Hot Rods Pics of real Gasser pickups in the early days

I never get tired of looking at 36 Ford pickups.

 

You and me both Hoss.

 

Amazing, no WWWs or 12 spokes. These can't be real gassers

 

How about 10 spokes ?

 

Lots of Magnesium Halibrands.....

 

In your grandpa's day any car or truck with an engine swap and a pretty much stock body with fenders ran in gas class. Engine swap= Gas class. Most of the purpose built gasser race rig came after that.

 

Funny, I thought those were wide whites??

 

Yes! In my best Ed McMahon voice.

 

That was an early version of the Agitator

 

Well it's not a gasser, but it is an altered drag truck from the mid sixties. This picture is one of the few surviving pictures Dad took in his youth.

 

I won’t complain about Altereds.

 

Thanks to @George Klass for his fabulous collection of pics.

 

A few more from George's website.

 

OMG----- I see wide whitewalls!!! ( Why do some people say they never used them? )

 

They were far less common than your typical modern "gasser" built truck would lead you too believe. I was also referring to the guys that want to "gasser" everything. A full bodied F100 IS NOT gasser material for the most part. I think a lot of this can be attributed to the Ol School Rod phenomena.

Tons of great pics and ideas Root!

 

This....

 

If you scroll thru Mr Klasses this site, you would be surprised at how many ran whitewalls, (front-rear-front and rear.) Not trying to start an argument, but you can't make a blanket statement that very few cars or trucks ever had them, they ran what they could get. http://www.georgeklass.net/gassers.html

 

Roothawg you certainly scoured the internet!

Pat

 

If you look they mostly show up in the very early years only. This followed the development arc of race specific slicks.

 

Correct. But they did have them, that's all I'm trying to state.

 

Well, I didn't see this post earlier. Here's a link.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/gasser-pickups-suburbans.1043954/

 

I love how people get in a pissing match over shit that does not even matter, why not just enjoy the thread and if it's not your thing just move along.

 

If you call that a pissin match you have thin skin. More of a discussion.

 

Root, as I view these pics I am truly amazed at the number of them built. Quite a few I was aware of but this thread has some real gems. Still say anything Panella Bros is about the cream of the crop.

 

Can't forget this one. The Shallcross Brothers.