History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Class lady never too busy to talk to fans and to make the kids feel extra special

 

The picture we are refering to is back aways with the white Willys coupe from D &E automotive Terryville CT.

Pat

 

the hole shot body still around. its safely tucked away here in se wisconsin.

 

Early Indy?

 

Jerry Gwynn's first roadster. Regards, Chase

 

Anyone?

 

Keystone/Bison Dragways - Winnipeg MB.
http://www.mts.net/~57ford/reunion10.html

 

1966 NHRA NATIONALS Indianapolis

 

Strollers Drag Strip (maybe)

 

That's one that I haven't seen Dave.

 

That Willys had quite a racing history up here in the Northwest. It belonged to a couple of friends of mine, John Anderson and Chet Thomas. When they built it around '62 it was powered by an injected 421 Pontiac and sported the original '36 front sheet metal. They switched to the SBC for some time, and then took on a 3rd partner, Jim Barnard. Jim had a AA/FD, and pulled the engine to add some excitement ! They ran the car in AA/FA, with Chet driving, they ran in the 7's at 190. Jim went on to win T/F at some big events later on, and we just lost Chet about a month ago.

 

Parked next to the Shig, Norton, Peach 57 is their record holding 55, which was owned and normally driven by Bill Peach. Flat tow these to Indy or Half Moon Bay, win your class, and flat tow back to LA. Their E/G record still shows in the drag racing museum at Half Moon Bay Bakery, that time driven by Ted Radoumis, another of the Oscar Gregory Chevrolet team. His D/G '55 had J&S Speed Center sponsorship on doors.

 

Photo taken by ME at Woodburn, 1967!

 

Art Chrisman at Saugus, maybe '54 or '55, looks like it is still flathead powered


Deuce coupe at the first NHRA Nationals at Great Bend KS...this car was from nearby Salina....X usually meant 4-banger


First NHRA Nationals, Olds Powered...


Looks like an early sprint car taking a crack at Pomona, notice the pump house is still there at the end of the strip...this might be around '53.


Really early dragster, rail frame, traditional suspension, Olds engine...'55 NHRA Nationals.


I don't know where Brighton is, but 109 is pretty good for a V8-60...not sure of the year but this has to be a really early slingshot


No ID

 

I found half a dozen old Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazines in a second hand bookshop. Here's John Mulligan haulin' in a bitchin' Leslie Lovett shot from a February '69 feature on the new Woody car.
Hope it's not a repeat.