Vintage Race Cars

High-Test · Jun 28, 2006

http://www.standard1320.com/Ivo/Buicks/TwinBuick/TwinBuick.html

Enjoy.. When you listen to the sound clip, turn it up really loud.

:dopey:

Notice how wild the idle is on the two Nailheads.. :drool:

Anybody else got any pics or videos of vintage Dragsters or Gassers?

Jim Prower · Jun 29, 2006

"Wow! Nine Seconds Flat!"-announcer

Frankly, "TV Tommy" is one of my fave Drag racers, because he was so freakin' crazy.

High-Test · Jun 29, 2006

Yeah he was!

Here's some more vintage goodness:

Jim Prower · Jun 29, 2006

and, you know Ivo once said, "if you think they like two engines, then they'll LOVE four!"

(Anyone got pictures of that car with the Buick wagon body?)

High-Test · Jun 30, 2006

stumpydino · Jun 30, 2006

wowzers and it didnt even sound like put much effort into that 9 second run

hot rail there

heres a cool fuel altered pic

High-Test · Jul 1, 2006

http://www.wediditforlove.com/video2/Wing.mov

Repost, but it's definitely worth posting again. Crank up your speakers. Now.

Jim Prower · Jul 3, 2006

uh....woah....

the damn Supras have NOTHING on that.

Taurine · Jul 4, 2006

http://www.kiwidragracing.com/multimedia/11_Dec_05/Ford_797.mpg

http://www.kiwidragracing.com/multimedia/06_Auckland_Champs/W_White_Half_Pass.mpg

Now, as you can see our track isn't the flattest in the world hence his half passes, but if there is one engine that you have to hear before you die, it's a nitro v8.

High-Test · Jul 4, 2006

Dayum!

Nice vid!

I love Altereds..

Jim Prower · Jul 5, 2006

Here's a good one! Injected rail!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1801781080457970658&q=DRagster

Same car, different competitors

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2522160874875289255&q=DRagster

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6876054178192061104&q=DRagster

Slingshot V Altered

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2291526193858325574&q=DRagster

ozyran · Jul 12, 2006

Here's a couple of videos:
Gassers! Dig the rat on the LF fender on the '57

Some classic rails

That's all I could come up with for now.

High-Test · Jul 18, 2006

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119765

Screw it.. This was too cool not to post.

Now this is the vintage race car thread.

stumpydino · Jul 18, 2006

ohh high-test i sure got some pics for ya of some vintage tin

take one homemade 4.2 V-twin and an 8.2 V8 Curtiss aeroplane engine and squeeze em into some GNs

GN chain drive transmission

Curtiss OX-5 engine which is normally in the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, will happily cruise at 90 with just 1,300rpm :dopey:

homemade v-twin, uses 1908 riley crankcase, two pots from a Salmson Z-9 radial aeroplane engine with a bore of 125mm and a stroke of 170mm to make it a 4.2litre! the same capacity as a jag v12 with just two cylinders!

max rpm at 1,500 lol and flat out at 100mph the engine would be firing every 5 feet :lol:

and as the owner says "having too much power and not enough grip is the nicest way to drive" :lol:

ahh them crazy brits :rolleyes:

High-Test · Jul 19, 2006

Sweet!!

Soichiro Honda built a Jenny powered rac car on a murray chassis back in the day.. I'll have to dig the pic up though.

Anyone got some old F1 pics?