I purchased the car this week .The story goes it was a old drag car from Washington state near Seattle and put away 48 years was Raced with a 241 dodge hemi back then .more recently it was being recreated with a 301 ci flathead ford In Lake Tahoe area . It’s #3 and b/sr class race lettering . Anyone recognize the car from Washington state ? Thanks Ted @ RatRodsRescue on Facebook
The B/SR lettering does not match the design of the car. Street Roadsters have always had fenders, and the box length for Roadster Pickups has been 36", as noted in my 1964 rulebook. Roadster Class that was combined with Altered in 1963, also had the 36 " rule for the box.
Hello, Those rules are similar to the rule book from 1959-61. Street legal is separated from Altered or Modifed by simple additions or subtractions. Back then, if a muffler was missing, the street legal roadster or coupe was designated in the Altered class. The inspection committee knew what was in the rule books and followed it to exact designations to keep thing equal for all competitors. It does not matter where the roadster is from and what it says on the side, the set up is fenderless and those by itself, put the roadster in a modified roadster class, altered roadster class or some had a Hot Roadster class. The open header pipes are also not street legal street roadster class appropriate. Some people in 1965 and later started modifying these street roadsters with open individual header pipes and ran in Little Eliminator classes as the organizations shut down the smaller classes for the ordinary hot rod folks. Just look at all of the Gas Coupes and Sedans that show lettering and individual header pipes. Those are not the real Gas Coupe and Sedan class, street legal cars. It was the times and modern versions of what a coupe or roadster should look like for them. Lumped into the so called Gas Coupe and Sedan class is not street legal. Just take the hot rod to the DMV for legalities. So, your individual header pipe roadster is unique, but not from 1960 to 1965 era specific. Street legal had to have headlights/brake lights that worked, wipers and mufflers. Some folks pushed the limits of the said rules, but the tech committee had the last say in class designations. Jnaki Your roadster is an unusual build and it is one person's way to see the rules or popular idea of what a street roadster should look like past its official "street legal" era. The other sidelight is the odd looking aluminum gas tank in front. No street legal Gas Coupe or Street Roadster did that move until after 1960, But technically, the DMV would not have approved the gas tank being in front, sticking out to the traffic. Hope you don't have to get an inspection for your DMV registration. YRMV