaulding Dodge in Chicago who was famous for his iconic Mr. Norm's ads. Midway through 1965, Krause bought Roger Lindamood’s factory altered-wheelbase Dodge and equipped it with their blown match race engine. They began to record unbelievable times, including an 8.63, the quickest Funny Car run of 1965, at Lions Drag Strip. In 1966, Dyer drove a Dodge Charger (above) with a square-tube chassis built by Dennis Roland and John Buttera. Dyer made more than 120 appearances with the Charger that year.
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