Thread: More early rear engine dragster

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This is likely the first twin, rear engine dragster to run. Don Jensen, "Head Hunters", two Merc flathead engines, 1956.

Neat car, Bob. Do you have any info on what it ran for MPH or time??? Where was the car out of and how long did they campaign it??? Thanks for the info.

Originally posted by Dave Severson
Neat car, Bob. Do you have any info on what it ran for MPH or time??? Where was the car out of and how long did they campaign it??? Thanks for the info.

Haven't found any time or mph info Dave, just the location stuff Streets copied, my guess is they stayed in the So Cal area.

Originally posted by Bob Parmenter
This is likely the first twin, rear engine dragster to run. Don Jensen, "Head Hunters", two Merc flathead engines, 1956.

Cool find Bob. Eat your heart out Big Daddy

Streets, "T.V. Tommy" Ivo

Well, injected wedge motors are cool, but blown HEMIS....................now that's the real ticket!!!!!!

This one isn't a rear engine twin, but it's such a wild idea it had to be shown. Those are Ford Formula ohc engines. He bought five of them for $3500 when a rules change made them obsolete for formula racing. Of course that was in mid '60's dollars, so they weren't exactly cheap cheap.

Streets, you wouldn't happen to have a picture of Eddie Hill's twin Pontiacs that tore up the staring line at the 61 Nats would you?

Wow! Does that bring back memories. Thank Streets.