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

The address for Baltes' dragster is interesting, as he was a San Diego guy. That is Doris Herbert-Endrele's address, when she edited Drag News.

 

And drove wooden ships. (Compliments of Frank Oglesby).

 

Romeo Palamedes canopy car, pic below at the '59 March Meet with a Potvin 6-71....great shot, some wild looking cars in the background.

 

Romeo's car is in the Justice Bros. Museum restored to original with an injected Hemi.

 

I met Kenny Hirata several years ago. He was a true gentleman and a pleasure to talk with.

 

Don Hampton at right, Alley and DeWitt Desoto next to Hampton

 

Garlits vs Langley...Swamp Rat vs The Scorpion!

 

Then and Now...not certain if it's been restored yet.

 

It is restored, Dean Miller owns it...

 

Bean Bandits at the first NHRA Nationals. NHRA photo


Berry & Hughes Chevy powered fuel roadster, from Selma, CA. The pits look like San Fernando.


Neil Leffler and Roger Wolford combined to run this fuel dragster


Hartwell & Stanley used a Steel Austin roadster body for their hot roadster ("hot roadster" was the earlier designation for fuel roadster, which then merged with fuel coupe to become "fuel altered")


Pete Robinson vs Marshall & Vermilia.


Bruce Tappinier's "House of Sound" Olds dragster, Karen White photo


Ernie Hashim's blown flathead on the way to a 133mph run, Bill Repogle driving, at Bakersfield...Smokers photo


Oildown, Dave McClelland photo


Jesse Vandeventer, from National City, CA, at Caddo Mills, Texas
Bader and Ferrera, blown Cadillac powered Crosley altered, from Cypress, CA, on the line facing a T-bodied altered, Glenn Ward photo, taken at the '58 NHRA nationals at Oklahoma City.

 

I believe a customer of mine did restore the car. I do not remember his name, but he lived in the Colorado Springs area.
He had sent me a photo of the car sitting outside his shop. This had to be 8 to 10 years ago.

Jimbo

 

He has a build thread on here but has not been updated in a while.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-funny-car.369295/

 

Money Olds OKC Nationals '57...

 

Lefty's twin...

Union Grove, WI July '61...

 

Lions 1966...

 

More Kellison-bodied cars...

 

I've been told that Lefty's first twin was made from the Money Olds.
Anyone know that story?

 

I remember a picture of Money Olds very wadded up, I hope I'm wrong, but seemed liked
driver didn't survive.

 

per George Klass
"Buddy Sampson's "Money Olds Special", the Top Eliminator at the 1957 NHRA Nationals. Although the body looks a little bulky, this dragster (built by Lefty Mudersbach) was well proportioned and ahead of it's time...

 

Another angle of Neil Leffler and Roger Wolford...

 

Might be a tad new but dragster get a pass...LaPlace.

 

old Friday Art
Buddy Sampson's "Money Olds Special", the Top Eliminator at the 1957 NHRA Nationals. Although the body looks a little bulky, this dragster (built by Lefty Mudersbach) was well proportioned and ahead of it's time...

Hello,

The Money Oldsmobile Special was the Top Eliminator in 1957. The one name that stood out for us was Lefty Mudersbach. The history of Lefty Mudersbach started at Lion’s Dragstrip a year later in 1958 when he moved his family to So Cal to start his association with the local drag racers and dragstrips.
Lions Dragstrip 1959-60


Money Oldsmobile built by Lefty Mudersbach 1957


The title of the newspaper article from 1957 describes the look that this fast race car got when it appeared at the 1957 Nationals. We are all accustomed to seeing the 1960s exploits of Lefty Mudersbach in So Cal. But this was before the family took some advice…”Go West, young man…” and arrived to conquer the difficult West Coast drag racing scene with his multiple engine race car.

Arizona Republic 1957 Buddy Sampson June 22, 1957

“Ultimately, after the many rounds of competition, Buddy Sampson of Phoenix Arizona was declared the Top Eliminator at the 1957 edition of the NHRA Nationals. This was only the third time NHRA had contested a National Championship, and Oklahoma City was the third location in as many years. Yet the facility was a vast improvement over previous venues, and the participation exceeded expectations to such a degree that NHRA had to impose a limit on entries for the first time ever.”

“The Nationals moved to its third different location in 1957, being contested in Oklahoma City’s spacious State Fairgrounds that featured ample paved pit areas, separate spectator and participant parking, a cafeteria, and more. Despite the newly instituted fuel ban, the event still drew 450 entrants, including Buddy Sampson, who took top honors at the event, which was again held over Labor Day weekend. Sampson drove the 462-inch Olds-powered, aluminum-bodied Money Oldsmobile Special past LeRoy Mackey in the final, clocking a 10.42, low e.t. of the meet, en route to victory.”


Jnaki

Then a series of different builds led to the last time we saw his twin SBC FED at Lion’s Dragstrip, along with the new partnership with Chet Herbert Cams.

Lefty Mudersbach Drag Cars in Motion...

 

Ya don't win a lot of races doing this but.....ya get your picture made a lot!!!
Nice.......
6sally6

 

More Tijuana Taxi, in color...Rex Marshall image.