Hot Rods The "Drag Car INTERIORS" Thread!

I'm currently working on new seat covers for my Henry J. I picked up the red metal flake vinyl yesterday. Time to bump this thread back to the top. I will post pictures when it is completed.

Let's see some more

 

Here's a few from my dad's 46 Hudson:

 

Would really like to see the car ??

 

still got a long way to go, need a metal break and a bead roller....

 

My Crosley wagon. Low cost 20ga steel with hammer finish paint.

 

In case anyone forgot this thread was here

Bump!

 

That's Awesome Kev.

That must be the Willys you had in the 80s?

 

here are a few from the files Ryan....

the Mura Bros Willys, from the evil-bay auction.....





















note the UNIQUE use of a Hurst shifter boot, and the fuel shutoff cable on the steering column standoff




and from the HRM article on the Mura Willys

 

a few more....

King Kong and Shores & Hess Anglias respectively....note the similarities and the seat mounting to the rollbar on both cars










Gang Green Willys.....








here is a B/gas 39 chevy called Obsession that used an injected 426 Wedge for power. interior is simple yet sinister...note the "rule stretching" for the mandatory passenger seat

 

Recently completed drag/street Fiat.

 

S-10 Super gas racer

 

64 ply

 

Henry J.

 

Doc Eiland Shreve Automotive roadster circa 1959. Pics are from early 80s. In first pic you can see where the guages were, tach missing. You can also see the entire inside of body was skinned and painted. In the second you can see the wheel tubs. The entire interior of body was zolotoned before being skinned.

 

My Chevy II

 

Here's a few pics of my '53 Henry J gasser interior. 50 years worth of patina! Randy Millard (Henrysnephew)

 

Where does one find the short little buckets like I see on some of the Willys here?

 

I think the ones you are referring to are like what was made in the 60s by Cal Automotive. Cal Automotive isn't around anymore, but the seats turn up at swap meets on a rare occasion. Otherwise you can buy new fiberglass seats like what are used in dune buggies, which have also been around a long time. Their size and shape is not too different.

Cal Automotive.

 

34 Plymouth 5 Window.






Note the Pentastar rolled in the door tin:

 

This was my race car interior...

 

It's not going to win any awards, and once in a while I blow the dust off of it.

 

my 53 studebaker

 

It might not be the right place, but did Gasser rules say anything about interior?
Rear seat?

Can someone post pics of rollbar with seats mounted to them. So one could see how it was done. This is not the way it's done here.
Was this how it was done or was that more individual?

 

It might not be the right place, but did Gasser rules say anything about interior?
Rear seat?

Can someone post pics of rollbar with seats mounted to them. So one could see how it was done. This is not the way it's done here.
Was this how it was done or was that more individual?

 

Early gassers had to be "street legal", with front/rear seats, headliner, safety equipment (wipers, horn, etc, etc). These rules were underwent a major change around '64 and a lot of stuff then got chucked to save weight. My Henry J (post #47 above) still has the rear seat, headliner and upholstery from '59, but the rest got gutted out as rules changed and years went by. Randy Millard (Henrysnephew)

 

thanks for the lead Von Hartman!

 

Hey
Nice Henry!

I dig the ones with the skinney look-like-a-seat.
When the time comes for my Volvo gasser built, I'm gonna do something like yours or #23.

Home made diamond patern upholstery is my thing.

Keep'm comming

 

Our Anglia interior. Built in the seventies.

 

32 5w