Thread: Looking at buying and racing this old dragster.

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greer black prudhomme car was something like 112 , inch wasnt it? and by 1969 chassis were around 180 werent they jerry? i know the jade grenade is lonnnng something like 205 inch? now 112 is SHORT 225 is long. and i think the ernies camera "shudder bug" was only like 95 inch !

I think if you are able to put all the questions to bed that Richard and the others have raised, this could be a cool little drag car. They established a class at one time called Econodragsters, and the premise was basically what you are talking about. The idea was to find an old dragster and put something like a mild 350 Chevy in it with only one carb, and go out and have fun without breaking the bank.

It is a super way to get a reasonably fast/quick car without the expense of building and maintaining a ultra high performance motor. I think those econo cars were running in the 9's, if I remember correctly.

I hope you are able to score this one and that the chassis meets current regs. It would be fun to see it come together. However, start looking for a loooooooong trailer.

Don

Don, while at the outset the Econo classes looked attractive, in the end they required as much or more money to be competitive as any other class. The cheapest way to campaign the car would be in E.T. Handicap Racing class. There, you could be competitive with a stock 350/'Glide. Success or failure would be determined by the driver's reaction time and consistency of the car.
Heck, you wouldn't even have to compete if you didn't want to. Just show up at the bracket races and make time trial passes.