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

Sure looks like a bunch of down hill on the front of the engine.
Is something broke ?

 

Famoso, 1963. My dad, in his Road Runner jacket, BS'ing with Leon "Bubby" Wilton and Kenny Ellis, in fire suit.

 

Nothing broke. Zane was obsessed with lighting his Chevy top fueler to the max. At 900lbs. he set up the engine on a deep front dump in an effort to keep the front wheels on the ground. This little SBC couldn't run the top end numbers with the big Chryslers, but with Zane's lighting reflexes, and the ultra light car, he got to the finish line first many times. His launches were like it was shot out of a cannon. First time I saw this car run at LIONS I could n ot believe what I had just seen!

 

fantastic pictures johnny, thanks!

 

Vintage photo's from a guy who knew how to take great pictures.

Many thanks Jimbo

 

Here is the cars history and its recreation:
http://cacklefest.com/Shubert-Herbert.shtml

 

As noted in the story the car ran an early Ford banjo based rear end with the pinion in line with the axle rather than lower down as is the case with pretty much every other rear (Olds, 8 3/4 Chrysler and 9" Ford) that usually finds its way into a front motor dragster. Hence the big "dump". The fact that the engine is waaay back in the car makes it worse.

Roo

 

Bob Greene, editor of Hot Rod Magazine at the time, presents what I assume is a Best Engineered award to George Hurst while a pre Linda Vaughn Miss Hurst looks on.

 

A great shot of Don Waite's "A" roadster. I saw this car at the 1999 (50th) Grand National Roadster show and apart from some "patina" it looked just like this. Unfortunately I was not shooting digital images at the time and have yet to scan what I took that weekend.
In the background (behind the El Camino) is what appears to be Bob Panella's Willy's pick up.
Edit: It is Panella's gasser as it is seen unobstructed in the photo of the blue T roadster on the scales.
Roo

 

loud bang, Don Gay's race number in that era was 655 so it is not him.

Roo

 

Same car, different eras. Check the ballast on the front axle in the first shot from Pomona.

Roo

 

Joe Lunati's Devin bodied /MSP in the days prior to his camshaft business

Roo

 

The Pontiac is one of Mickey Thompson's, though he would not have been driving

 

My first attempt at scanning and posting my old photos so hope this works. Seattle 1967. If this works I will load some more old stuff.

 

That is GREAT ,Oilguy ! Dick Tutino, circa 1967. Thanks for posting. Send more ! DD

 

That is GREAT ,Oilguy ! Dick Tutino, circa 1967. Thanks for posting. Send more ! DD

 

Thank you for the driver ID. I had forgotten about him.