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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#485139
Spotted this last night at a Nostalgia/Drag/Rod Reunion.
Photo taken by Garry Hudson when he was a starter at Castlereagh Drags in the late 60s.




More stuff from the night later on... what a cool evening. Names like Honeywell, Fontain, Keegan, Preen...
Thousand of photos, video, memoriablia and even the last remains (just the bucket) of Chuck May's "The Outcast".

How mad is the footage of the first Top Fuel passes with five guys running along push starting the rails!

kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#485146
needs wheelie bars
show us your gates

tassupervee That really hurts doesnt it!

1,171 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#485160
I was just looking at the roll bar height and an imaginary line drawn dow to the front rollover. below the steering wheel. In event that this thing fell over, this dude would have a seriously ground off forehead LMAO
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Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#485249
I'm sure the white overalls and sandshoes would have helped him the event of an accident! 😂

Love the fuel tank mounted right in front of the cooling fan inlet...coz that's real safe...yeah right. 🙅
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

tassupervee That really hurts doesnt it!

1,171 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#485358
Yer heheheheheheheheh!
They used to get away with plenty of stuff back then!
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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#485594
You think that is bad... you should see what some of the other cars were like at time!

tassupervee That really hurts doesnt it!

1,171 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#485665
HotRodMatt wrote:You think that is bad... you should see what some of the other cars were like at time!
Hawhawhawhaw dude I know thats bad and Im certain there were many more horrors to be seen.
The stuff racers got away with in days gone bay is laughable.

My first Formula Vee was an old ('68) Elfin. it actually had a rollbar.
The rollhoop was made from 1" thin walled furniture tubing and sat about 3" BELOW my helmet line.
At some time in the cars life, some bright spark added some gal waterpipe around the original rollhoop.......gee that must have helped a lot LMAO.
That was par for the course tho. In them days, they were probably more interested in protecting the car in a rollover, rather than the drivers!!!!!!
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Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....