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

Driving up Charles` driveway.

 

Here's a few pics of my father-in-law (Earl Floyd) back in the good ole days.

Andrew

 

Typical Fed Driver by Fedman posted Jan 6, 2016 at 8:53 AM

 

I wondered who would catch that. Period car--recent photo.

Roo

 

Does anybody know what this body was originally?

 

A little too new for this thread. (Plus the driver needs tighter shoulder belts/ HANS device/ neck collar etc. to keep his head from hitting the dash--A lower chute shroud line mounting point would also be a good idea).

Roo

 

Earl Floyd could go faster, for less money than anyone I ever met, and he is a great guy. Here he is from '62.

 

@jivin jer
Twin engine diggers give a whole new meaning to the term "twice pipes".
Love them.

 

This Twin has gone unidentified for 10+ years.

 

Another unidentified Twin.

 

Far lane is Frakes & Funk - near lane unidentified. Track is Chandler, Indiana.

 

I know its been said on here,but cant find the post.
What year did the slipper clutch set up appear?
And when did the zoomie headers become standard?
This would help to date some of these pictures.

 

Tom was a really cool driver, I still remember at Charlstown RI when he was sitting in his Ford powered rail in the staging lane eating ice cream, no worries at all. He won that round as I recall. Our club The Eliminators Pawtucket RI, was running staging in 62 and 63. I was the flag starter in the warm up rounds Sunday mornings in 62, so had the opportunity to see all the cars up close. Best times of my life.