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

Looks like Knapp and Westerdales first twin.

 

48 Ford Prefect "Gold Getter" Owned by Rick Abood from California 48 thames panel



48 thames panel Owned by Rick Abood from California



Rush & Ormsbee 34 Ford Coupe



"The King Speed Shop" coupe

 

Ferd Napfel’s name was often misspelled Fred, but his Maryland based, ’55 FGas Chevy was nationally known.



O'Connell, Hill, Bussart. Ithis 1957 Chevy had a 292″ small-block with Hilborn injection and a Borg-Warner four-speed. Several times NHRA National Record holder, F/Gas Indy class winner and Div 2 points champ.

 

Is that gold car a Kellison?

 

Classic or not, it doesn't fit the HAMB criteria and should not have been posted.

 

Have no problem deleting but will wait for a few more opinions.

 

http://twotogo.homestead.com/GoldenGreek1.html

 

This site is getting a little crazy with rules and other crap!
Jimbo

 

Stay between the lines, the lines are your friend.

 

Lefty Mudersbach at Lions, Wayne Ferguson's "Satisfaction" Olds modified roadster at rear


I believe that this is Goleta, '48 or '49. Goleta, north of Santa Barbara, CA, was the first organized drag race meet, though there was no real schedule, run by the Santa Barbara Timing Association. The buildings in the back are still there...


Street roadster at Saugus


Power King, Tom Prufer, not sure where this is, maybe Redding?


Henry Harrison


Another Saugus shot, no ID on either...Ollie Morris in the Morris brothers roadster sponsored by SoCal Speed Shop at rear...this shot is from the Screwdrivers of Culver City collection


Aerial view of Saugus ...the trees may have survived but the track is long gone


Kenz Muffler sponsored roadster, Santa Maria


Don Montgomery's Hudson, left...Don hopped up the Hudson engine but not enough power to be competitive, so he went to a GMC, in a Cord, later in a '32 coupe....which later got a blown Chrysler.



Santa Ana, Chrisman Brothers #25 when it was #60...this was an old lakester that dated back to the 1930s...many owners modified it until the Chrismans converted it to drag racing...now very well restored....notice that helmets and roll bars were optional


Santa Ana, early '50s

George Boltoff at Saugus, Frank Huzar at center...Frank went on to form his own dragster chassis company, built many a top fuel competitor....


Frank "Ike" Iacono, GMC powered, before orange paint


Rear view


GMC that resided in Ike's '34 coupe before this dragster


R&C covers Saugus, 1954, none of the cars identified...the "Jitterbug" below is Harry Duncan's, 354" Chrysler, purple and yellow paint (how could R&C confused a '34 for a '32??)


R&C covers Saugus, Pape Brothers roadster, top (now restored), Jim Woods Bantam with a Ford 6...


Hop Up covers Saugus, 1951...Bob Rounthwaite, bottom, was a Glendale Coupe & Roadster member, later ran the "Thingie" dragster with a fuel GMC...

 

The King Speed shop coupe in post 49826 ran out of Lansing IL and was named the Judge, and the name registered. Rumor was he won a law suite against Pontiac when they used the name. Have great memories of that car and other similar running at US30 in Gary IN when I was a teen in the 70s. Most ran in a class called Run Tuff. Even the class name was cool.

Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!

 

You are correct. many of the posts on this thread sometimes do not fit the criteria. How about you put in the work needed to dig up a few old photos and post them instead of using 700 of your 732 posts to police this thread. Getting sick of all the complaining. Seems as though a couple of guys are just sitting around shooting radar.

 

Tommyd
Yes, a Kellison GT body

 

You need to read Ryan's thread "Growing Pains". I don't want to see this thread shut down if Ryan has to step in. Once one recent photo of a rear engine dragster gets posted, others think its ok and the thread gets way off topic.

If you're going to comment on my number of posts, please be accurate. I've posted 15 times previously in this thread and 4 were stating certain posts were off topic. Of my remaining 717 in other threads, maybe 5 were about staying on topic.

Again, read Ryan's "Growing Pains" thread.

And to keep you happy, a shot from 1958.