Hot Rods Oddball Gassers, Altereds and Streetfreaks.

Someone already posted my photo of Group's dragster T, but here's my shot of the engine. 1979 Street Rod Nationals.

 

I love this thread....

 

Here's mine

1956 Ford Thames

 

I have a question...

Sometime ago there was mention of a Mini Cooper that was being raced in the 1970's that was powered by a blown 425 nailhead...does such a critter exist?

Great thread this one...

 

There was a Mini Cooper that had a 215 Buick in it.

It was a really unusual car.

The engine was in the back, but it had Front Wheel Drive.
( and big & littles with the big wheels in the front...)

Not sure it would have come up on the HAMB, though.

It was a Road Race car in the UK in , I believe, the early '60s.

 

hears my 1955. best et 5.66 136 mph 1/8th mile on the day of photo also won top eleminator at nastalga drags on same day ... Colonial beach dragway

 

that,s rich from rader wheels chevy and mucleman,s buick they have some wild cars

 

Thats amazing! I'd love to know more about this Mini!

Funny how the Buick 215 became the Rover V8.

 

Yes, x2. Thats some seriously out of the box stuff! The second photo looks like rusty old paint, which makes me think the car must still exist.

 

E.J.Potter is one of my hero's....
Besides the great pic's you posted, he built an electric car run with an army Surplus generator and over a quarter mile of cables stretched out.
Scared the crap out of the track workers with all the arc'ing going on...
It was outlawed... (ya think?)
Then he built 'Double Ugly'.. A dual Allison (single crankcase) pulling tractor. It truly was ugly, but the competitors groaned every time it showed up because he was very hard to outpull.
He built a newer 'vintage' version of the Widowmaker a few years ago.
Great post!
Jeff

 

Yeah, its still around.

It was for sale in '09.

Here is an old article about it.

http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/S52wLu9x50LjtA$EQpOrRQ==314223

A clearer version of the article I already posted.



And some more pics.

 

I bet that Mini would give the Tuner boys a thing or two to think about.

 

Buddy of mines 23 T bucket with a 2 stroke Detroit Diesel!



Here it is taking off in front of my house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6T1vcmMi90

 

Thanks Alex. I love these kind of "Well, I´d never have thought of that" cars.

 

Thats gotta be the coolest application of a 6V53T that I've ever seen.

 

Thanks for that!!

 

I second that!! I love T buckets and Detroits. Never pictured them together till now.

 

No picture of it as an altered but in the 60s there was a 1953ish Singer roadster running at Capitol Raceway Park in Crofton Md. I don't remember the class. It had an odd looking knocker bolted to the grill with 301 cast in it. I was young and asked him whats up with that? He stole it from the 3rd floor of a local apartment building. He said it was a 1/8" over bore 283 It was probably a 327 though. That is the only Singer that I ever remember seeing in person. It was quick but ugly. It was built to go fast and not to look good.

 

I love that T-bucket....

 

This thread needs more action...stumbled across this looking for something else...don't know who took it or anything else about it.

 

I'm surprised no one posted the vette in the movie "Hot Rods to Hell" yet!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4fjwIC8Dmc&feature=related

oh the drama! oh the excitement! oh the overacting!

 

Here is a couple I built in the mid-sixties. Both had the same 426 Max wedge/shortened torqueflite---the T done at age 18, the Healy at 20.

 

I love that Healy. Thanks for posting

 

Love the old gassers!!! Great pictures!!

 

Love that chicken hawk !!! Any more bullet nose gassers out there.? I am in need of ideas on my 1950 studebaker champion starlight coupe.

 

I have some picks to contribute...

 

and a few more

 

That "Bad Mini" isn't a mini, its actualy a Trabant!

 

Anyone seen this one? West of Chicago around 1978 or so I took this picture at Kane Co Fair Ground car show.Only seen it 2 times ever I hope it is still around

 

I just purchased this old Healey from a local speed shop owner who's shop went out of business. It had been sitting in his showroom for the past 30 years or so. He must have let it sit outside as the frame is now very rusty and needs to be replaced. It was originally set up for a sbc and a Turbo 400. I plan to put it on ebay before long. It is more of a project than I am up to. PM me if you are interested. Both pics are of the same car on the same day. One side is red, the other is primer. Tom