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

Gary,
Albrich, Coonrod and Floyd (1962). Earl Floyd was the driver.

 

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A later Northwind.
All the magazines were in southern California so it wasn't well known but a later Northwind was the number one fuel dragster in the nation, taking the title from Snaky Pete Robinson.

 

March Meet 1965


Ed McCulloch sitting in the car that started his career in 1965.

Good Lord! FIFTY years ago! I was 13 years old! JEEEEZ!

 

The Vagabond

 

My brother owned this car after Glidden. Ran it for one season. It changed hands three more times in Indiana before landing up north. Been hiding ever since.

Sorry Doug. That's the way I found it on FBOOK. I

 

Sorry yes, Albrich was the motor guy.

 

How cool is this?

 

Woods & Cook

 

Gary Coe

 

Preston Honea’s rare altered-wheelbase AMC Marlin, provided by SoCal Dodge dealer Bill Kraft Rambler, was powered by a 426 Chrysler Hemi. Honea, of St. Louis, went on to race in Pro Stock in the early 1970s but with Chevys. He passed away in February 2012.

 

Clyde Morgan gets sideways at Irwindale