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Give me an effin' break - are you that wrapped up in yourself that you haven't been paying attention to the challenges Steve has been facing? It...
I went with a power glide in my otherwise vintage styled dragster because I couldn't afford all the routine clutch/can recert stuff with the NHRA....
Thanks Robert- so looking forward to it! Thanks for rescuing the original "engine program" (i.e. slap a cam in and trick flow heads on it and see...
Fantastic car! Kansas sounds like fun! It won't be this year, but perhaps next! I love the thought of just running with folks who have period...
That is correct! Again, I followed what my buddy Gene was doing. He laughed about running a hydraulic cam in it, but he went as fast and quick as...
Thanks! Oh yeah, alky has always been part of the equation- for ease of tuning, running cooler and not having to put a radiator on the dragster...
Also with the dragster being named "Rocinante" ( the name of Don Quixote's horse) in honor of master dragster body builder Tom Hanna, I designed...
Just checked in - I appreciate the interest. I wasn't trying to grandstand or being mopey about it. I was just looking at other recent dragster...
Thanks for posting - one of my absolute fave cars at the GNRS. On point with everything on the car. I took a bunch of photos for inspiration for a...
Just putting this up as a final post. Seems like the HAMB audience nowadays really isn't that into vintage style dragsters, but here's where the...
Working on forming the body - Because of the paint scheme I've got planned I needed to trim the scoops off the tail section. Plus it will set it...
I wasn't really referring to the "official" stuff like the Heritage Series and ANRA and the "nostalgia" racing stuff. The horse left that barn...
There are still some really cool meets out there that cater to vintage cars - TROG at Flabob, the stuff at Riverdale, Southeast Gassers, the meet...
Thanks! Been away for awhile, I didn't realize that folks were watching this thread - dragsters and drag racing seemed to be more popular on the...
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