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

Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by Royalshifter, Dec 12, 2007.

  1. Thanks. I've done some searching but haven't come up with anything yet. I know somebody has to still make them. The only ones I've found have the extended cowl that I don't like. I did find a Bantam Roadster with the stock Bantam grille shell and a Tonneau Cover with 3" tall flared center driver opening. That would be cool!
     
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  2. Pete Eastwood
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    I got mine from Classic Glass Performance.
    These pictures are from their web site
     

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  3. flatheadgary
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  4. rooman
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    Finding one with the stock cowl configuration (as per Stan's car) is a little difficult. The Class Glass body that PWood listed is a nice piece (http://www.classglassperformance.com/23 T Alt.html ) and they are great people to deal with. They have done a couple of Fiat bodies for me and are honest with their completion dates.
    Just about every other race style T body comes with an extended cowl but is is not too hard to cut that off and add a new firewall where it suits you.
    Richard Earle at Suncoast also has a stock configuration Bantam that would be perfect for a nostalgia car and he also has a T with a tonneau and windshield. http://suncoastracecars.com/ROADSTERcatalog.pdf.
    S & W in PA also have a long cowl Bantam with an integral tonneau but the body is somewhat asymetrical in several areas and I would not recommend it.
    The most common problem with the Bantam roadster bodies is that the rear of the cockpit opening is generally somewhat forward of the axle center line resulting in the need to cut into the rear deck area to clear the shoulder hoop/roll cage.

    Roo
     
  5. Thanks for the info guys. That gives me a lot to look at and think about.
     
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  7. Marty Strode
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    We used to do that, it was called Nostalgia Drag Racing !
     
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  8. They were safe back in the day and they could shut them off at 600' and save a lot of parts. No "wild Willie runs"; non compliance would earn the participant a one year ban from all cackle events. Boy would that draw a crowd. "Cackle Cars In Motion!"
     
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    Cracking the tires...

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    Moonshots...

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    Warming up the car before the commute...

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    In other words a genuine hot rod. Great looking Chevy.
     
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    Deuces

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    Wenderski's last run...notice the grease sweep, John moved to the edge of the track to avoid it, and went off...biggest piece of the car remaining was the engine.
     
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    I was wondering if that was Wenderski.
     
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  22. 0ldracer
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    Fred Bear from Virginia shown here at the 1964 NHRA NATIONALS. Was Eastern Drag News B/Gas Record Holder that year. The following year he sold this car to Bob Chipper from New York. Long gone now!!
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    Nope! That is the "commute". This shot is from the days well before burnouts.

    Roo
     
  30. rooman
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    Near lane appears to be the Goose from the helmet graphics and the track is the short lived Dallas International Motor Speedway.

    Roo
     
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