Big Jim Alspaugh, Doc Porter and I bought a partially finished dragster from Frank Held in 1956. We were all members of the original Pipers Hot Rod Club in Columbus, Ohio. What a bunch of great memories.! I would really appreciate any emails from my friends of 50 years ago.
David, Welcome to the HAMB... i'll second the request begging for some of your stories from back when drag racing got started awesome to have ya
ps... David you might consider changing your "location" in your profile to be your town and state and not your actual address. click on "manage your account" and then under "Settings & Options" on the left of the page, click "Edit Profile" and type in just the city. state where you are. again, Welcome to the board
Welcome David. I was a friend of Bob Daniels in the last few years. You must be in this picture from HRM? Mutt
Hi David. My friend is rebuilding Your old dragster. With a flathead as it had when Frank Held built it, not with a 354 Chrysler that You had in it at Detroit Nationals 1959. Email him at: [email protected] He would love to hear more history about it, and maybe see some pictures.
Welcome aboard David. Sounds like you have much in common with not only me, but most of the other guys & gals in the Old Farts' Social Group. Check us out AND lets see some photos of that old digger.
Finally a member. Daves dragster was in Hot Rod Magazine September 58, and hot Rod Yearbook 1960. It was called Showrail, and had a flathead then. I own it now and will restore it as close as possible as it was in HRM 58. Hope I can add some pictures later.
Here is one picture when it had a flathead, and one from Detroit Nationals 59 when it had a 354 Hemi, Dave Butler driving. It was called Little Wisdom in 59. Would love to see more photos of the dragster.
At Detroit Nationals it run in B/D class, it had # 198. It had a 354 Hemi with fuel injection. It will have a Ford flathead as it had from the beginning.
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