Hot Rods Oddball Gassers, Altereds and Streetfreaks.

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The -Bird photo looks to have been taken at Islip Speedway's 1/8 mile which closed at the end of the '72 season.......... thanks for the memories.....

 

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A friend of mine had one back in the very early 70's. In fact there is a photo on this site somewhere of it, I think it was under the straight axel topic, it was orange and called "Time Machine" It is/was different, but neat.

 

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This one belonged to a friend of mine, back in the very early 70's.....neat car.....

 

Are these odball enough?. Jeep altered with new hemi just finished intial build this week and a turbocharged slant 6 altered from the 1970s i was involved with .
Don

 

Its not odd but it is a gasser

 

Looks like the wheelbase has been changed? If so It is NOT a gasser but FX type machine

 

CHICKEN HAWK CRASH! Yes it wae a bad crash.heres some pics. It took out 1 timinglight pole in the back ground thats way the back bumper is pushed under the back window.VERY SAD!

 

as I understand the ChickenHawk is done but the driver is recovering and building a new car.

 

this thing is BAD. i was pulling into jonah's driveway right as they were firing it up for the first time. i guess pete jackson of Enderle fame did the actual tuning of the injection after it debuted at viva.

 

that car was crashed at bluegrass dragway near Lexington Ky. in the late 60s, the driver was killed. the only fatality during that dragstrips operation i believe.

 

Lots of awesome stuff here and I love the Royal Kustoms Bantam and I would gladly have ponied up the asking price if I'd had it. That auction hurt me to watch.

ANYWAY...now that I've seen the Caddy Eldo, I am throwing out the "where's the convertibles?" challenge...

 

The "Ground Pounder" looks like like driving my '66 Toronado.. Ha ... Love that Five5

 

This is jus' sick!!!

 

sorry about the gay back wheels, on the lookout for a cool pair of slots,


Tom

 

Shame on me! I totally forgot about this awesome thread!

 

Depending on where the tire rides, the slicks grow in diameter on the top end. The metal would cut through the tire.
Nevermind, I just went back and saw the pic. It must've sat lower at one time.

 

It's good to know I'm not the only one with a Volvo.LOL
I do dig the split window.
Mine is the white one and the red one is Nigel Andersson.

 

This '55 had a 421 Pontiac under the dash for power.

Steve
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Was one at the street machine nationals a few years back!

 

aaaaaaaaacccccckkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Danger,danger,danger!!!!!!!!

 

Not a Gasser, Altered, or Streetfreak...but definitely a Oddball - a Compressed Air Dragster. If you can't read the words in the caption under the main picture, it states: "Compressed air is transferred from storage cylinders to engines through main frame members which have been pressure tested at 1,000-plus psi. Water-alcohol injection keeps engine temp down to avoid melting turbine wheels; fuel can be anything from gasoline to peanut oil. Autronics high-voltage coil fires special Champion plug at 25 sparks-per-second rate"
I remember there was a simple schematic on how this thing works, but must of fell out of this March '64 Hot Rod Mag.

 

This car was banned from running at the dragstrip due to the frame.It is garage art it was trailed everyplace it went. Not streetable and can not be at the dragstrip. and it was not because of the headers like thet kept telling everyone.

 

Time to time someone will give me a idea, i reqest it through a page on my site to ''keep my creative juices flowing''. Thanks to the unnamed hamber im trippin on ''which is the front'' comments the champs used to get. This will only fit in this cat..

 

Build it!!!!

 

This thing has some sick headers on it, does anyone know name brand, build pics or any info on them? who knows they might be custom fab? anyone with info? seen anything close?

 

I'm sure their custom fabbed Rato...

 

look like zoomies swapped side for side so upside down

 

There's an old Jeep flat-fender pickup sitting not too far from my place that would make a killer gasser-style ride.

Somebody needs to get on one of those, doubt I'll ever get around to it.