Stude gasser...anyone know this car?

Looking for info especially who built it,pictures,what it was running,shots of the front axle,etc.Possibly from Chicago area.

 

There are a lot of folks that belong to the Gas-FX group that frequent this site. I'm sure you'll have a answer soon.

 

that looks bitchin

 

how was this car e/gas legal with such a drastic wheelbase alteration? judging from the pic it has to be about 10" on the front and rear. can the NHRA rulebook experts chime in here?

 

Who cares? That is a bitchen car, back when you could build crazy shit like that and run it. Not all tracks run on the NHRA rules, Especially back then.

 

THAT is a cool car!

 

Thats a tuff Stude! now wheres the monster sticking outa the roof

 

I like it ! Too cool .

 

two words for that car. BAD ASS

 

yes that is a cool car, but it is not a gasser if the wheelbase has been altered.
dan

 

You know, I wanna say that Kenny Bernstein started out with a pretty radical Stude like that one. Anyone?

 

I remember one similar, could be the same one, that used to run at Union Grove and, or Byron dragstrips. I was pretty young at the time but I left a big impression.

 

Everything said above , also now we know they are just as bad on pavement as they are on salt.

 

Checkout www.gassermadness.com Somebody will know for sure. Then let us know.

 

It's quite possible that it ran at an independant track that wasn't sanctioned and had their own rulebook, one with some "gray areas"
in it. Racers are famous for stretching and bending the rules !

 

I think the altered wheelbase is part optical illusion based on teh axle drop and the set back of the engine and the position of the headers.

The Gasser class rules allowed for a fair degree of engine set back in the frame, so it makes the distance for the axle location look longer.

rear wheels look about in the right place radius may have chpped out some body in fornt of the rear wheels.

 

thats awesome

 

I'm goin to have to say that that is definatly altered

 

there is actually a 1/25 scale plastic model car made of that car. it is called Miss Deal and i have one.

 

I always look at anything that has to do with Studebakers..what struck me about this car, besides being a gnarly, slick wrinkling, wheelstanding, bad ass lookin car, is it is the same color as my 53!..only on steroids..I hope this car is still healthy and burning rubber somewhere..anyone know?...

 

Miss Deal was a funny car model. That is not a funny car.

 

It was my dad's car. He ran a 327 hilborn injected. He raced at Oswego Dragstrip in Illinois. The wheelbase is altered, the rear axle is moved forward, if I remember correctly 18"
They made a fiberglass body for it and it was named the Grapes of Wrath. They sold the steel car and last time he saw it was in Lisle/Warrenville Illinois and had a Hemi in it. I'm currently trying to track down the car, any suggestions on how to do that ?
I also think the Miss Deal was a model of his car....you don't see any 53 Studebakers with this alter wheelbase and Miss Deal matches it to a tee!

 

Six and a half years...but he finally got an answer! Neat

 

Yep.Great to hear the story.

 

Gotta love the internet for never forgetting a story!

 

Topless??
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=22213

 

Any chance this is it?
http://www.racingjunk.com/Nostalgia/182256814/1953-Studebaker-Gasser-project-little-ruff-.html

Rear isn't altered but might be a good start if cloning the original.

 

Yes the topless is the "same car" well at least the same owners! They made that fiberglass body in a garage with the knowledge of an older boater friend.

No that racingjunk isn't it.

 

I think the similarities may be coincidental. As far as I know, "Miss Deal" was based on a 1960 Corvette chassis, with a Hemi motor. The body was a post model, not hardtop, and the rear wheel wells had a different radius. But, who knows?

 

HAMB'er Suicide King of St. Louis built this one. Do a search, lots of threads (and videos).