Thread: cool drag pics from 1967

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These shots were taken by Mike Manson at LaPlace Dragway in LaPlace, Louisiana....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bykyak/...th/4255048914/
A little track history....
http://www.division4halloffame.com/?page_id=343

Some really great pictures.... and from my favorite era!!! Slingshots, gassers, and early funnies ruled those times.

In a way it's sad to look at those knowing that so many of them are gone, like Marvin Schwartz, Don Gay, Pete Robinson, and many others. It's too bad "heros" don't live on.

Thanks for the "flashback"! :-)

I know, there is a '55 Chevy in there somewhere with radiused rear wheelwells and I was wonderin' to myself, what ever happened to all those '55 gassers with radiused wheelwells??????

neat pix,tech...I was 14 in 1967,and lived on a diet of American hotrod mags,which I still have...the only way this kid could see what was happening up there..was poisoned back then,still no cure, thankfully...
Talking of 55 Chevy gassers,how bout this one,just new on the street...





Some more on the Beach Hop photos thread..

Originally Posted by techinspector1

I know, there is a '55 Chevy in there somewhere with radiused rear wheelwells and I was wonderin' to myself, what ever happened to all those '55 gassers with radiused wheelwells??????

Neat link Tech. thanks for posting it. I was at the March Meet last year and saw a few '55s, this one was what they were all about back then.
Larry M

I noticed a 64? Nova called "The Texas Twister" and Tech I'm wondering if that might be the same guy that ran at Dahio in 59 with a powder blue 57 Ford?

Your mind is slippin' good buddy. The Texas Twister was a '58...
There's a good chance it was the same guy with another ride named the same. Ken is referring to a kid who showed up in Dayton in '59 to go to the school that National Cash Register had goin' on. He had this baby blue '58 Ford that just blew everybody away. I don't know if we ever knew what motor was in it, but I was thinking a poked and stroked 430. Those motors showed up in '58 in the Mercurys and Edsels and maybe the Thunderbirds. I remember him puttin' 6 guys into the Ford and spankin' a friend of ours with a 283 '53 Studebaker with just the driver in the Stude.

You guys are breakin' my heart! Now I'm startin' to "nostalgiacize"! I started a '55 post, three piece 'glass front, 3/4 ton truck rear with radiused rear fenders, and some custom made steel rims. The rear was a 4:56, and we welded the spyder gears.

Unfortunately, I sold it about '66-'67 to build a '57 BelAir hardtop that I found for $75! The '55 was green with gray and white fiberglass. I wonder if it's still around Danville, Illinois somewhere? ....It's only been about 40 years. ....I know the '57 eventually was wrecked badly. God I miss all of those past "toys". {:-(

Great pics, thanks for the link Richard!!! Life and drag racing was a lot simpler! I noticed the Hemi's had 1 fuel pump, 1 distributor instead of the collection of stuff it takes to fuel and fire those beasts today!!! I noticed a Comet funny car, if anyone has one of those bodies laying around in the shop still, could you let me know????

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Great pics, thanks for the link Richard!!! Life and drag racing was a lot simpler! I noticed the Hemi's had 1 fuel pump, 1 distributor instead of the collection of stuff it takes to fuel and fire those beasts today!!! I noticed a Comet funny car, if anyone has one of those bodies laying around in the shop still, could you let me know????

Or even the Comet mold Dave...

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Or even the Comet mold Dave...

Yeah, if all the interest continues in the nostalgia cars, might be something to consider!!!! There was a Mustang early funny car body for sale in Florida awhile back, thought about it for a bit then passed....

You're right Tech, so many cars went past my flags and only a few really stand out and that was one of them.

Originally Posted by Evolvo

Here ya go Dave, wanna start from scratch?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/1667995619.html

Yeah, no kiddin', buy this one and splash it. It's the correct 2 dr. post.

All I can say is ..... THANK YOU.

I could get rich if i had all those Halibrand wheels off those cars.

Ratty 46

Hey Tech,

Back then? I'm running Black Betty at Famoso this weekend. Hotrod bracket, and the new E/Gas with 11.6 index. F.E.D.'s, open wheel, brackets, jr dragsters

ANRA has 4 meets this year in Bakersfield. Nothing newer than 1973. The front engine dragster guys run 7.6, 8.6, and Number III is 9.6. Affordable with SBC power. Still alive and well, even today.