Moxley might have wanted a Cadillac but he was driving a 1957 El Morocco, a California entrepreneur made kits to give Chevrolets the Caddy look until GM shut him down.
I know they won the '59 Nationals at Detroit, and thought the rectangular tube frame was crude, but with Karol involved, there had to be a reason.
Sunday at Island Dragway, "The Snake versus TV Tommy Ivo (or whoever) could of been Big Daddy" Pushed over to the spectator side so us young guys & girls could see the cars. Had to be 18 in NJ to get in the pits. Handed out Pennzoil cards , got it signed.
Frank "Ike" Iacono #99 Vs. Joe Koenig Reath Auto Hello, Recently, I drew a version of the Frank”Ike” Iacono Racing Team from the 50s-60s era. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/friday-art-show-4-23-21.1227991/#post-14036312 Iacono Racing Team with the Dale Lambrose Roadster Frank "Ike” Iacono Altered Coupe In the local So Cal race tracks, the Altered Classes were strictly coupes versus sedans. The roadsters were not included in the class. They had their own class designations. That was how it happened to separate the builds and different styles. The separation is how it should be classified: Altered Coupes and Sedans. Then a separate class called the Modified or Hot Roadster Classes. The power designations would still be used from class A down to class D for smaller motors. Dale Lambrose Roadster #99 Jr. Jnaki But as we know, somebody decided to streamline the separate classes and lump them all together. The the downfall of individual classes started until they were no more. The same goes for Street Roadsters and Gas Coupes/Sedan Classes. The little guy’s garage build was no more and the name shop builds took over with tons of sponsorships. The eliminations had started until there were only the few top racing classes left as a definition of drag racing.
Houston based car. Built in the late 50s. Color photo as it was originally built. Black and white photo early-mid 60s.
Ron Abbott's "Hellzappopin" dragster at maybe Dover drag strip. Now owned by Bobby Schlagle sp. from NY. He restored it to its Hilborn FI version and shows it a lot at nostalgia events. It's a "Dragmasters" chassis I believe. Pat
Posted this one many moons ago on the now defunct Trophy Queen thread. Fella with the two cuties 80+ now, lives just a few miles from me. Super nice humble guy, went on to be a local dirt track hero. Photo is at Arlington WA. Car ran a GMC with Wayne head. Take care all. John
Duane Reynolds, brought the Coleman Bros to the West Coast, from Maryland. Ran it blown and un-blown. In '61, it was "Worlds Fastest Chevy" for a short time, with Earl R. Howard at the wheel. Ran a best of 8.91 @ 180. I restored it, for Tom Willford, and cackled it at B-Field in 2002.
Don Garlits and Keith Black both insist that their engines ( early FirePower )ran small ( not stroked ). I find that hard to believe but I also can't see a reason to bs about an obsolete engine either. But it's not my " legacy " , all I know is that the early engine was never really involved in a " total package " development . By that time a new engine was in place ( that did no better than the 392 in a front engine car with the same strategy of smoking tires beyond half track ). Someone here knows more than me on this I'm sure .
Pardon me Jim but I don't quite understand your post. Do you think you could elaborate a little further. Pat
Here’s my take on it @Jim 392 , FWIW. Until tires and clutches caught up with the power of fuel cars guys often sacrificed ultimate power and torque with a stock stroke and a moderate tune up. Most fuel cars in the early ‘60’s smoked the tires the full quarter mile so what would more torque get you? When the 426 came to T/F racing I think what a lot of racers didn’t realize was that the larger combustion chamber wanted more advance and the way Garlits tells it he was so dissatisfied initially with the 426 that he cranked in more lead in hopes of blowing the engine up so he could go back to his 392’s. The car responded with a lower ET and a dramatically higher MPH, showing a horsepower increase. He kept adding timing until he found the limit but naturally the Crower Glide clutches along with the tire war between Goodyear and M&H were a determining factor too. If you can’t put the power to the pavement what good is making more power?
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