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

Those Jr. Fuel cars are just so very cool. Thanks for all your post 1947Knuck.

 

thats why they put the spark plugs on top~

 

I see cars like this and wish my car had a torsion front end.the Davis single leaf may be light-but it sucks.

 

ShrenkBros (sp) Fremont 1961- DeSoto with algon injection, they still have and run the same car now as a cackle car. Fremont let me take pictures from atop their tower.

 

more early "stuff", Don Garlits Kingdon (Lodi Calif) 1960. Don has this picture in his Museum as it is the only pictuere of him at Lodi in front of the Kingdon drag strip sign.

 

Pandemonium? 1961 Kingdon. my memory isn't what it used to be and it never was.every picture I post with my name -I took, I do not steal others work and claim it,not saying anyone does, just to be clear about myself, if I post a picture that does not have my name I will try to give credit to the photographer if I know who it was. without pictures and films this would all be just rumors and tall stories- not suggesting drag racers/etc stretch the truth, but why let facts get in the way of a good story?

 

unknown, Lodi 1960. my pictures were on slides and never seen until I had them put on CD by Bob Wenzelberger in 2007. grateful to Bob..

 

Willys my favorite drag race car-bar none. my Willys 1976 injected 426 hemi. (to modern?)

 

thanks Geri for getting the slides reading and all for posting.....

 

Big shute......

 

Ribbon, and ring slot chutes were that big to do the job. Also heavy, and cumbersome to pack. When the Simpson cross form came out, it revolutionized automotive use chutes. Smaller, lighter, and more effective. A better mouse trap!

 

Adams and Enriquez at the County.

Roo

 

Lovely Linda Vaughns' former husband.

 

Dad's AA/Comp dragster circa 1965...8-71 GMC V blown Wedge on gas, precursor to his other AA/GD dragsters that I can't show because they're newer,lol.