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Thanks Robert- so looking forward to it! Thanks for rescuing the original "engine program" (i.e. slap a cam in and trick flow heads on it and see...
Fantastic car! Kansas sounds like fun! It won't be this year, but perhaps next! I love the thought of just running with folks who have period...
That is correct! Again, I followed what my buddy Gene was doing. He laughed about running a hydraulic cam in it, but he went as fast and quick as...
Thanks! Oh yeah, alky has always been part of the equation- for ease of tuning, running cooler and not having to put a radiator on the dragster...
Also with the dragster being named "Rocinante" ( the name of Don Quixote's horse) in honor of master dragster body builder Tom Hanna, I designed...
Just checked in - I appreciate the interest. I wasn't trying to grandstand or being mopey about it. I was just looking at other recent dragster...
Thanks for posting - one of my absolute fave cars at the GNRS. On point with everything on the car. I took a bunch of photos for inspiration for a...
Just putting this up as a final post. Seems like the HAMB audience nowadays really isn't that into vintage style dragsters, but here's where the...
Working on forming the body - Because of the paint scheme I've got planned I needed to trim the scoops off the tail section. Plus it will set it...
I wasn't really referring to the "official" stuff like the Heritage Series and ANRA and the "nostalgia" racing stuff. The horse left that barn...
There are still some really cool meets out there that cater to vintage cars - TROG at Flabob, the stuff at Riverdale, Southeast Gassers, the meet...
Thanks! Been away for awhile, I didn't realize that folks were watching this thread - dragsters and drag racing seemed to be more popular on the...
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A bit more of a follow up on the dragster progress for the few of you following along at home. Retooled the throttle pedal, built a dead pedal,...
I've been plugging away on the dragster - access to my friend's shop is ending as he gets ready to move, so we're busting hump to get the...
Thanks Bruce, I appreciate it.
Thanks Bruce! Curious about what the throttle pedal issue is with the rod traveling down with the arc. When operating it while sitting in the car...
While the goal can't be the same as the Surfer's, I read Cole's article in Hot Rod when it was first published and it inspired me to build my...
It has been awhile - 2022 seemed to be busy doing a bunch of house projects so I could set the stage to work on my garage and get it functioning...
Upper cutoff date is 1982, emphasis is "run them they way they ran them" so it's more about restoring them to period and then running them, and...
We are lucky in Nor Cal we've got three tracks within an hour of Sacramento. The vintage group gets together to run 5-6 times a year. It's a...
A nice video of the event, along with interview with karting legend Terry Ives. [MEDIA]
The Vintage Kart Reunion was fantastic. over 100 karts on the grounds, 300 folks attending. If you are a vintage kart fan and missed out, you...
That is correct- but there has never been a vintage enduro program that has really gotten off the ground, though a couple of small groups back...
yup- Rupp Chaparral (with a lot of "additions") made from 1966-68. This was mine. Fave kart ever, but had to sell it to pay damn divorce...
Hey WFO, you can book a cheap flight and come hang out! :)
Fantastic Pete! I'm super stoked that you'll be there!
Perhaps with some clubs. We're focusing on the karts from the late 50's - mid 70's, but allowing late 70's/very early 80's pre-bodywork karts to...
Howdy! As many of you know, karting in the late 50's and early 60's was closely tied with hot rodding and hot rodders, being featured in many car...
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