Thread: Early Dragsters (REAL Early)
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02-23-2008 06:02 PM #10
I'm glad you appreciate the picture, guys.
I had heard of its existence several years ago. Then one of my brothers found some dude peddling them at a FLEA MARKET and bought me one.
The picture is large, 17"X21", and, as you can see, of good quality.
I love the thing. Sometimes I get it out and just look at those cars. I'm going to have to admit that they were "state of the art" when I was in my twenties.
Look at the variety of engines: flatheads, small block Chevys, a Pontiac (Eddie Hill's), what I believe to be an early Caddy, and one that looks to me like an Olds with a front mounted blower, and a couple of hemis.
There are other niceties: Drilled Anglia front axles,whitewall slicks (retreads, because that's all there was), and some very innovative suspension setups.
In the case of Mr. Hill, no suspension at all.
Oh yeah ..... and those hairy lookin' headers.
48fordnut: I could very well have been a that Wichita Falls race you mention. I'm not sure. While my first partner, the late Alvis Brown, and I were running a 283 in my old roadster we went to Wichita Falls several times.
Tell me, 48, wasn't that the hottest, dryest, dustiest, and generally most miserable place you ever saw? They call the Red River "red" for a reason .... because it IS! Clouds of red dust combine with sweat on faces to make it appear that everybody is on the warpath or something. If that wasn't enough, I blew up a very good engine there.
Again, glad you liked it.
Jim
I believe this was somewhere around 2015, Rick, Rosie and Johnboy
John Norton aka johnboy