Here is one from Oregon, I watched it run as a kid. Bob Duedall, first pic from 1962, 2nd pic 50 years later. Restored and owned by Jim Lindsay (yellow hat). Bob is in the seat !
Now this last bunch are what I remember as "Completion Coupes", although the first one Marty Strode posted was probably a "Modified Roadster". It's probably my loss being restricted to only NHRA strips in those days that wouldn't allow the "Fuel Coupes ("554", etc) to run. Cars like that were forced to run on gas in the altered classes.
Correct, John ran this car with a small Dodge, ran over 130 at Colton, dark metallic blue...technically it is a fuel coupe, note the C/F on the window.
Some one needs to post photos of the 15oz car....It is alive and well under that care of Peter Vincent.
a primo solid 32 5 window coupe is an excellent car to build a hot rod. ardun mtr. with a cool 4 71 and a lasalle trans. wire wheels, how sweet it is. as far as cutting it up to build a comp. coupe style car I don't think its a smart idea. and I'm not a purest. Heres some photos of my 48 anglia comp. coupe dragster build. The reason i built it this way was because the body is exactly cut up and altered when i received it. Plus the body was so bad from sitting and rusting for so many years that there wasn't much left that i can bring it back to life. I built the chassis like a chassis research k 88. early 394 olds. But as far as your coupe it seems to nice to cut up and convert it into a comp coupe style car. just my opinion. enjoy photos and good luck on your quest.
Holes in the top did not seem to matter and the only way to go from Competition Coupe to Modified Roadster is this way:
Hope I didn't miss it in previous posts, but I would love to know the full story about when Competition Coupes transitioned from the super cool early coupes to dragsters with coupe bodies. I love them all, but have the Fuel Coupe class confusion based on personal time as a fan.
"Charlie's Business Coupe", I think Pierre Poncia still has it. It was a staple at Baylands in the '80's.
Competition coupe because of the streamlined nose...though engine was around 25% setback of the wheelbase Competition coupe because engine is more than 25% of WB and streamlined nose (not chopped, though). This was the Raker's Car Club. Same here, except chopped, Belmont SanChez with Harry Duncan's Chrysler... The class was "Competition coupe & sedan," so this one would have qualified. But notice that it is designated a "Fuel" sedan with the "F" on the door, not a "C" for competition, even though it does not have a stock frontal area. Sometimes the drag strips (this is at Fontana) made their own determination about what class a car fell into. This one met its end in a push road crash. No question about this one, radically chopped Bantam, Dodge powered, Sandoval Brothers entry, from Santa Ana, won class at '57 NHRA Nationals.
Bump You guys are not seriously stepping away from this thread with one of the most serious additions to our real history are you?
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