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We will be cackleing the 1970 SPE John Dearmore dragster there on Saturday. Stop by and smell the nitro.
Thanks Bob for posting this, you beat me to it. See ya.
This is what I have on the arrangments. Laurel Land Funeral Home 7100 Crowley Rd. Ft. Worth, TX. 76134........ viewing Tuesday from 6:00 PM to...
Bobbys funeral will be held at Laurel Land Funeral home 7100 Crowley Rd. Ft Worth TX. 76134. This is all I have at this time, no date or time.
This is happening much to often lately, another true legend of drag racing gone. I saw Bobby and Ruth at Ed Mabrys funeral several months back and...
Propylene Oxide and or Hydrazine was used as an exciter for the nitromethane. You can pour nitro on a garage floor and throw matches in it all day...
Amen DaveyJonez, RIP George what a true legend and all around great guy and family. I had already heard of Georges passing and had passed along my...
Bob, I'll will bet that you did'nt use any type of protective clothing or mask when you mixed the shit, did ya.:D
Chili, I know you will remember this old saying: If it's burnin' green it hydrazine If it's puffin' white it Propylene There were some very...
True Jr./Fuel
I agree Roo it does look like a Long car with the long dual radius rods and the single up-right. The only other Williams that I remember was...
Why not look at a NHRA rule book from about 1970 to 1972 or so, I'm sure someone on the HAMB has one. If I remember correctly the weight break was...
Absolutely.......BITCHIN'..........It is the ultimate in COOL.
The disc was used to break the beam and only one was needed to do this. 408 AA/D
That was my first thought, when I read the title. I can envision ol' Travis and Meyer pulling up to the Busted Flush in Miss Agnes.
This is a shot of Main St. in my home town of Grapevine, Texas taken in 1925.
If you remove the spool from the barrell valve and look at the slot in the spool you will see why they don't perform well on the street. As stated...
Well it definitely has power pack heads on it. If you take a picture from a different angle of the front of the block there is a dead give-away if...
Al Bergler canopy car pushing into hot car staging at Green Valley.
Pix from Cherokee Dragway (Frederick OK.)
DCB B/A at Eagle Mountain and Hunt & Mabry at Eagle Mountain (Ed Mabry in the seat) Again sorry for the quality.
This is a video capture from some old 8 mm footage I have, of me in the digger making a qualifying pass against the wheels-up DCB Altered at Green...
Tom, I don't remember Ben ever having the Div 4# of 4009, seems to me his # was 414. I don't remember why some had a 4 digit # back in those...
Having driven a twin it does'nt matter how the engines are timed. We tried about everything imaginable with very little change in e.t. or speed....
If it is a B.B. Chev. pump you need a 5.625 length oil pump shaft best I remember. I suspect that the distributor is not dropping into the oil...
Sounds to me like the guy's last name is "Head" and his first name is "Dick". He probably named his son Jr. :D
This shot reminds me of Cherokee Raceway in Frederick Oklahoma. Racing was done on a South taxi way, the cars ran from East to West and the timing...
No offense taken Tom and yes I did find the humor in your statement. I too ran the early and late style iron block Chryslers and also Donovans and...
You assumed right Dave, it had an aluminum clutch can with only a high gear shaft into a coupler. The alum. can also had a hole drilled in the top...
The reason the little J/F mouse motored cars would put the Chrysler cars on the trailer occasionally was due to the shit tracks back in the day....
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