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

Oh, yeah.....

 

Country road, dip in the pavement, time it right, wheelie! (note debris)

 

If I would have known it was Norm's car I would have never have posted the picture...
Sorry about that....
My bad....

 

Trying to put 2 and 2 together...
How wide are those rear tires????

 

There is some great photos on this thread. keep them coming!

 

Per the rules back then 7 inch tired were required on M/P and those mufflers were just hung under there for apperance per NHRA rules.

 

It's not likely. How fast could he possibly be going after that curb on those skinny tires?

 

My buddy Rich Hall had a stock 38 or so Chevy sedan. He could get it bouncing and pull the front wheels in an intersection.

 

That 55 is obviously torqued over too, he's really on it in that pic

 

It was never a real drag race car (apart from a couple of match races with Ivo) so it does not really fit the theme of the thread anyway (and especially not in its current form). Plus, is there a reason for the rerun of a lot of the same photos from your Wednesday post?

Roo

 

Like the Grabowski T, this is not a drag race car--please keep the thread on topic.

Roo

 

Lots of caster for a street car!

 

I had a 37 coupe with Knee Action, it was a bouncer !

 

It’s insulting, I say it’s insulting to both Norm and the Hot Rod community that some fool (moron that is, a total jackass) would ruin that car.


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It’s ok Deuces, everybody makes mistakes. I forgive you.


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Man, I really screwed the pooch with these pictures....

 

Thanks dude.....

 

Hey man, I'm glad you posted those pictures. It's just another era of hot rodding we all went through and there were many that you either liked or didn't. This happened to many famous show cars. There was a famous 53 or 54 chevy custom back in the day called Moonglow that went through many changes and eventually ended it's day being sent to the crusher. Let's face it, who would have ever imagined back in the day these cars would have historic value or worth anything now and the fact that they even existed in any form still is amazing. I'm sure if you told those builders of these cars 50 plus years later they would shape hot rodding today they would not have believed it.

 

You’re welcome.


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Sorry if this is a re-post.

 

Kenny Safford vs Jess Sturgeon.
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Charles "Boogie" Scott, who towed from New Orleans to Pomona...lost to Ratican, Jackson, and Stearns (picture also appeared on George Klass's site)

Line-up at Lions..from bottom: Vic Hubbard, Merry Men Car Club banger-powered dragster, John Bradley, Armstrong & Richter, J.E. Riley Special (Calvin Rice driving), Nichols Brothers Olds fueler, Manuel Cohello, Weeks & Noble roadster (once Paul Sylvan's, I think), unknown chopped Merc fuel coupe. At top right, Doug Cook's '37 Chevy, unknown, then the nose of the Goodyear and Serpia Pacific Auto Body coupe (once Harry Duncan's).


Santa Ana starting line during the Life Magazine shoot


Jeep Hampshire, at left, gets ready to race an unpainted Ernie's Camera Shop blown Pontiac, San Fernando.


Dick Belfatti at Island Dragway, heavily modified Chassis Research K-88. Dick drove until he was badly burned, then other drivers took over -- Bobby Vodnik was one.

 

Scroll down and you will find Eddie Hill's Twins:
http://twotogo.homestead.com/TwoToGoPageTwo.html

 

Dawson,s Deamon

 

Tony Waters built this deuce roadster with Chuck Edwards, Jim Sughrue and Jerry Smith. They normally ran it at the salt (first hiboy roadster over 200mph at Bonneville), but sometimes he put slicks on it, did a gear change, and took it to the drags. He ran a blown Chrysler in it at Bonneville (the SCTA "D-class" number is on the side, back when big engines got lower alphabet letters), but I am not sure what he is running in this picture, though he also ran Desotos in his T-roadster (also partnered with Jim Sughrue and Irv Guinn). I think that this could be Bakersfield. Photo by Charles Zaren. The car is preserved today, with a blown Desoto.

 

We are trying to keep this thread about historical drag cars before 1969....this is way after.

 

Bet it was the blower straps that tipped you off....

 

More than one tip off in that photo.

 

Well, I have to say that I understand where you're coming from. I understand so well that I
won't mention the photos of:

Shirley Muldowney's 1972 Mustang F/C
Al Segrini's '74 Vega F/C
The "Blue Max" '74-78 style Mustang F/C

Along with photos of '70-73 Cuda Funny Cars and Pro Stocks,
Chevy Monza Funny Cars, the Gapp & Roush four door Maverick
and the non-HAMB friendly Camaros, Novas and Javelins, and
even an Opel GT.