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Wednesday, January 19, 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.

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Jim Lakey's Speed Shop, Piqua Ohio, 1963 Nash Metro B/Comp dragster. Lovin it.


Found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585

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Tuesday, January 11, 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!

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Sunday, January 9, 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?

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drag racing Caddy hearse, 2007, wet track





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

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Wednesday, January 5, 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.. awesome
For lots of dragracing photos and videos, go see the tremendous coverage at Bang Shift http://www.bangshift.com/blog/

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

El Ciste finds interesting stuff





check out the whole variety at http://elcistebravado.blogspot.com

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Friday, December 31, 2010

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






Skip the first 30 seconds

Learned 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 nitromethane. That's riding on the tip of a bullet.

It was powered by an inline 4-cylinder that blended MacPhail’s own engineering with that of a Ford Cosworth and sported a Roots supercharger producing somewhere between 400 and 500 horsepower.

The frame was, obviously, a completely one-off piece that was built monocoque-style – with a main center section made of alloy and put together with Araldite adhesive and Monel rivets. A well-designed body with ground effects incorporated helped keep it stable and hooked up at close to 200 MPH. Angus claimed it was actually very easy to navigate down the track.

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Thursday, December 30, 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/

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Monday, December 13, 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"?

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Friday, December 10, 2010

The Lawman, Boss 429 Mustang that AL Eckstrand brought to the USO tours during Vietnam to take the troops mind off the war for a moment




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Thursday, December 2, 2010

best looking dragster musclecar? A Superbird from Sox and Martin with a 440 6 pack hood scoop is the best mopar I can conceive of

from http://www.oldhippie.com/forums/

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A variety of photos of the "Stone Woods and Cook" Willys dragsters... the iconic Willys dragster







photos from http://www.oldhippie.com/forums/drag-street-racing/81-street-elem-gassers-roadsters-mod-production-sports-52.html

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Tuesday, November 30, 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

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