Showing posts with label dragsters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dragsters. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 February 2011

A quick look at the Wally Parks motorsports museum

I've got no idea what a mini dualie tractor is doing here. the famous TV Tommy Ivo t bucket with the one of a kind Von Dutch signature, I don't believe he signed anything else this way with the feet Billy Gibbons Mexican Blackbird , last year in the GNRS http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/mexican-blackbird-t-bird-that-finally.html

awesome photos over at HotWheels

see these and lots more at http://hotvvheels.tumblr.com/

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

the 1965 VW bus that became a 1700hp top fueler, "Mental Breakdown"

I posted a photo of this once before, last Sept, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/11/there-is-integral-coolness-in-vws-but.html and it turns out that photo was of the debut at the Essen Motor Show in Germany. Read about it and see a couple more photos here: http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/11/mental-breakdown-1700hp-volkswagen-bus.html

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Time for humor

I never thought about all the potential uses for fold down windows... sure looks like it makes a great table for drive ins! C300 dragster.. great!from http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/chat/post-random-pic-thread-7157/page175

Sunday, 9 January 2011

interesting photos from Rods and Sods

the wagon wheels sorta throw me... there aren't any indications of an engine, or horse hookups, so is this mechaincal? Or just gravity drive? Cool signature gimmick, the Moon Eyes Lions and bears pulling this cart.. .. makes me wonder how those sheep are dealing with the team mates on the pull best christmas tree ever?

drag racing Caddy hearse, 2007, wet track

found on http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/chat/post-random-pic-thread-7157/page76

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

Bang Shift finds really cool drag racing, here's a trio of awesome

Hayden Proffitt and the funny car Rebel. Ya gotta hand it to anyone who looks at the brick aerodynamics and says they'll make it win. EJ Potter, that madman Turbo Stang, powered by a drag axle from Turbonique and this is the first time I've seen this photo.. awesomeFor lots of dragracing photos and videos, go see the tremendous coverage at Bang Shift http://www.bangshift.com/blog/

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Friday, 31 December 2010

Zaniest thing I've seen in a while, the Jade Warrior from 1985

Skip the first 30 secondsLearned about it from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/ information from http://www.dragzine.com/news/the-jade-warrior-a-truly-insane-and-one-of-a-kind-ride/The creation of British motorcycle racer Angus MacPhail, who built it himself in his garage, it's called the “Jade Warrior,” did the quarter mile in under 8 seconds a quarter century ago without the use of

Thursday, 30 December 2010

The High and Mighty, mopar engineers and (street racers by night) used it to develop intakes and engines

above photo via http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/ photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=927

Monday, 13 December 2010

The Winged Express driver passes the competition on the far side of the track, between the other dragster and the wall, post burnout lane change

Learned about it in the Feb 2011 Hot Rod magazine, Roddin at Random. Too bad Hot Rod isn't more focused on drag racing and hot rods instead of new Chevy LS engine head tech articles and putting LS engines into a 1979 Camaro. When did a 79 Camaro with any engine ever define "Hot Rod"?

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

there is integral coolness in VW's... but it takes some work to make it show

The above is written up here: http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/11/mental-breakdown-1700hp-volkswagen-bus.html via : http://chromjuwelen.tumblr.com/

Sunday, 21 November 2010

43 years in a barn, but it had one hell of a racing career before hibernation

Looks amazingly good for having hibernated.. about the only thing that indicates true age are those slicks. Mike Bamber's old "Silver Dollar" A/GS 1940 Willysthe engine was being rebuilt in it, to make a few passes on the Nostalgia circuit, when a guy teaching his daughter to drive plowed into the barn, missed the Willys, but hit the engine stand and knocked the engine over - cracking the blower