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  1. ttwomotor
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  3. THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER
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    That's a badass looking Model A coupe. Very trad.
     
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  4. loudbang
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    WOW 1947knuck found this great shot of Pure Hell in the beginning and posted it in the vintage thread

    [​IMG]
     
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  7. George Klass
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    A lot of cars ran in the Altered classes at one time or the other, but were not "Altereds". The Dogcatcher is a Gasser...
     
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  8. NHRANUT
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    Not looking to start an argument, but when I wanted to build a model of the Dogcatcher a few years ago I dug around and found quite a few pictures of it over a span of about 5 years, and it always ran "Altered". Not saying it wouldn't tech to run Gas, but he always chose Altered.
     
  9. DDDenny
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    I built the Dogcatcher model about 1970?, considered it one of my favorites.
     
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  10. Junior Stock
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    Quick search turned up 3 different altered classes for Mr. Ferrell

    dogcatcher4.jpg
    C/A
    dogcatcher3.jpg
    BB/A
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    B/A
     
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  12. ^^ Jim Miles '34 at Fontana................again.
     
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  14. loudbang
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    Don't you just hate it when one of the heros from your teenage years grows old and in his dotage turns into a cranky, cantankerous, complaining, curmudgeon. :rolleyes:
     
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    Saw this in a book I was looking through earlier...it just has a cool look about it.... IMG_20181213_132115~2.jpeg

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  17. Now, you’re not talking about yourself?, are you?.


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    :cool:
     
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  20. earlymopar
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    This car makes my knees weak (weaker than they are!)

    - EM

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  21. DDDenny
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    I generally am pretty selective when it comes to getting excited about channeled cars but if its a race car and done well I'm with you Greg, when it's right, it's real right.
     
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  22. George Klass
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    Running in one of the Altered Classes was an option for cars running in almost any other NHRA class (other than the Dragster class), whether it was an F/X car, any altered wheelbase car, Gassers, Street Roadsters, etc., etc. It could be described as a "catch all class". The "Dogcatcher" was built under the Gasser rules, but for all we know, maybe it was just not that competive when running as a Gasser, and so the owner decided to run it in one of the Altered classes. Many cars running in one of the Altered classes started life running in other classes. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and mine is that the car is a Gasser running as an Altered.
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    This is a NHRA legal Factory Experimental (FX) Chevelle, NOT a Gasser, but maybe Malcom Durham decided take a stab at the Gasser class, rather than having to tangle with a fleet of SOHC powered factory Ford Mustangs, on that day. The cars are what they are, but the classes they run in are the choice of the owner. I realize that we are playing with words here, but in the context of keeping our drag racing history correct for those that were not there at the time, I feel it's important to not confuse anyone with a class nomenclature painted on the door ON THAT DAY, versus the class that the car was originaly designed to be in.
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    This is NOT a B-Fuel Dragster, it just happens to be running in that class at the NHRA Winternationals...
     
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  23. THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER
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    I hear you George. I've bumped up against rules restrictions doing that. I ran my altered as a D/Econo Dragster one year because the weight break was more favorable for my combination. The next year the sanctioning body re-wrote the D/ED class rules that said "dragsters must have a wheelbase in excess of 125 inches", whereas the maximum wheelbase for an altered was 125" max.

    Even when I showed up at my local strip with my left-hand steered roadster pickup and ran in the (mostly streetable) Sportsman class they came up with a rule "FOR DOOR CARS ONLY". Next week I saber sawed a door in the drivers side and added hinges. When the door was opened painted on the inside was the phrase "Got Door?"
     
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  24. I for one would never argue with George, he knows his stuff and can prove it. The Dog Catcher was built as a Gasser. My 3 cents.:D
     
  25. Roothawg
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    What's up with the doors? extended under the doors to cover the frame?
     
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  26. THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER
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    It looks like the doors were shortened to open even with the floor pan and metal was added to form a rocker panel under the old doorway. Neat
     
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  27. Looks like they raised the bottom of the door upward. I like the car alot, the doors not so much.
     
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  28. Flogknaw
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    [​IMG] just bought this from Walmart, it’s an Altered, hope I can put it here.


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  29. Deuces
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    Is that a plastic or diecast body on the chassis????
    Reason why I ask is, I need a few bodies for my Aurora T-jet chassis slot cars..... :)
     
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  30. I would say that is an A/FX, not an altered.
     
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