competion coupe dragsters

does anyone have photos of early competion coupe dragsters, i'm building one now and would like some ideas. thanks

 

Might as well start with one of the most bad ass comp coupes ever.

 

Or, if you want to really go big, you could clone the Leffler & Coburn "Iron Mistress".

 

Pauil Sutherland's Fiat was one of the first full bodied comp coupes.

 

What I would have given to have seen that Pedregon pass . . . Of course, I wasn't alive back then . . . but that's a minor detail.

 

This is a Picture of our coupe in the 1965 Oakland Roadster Show. There is a centerfold picture of it in the Rodders Journal # 39

 

Why are comp coupes not a functioning class anymore?

 

That car was Bad Ass !!!

 

There was a good thread goin' I tried to drop here and couldn't. search
Competition coupes
Smokey

I like the way that the valve cover peeks out of the body on that Fiat...

 

Yes there is another thread on comp, or drag coupes with a lot of good pictures. Comp coupes, comp roadsters, gassers, street roadsters, and fuel altereds gradually disappeared because NHRA wanted to streamline the show, and make it more saleable to TV and major sponsors. National Hot Rod Association my ass!!

 

i kind of figured that.

 

Here is the link
http://66.154.44.164/forum/showthread.php?t=306543&highlight=competition

 

Have a few shots of our comp coup Digger on our album. We are repainting the car this winter. The car was from Canada. The name is HITMAN .

 

here are a few shots of my comp. coupe dragster, getting ready to fit my anglia body onto the modified k-88 chassis research frame. enjoy mike.

 

Before you click on this site, better pour yourself a good cup of coffee. You're gonna be here for awhile...

http://georgeklass.net/altereds.html

 

This was my dads club altered. Blown Olds. Picture was taken in '62 in the midwest

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn5BPRigLV0

 

It is long, but worth every frame! Learned something "new"; "Mickey Thompson's Fontana International Raceway". I've never heard it referred to that way. Thanks for posting. Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

Nochop,I use to watch your dad race. He also had a kick ass dragster

 

Here are couple out of Oregon circa '62.

 

Because Mickey was one of a number of Fontana managers, after he left Lion's. One of the features was the "Mickey Meet," where he paid a huge sum (for those days) for winning the fuel dragster title..."International raceway?" never figured this one out, but Orange County was also "international" Guess if you are the manager, you can call the track whatever you want.

 

In my neck of the woods, when the hot dragsters showed up, the coupe bodies came out of the trailer. The altereds went to 125" wheelbase and acquired funny type bodies, so they could go where the money was. Dealer sponsorships went to late model classes. With the lines blurred between classes, promoter threw the fuel cars in top fuel, every one else in top gas. Class eliminations were run only, if there were enough cars to make a show. I know everyone loves to bash NHRA for eliminating classes, but in this case I think the racers did it themselves.