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

Tell me Joe Lunati didn't have a bucket full. Setting on an over powered, overgrown, go kart. Open face & goggles, shirt & slacks, hell, doesn't even look like he has gloves on! And giving Ohio George a go at that!
Them were some crazy (& great) times....

 

Deuces I have a post card of that exact photo of the SWC Mustang. It was sent to me by Henry's Machine Works in Bellflower California informing me that my axle's where finished. I think around 1970

Pat

 

Very cool!!!....

 

The Logghe chassis Wing II (with the legendary Dodge pickup in the background)

Roo

 

Later to become the Colt 45 Mustang funny car

Roo

 

^^^^ Colorado Racing Legend Butch Salter ^^^^ At this point Butch had partnered with Alan Bockla and that's Alan's engine...Butch's chassis. We lost Alan way too soon but Butch is still going strong running his 32 roadster at Bonneville and at The Colorado Mile.

 

Dangum those are some clean pictures


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Gold Dust you still on??

 

All my own work

Roo

 

Here's a shot of a C/Roadster in 1961 owned by Jim Mackey and Jim Kitchen. It's what's left of Kitchen's first car – a 1931 Model A pickup. Look closely and you'll see huge round graduated holes down the frame rails. And a drilled front Model A axle. 288" Chevy with six 97s and two guys who knew nothing. Had some fun, tho. It was Fontana's first 8-second gas roadster – and this might be the photo of that effort. Of course we started from the back fence. Amazing how that cuts your E.T.. Problem is, you run out of gas and run only about 115 as I remember. Parts moved on to Kitchen's (me) street roadster that I still have.