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[IMG] It's the "Howard Cam Rattler" in the raw. A brand new car and it may be Rick Ramsey at the wheel.
[IMG] Look at the size of the slicks. This car may have predated Adams and Enriques "Double Eagle". The Bright Boys were serious Junior Fuel...
...indeed. We were in the other lane racing these guys fairly regularly and they were definitely the guys to beat. I love this shot. High and...
Looks like Fuller, Hanna and Snively. The car may be the Hawaiian. That's some piece of history... [IMG]
Gentlemen - I stand corrected. I was actually there in those days...it's all so fuzzy now. All these old pics bring back a bunch of memories...it...
Gentlemen - I stand corrected. I was actually there in those days...it's all so fuzzy now. All these old pics bring back a bunch of...
[IMG] I'm not 100% sure of this, but I do believe this is John Morton in what would later be known as the Surfers TF car. Note the springer...
Docc - True story about Garlits? You know, what you said about Cook and Bedwell? I know the latter were bad-ass hard to beat, but were they...
Wow Docc! Great pics. That is one clean Allison powered dragster. I saw "Big Al" run, seeing this would have been a real treat. Thanks for...
[IMG]Who "owns" this photo?
[IMG] You are right, and later much more black paint added to this car. This is Swamp Rat X. It is actually 175" in length. And Garlits built...
[IMG] ...and then God shows up with his ultra long red car to show the West Coast boys how the game is played. Thankfully, he was only...
This photo speaks volumes. This IS what Irwindale was about in the late sixties. The definition of this photo is astounding! This car is the...
Nope, this should stay. I can tell you, coming from that era, that I saw far worse. There are lessons learned from these incidents and you can...
HKH - Thanks for posting the junior fueler pics. This was certainly a So Cal phenomena, not saying that it orginated there...just saying these...
Oh ya, I forgot to give the name...Tinker Toy Too...
Oh, that's not all...Pete came out to the West Coast and "showed 'em all" with a small block powered dragster with built in jack stands. later...
Thanks so much for posting these shots of Pete Robinson and his "Vacuum Cleaner". This did not work out well for Pete as a lot of trash could...
I was about to to make the same the same comment, but you beat me to it. The car in the 2 bottom frames was Ivo's gold/lime green 66 entry being...
Thats right Guffey. I have that article somewhere in my files but could not find it and as said before Mike Snively (the second Snake) did drive...
[ATTACH] Two of the sweetest people you'd ever meet, but the two you'd not want to compete against... John Mulligan and Tim Beebe
Sorry... I retract that last question. The Freight Train was not alone in its class on the West Coast either. Other single engined competitors...
You are correct. I remember much written about this car in Drag News and other rags of that era. It was a winner! But, was there anything else...
Now had they turned those scoops around maybe he Frieght Train would not have been the legend it is...did y'all take notice of the quality of...
Nobody mentioned the "zoomies". This car was way ahead of its time!
This is how I meant to ask this... Isn't that McKewen in the seat?
Sure looks like McKewen in the seat.
Unknown #2 is Gerry Glenn...maybe Sid Waterman's car Unknown #4 is Bobby Tapia...maybe Donovan and Dawes car. Bobby was said to be one of the best...
Thanks so much for all the great photos. I've looked at every page and I have to admit that you are putting up some things that really take me...
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