Sports Car Bodied Drag Cars.

I used to see a few old Austin Healey 3000s at the drag strip in Fremont in the old days. They had converted them over to big V8 power and some of them were pretty fast. I think the lady that used to own or manage the Fremont drag races had a red one that she used to race there. The roll bars or roll cages that they had to add to them when they were fast kind of killed the looks of them a little, but they were still pretty cool.

 

I believe that the Cad-Bandini that was thought to be owned by the mayor of City of Industry was owned by L C Kirby,Dallas,Texas..he ran it for years and the only one I ever heard of.......

 

Here's a Cheetah that will be familiar to anyone that was into racing in the NW in the 60s.

dj

 

This is a hella thread .... dragonsnake was always one of my favorites when I was a kid in the sixties. One of the main drivers and chassis man, Jere Kirkpatrick, ended up becoming a good bud . Just saw El Cid last year at a Sears Point meet.

 

I remember a Cheetah that ran at Lions,when I was a kid....It was WAY cool!!!!
How about the Corvette Funnycar that Pat Foster drove!!!

 

I remember his corvair .... pretty car, pretty color!

 

Here is some of a local guy Roy Crandall from our area that ran a Dragon Snake Cobra back in the day. He is a great guy and I had the oppurtunity of hanging out with him all day yesterday. http://rides.webshots.com/album/436852458hygdlt

 

cheetah's,though short lived,had one hell of an impact on racing history. shame they could'nt get the backing needed to go further.always loved those lil cars

 

First ran from 62 to 68 then in garage for 40 years then restored and on the track again.

Pat

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330665398427


Who wants to go in with me on this?

 

Itchy Rat's got it going on!

 

I used to work at Beeline Dragway when Hans was running this Cobra.

 

Holy Smokes I'm glad M.D. posted on this thread today, I never knew it was here. I love those Cheetahs...Cheetahs always Win. HA

 

I HATE to resurrect a dead thread, but in reference to the photo of ITCHY RAT above, this is for sale right near me:

https://providence.craigslist.org/pts/5589080471.html

 

Love the color of this. And, of course, the car.

 

A Bump for this old thread, to cool to let it slip!