Features Altered Wheelbase Picture Thread

Alan Green Chevrolet



Canuck



Malfunction Glendale Speed Center



Grady Bryant Roger Caster

Sump'n 'else #2



Doug's Headers Chevy II Much running as dragster

 

Blair's Speed Shop



Chevy Duce



Elliott Chevrolet FOUR door awb!!



again



Randy Walls Super Nova

 

Huston Platt Dixie Twister



Wood Chevrolet The Palomino

 

Chevoom



UFO 1967

 

Dukes Automotive



Flying Dutchman

 

Dixie Twister



Hairy Canary



Kingfish

 

Loudbang, thanks for posting the Elliott Chevrolet that was owned by Bruce Gowland. Lots of memories of that car but no pictures. Bruce just passed away a couple of years ago.

 

Well it sure jumps right out at you being a 4 door. How did it run?

 

Loudbang, the Chevy 2 was a strong runner. My friend ran against him in a final at St. Thomas Dragway one Sunday. Gowland could not get the car to fire while the B/Altered sat waiting at the line. Finally it caught they stage and left, at half track it literally caught on fire. Gowland bailed out after heavy braking. It was an exciting, for us, final.

We were just kids at the time, my buddy drove the 56 Olds "push" car and I had the responsibility of pumping up fuel pressure on the starting line. My goodness for a couple of teenagers it was an incredible time. I have never forgotten the excitement of it all.

 

Landy's Dodge



Northland Chrysler "Mission Impossible"



Plain Bu$ted



The Funny Car

 

Lee Smith's "Haulin Hemi II"

 

Dandy Dick Landy



Early Jungle Jim



Soul Shaker

 

Both the Chevoom and the Soul Shaker are in southern Pennsylvania now... The Chevoom is currently being restored and should be done by early summer... It will also "cackle" when finished....

 

Found another shot of it for you.

Elliott Chevrolet FOUR door awb!!

 

Very cool shot Loudbang. Is that Al Bergler (sp?) in the near lane. Thanks for all you do for this thread.

 

Look at that, even Dick Landy used a Crescent wrench!

 

i believe landy was burned due to a trans fire in that car. chrysler pulled the plug on the funny cars after that. they went back to safer super stocks.

 

Good eye I should have known that.

 

I think he used it for a cigar cutter!

 

Weren't Bergler's cars called Aggravation?

 

Somewhere, I saw some folks arguing about the term Semi Hemi - right there it is in black and white in 1966.

Now, if we can document the pre - Rat term porqupine.

 

Detroit Shaker

 

Many of these cars live on today and are in the hands of collectors who purchase them and restore them.

Some of these cars are still in action and make special appearances at drag racing events all over the USA.

Here is a link to one collector who makes exhibition runs and also races in nostalgic events.
Jimbo

http://timoszykfunnycars.com/index.html

 

Looks like Color Me Gone after moving to AWB

 

Not much information. The Herb McCandless effort in the AWB class.

 

Yikes! That didn't end well.

 

Ramchargers









Super II Fahy & Witz

 

This was a fiberglass body with a tube chassis. It raced in the Midwest UDRA injected funny car circuit in the mid sixties. It was Don Schumachers first funny and it had limited success. If I recall correctly John Buttera built the chassis while he was still in Wisconsin.

 

Fahy & Witz Super II again

 

McCoy Mercury