Enjoy the history

 

 

Looks like only you and me Sleeper enjoy this stuff.
Stay young old person.

 

Well, we can't all have good taste & memories.. LOL

 

I like the "South East Gasser Association" for their gassers because they actually run them... This is a cool museum piece, but I want to see wheels up launches

 

I love that the best.. Remember the Lil Red Wagon ? Hemi in the rear of a Dodge A-100, do wheelies all the way down the track..

Videos of Lil Red Wagon Dodge

 

I went to Don Garlits drag museum in Ocala and looked at the Hemi Under Glass.
It was a shame how people took small things off of the car.

 

There were earlier funny cars, according to this article

https://www.nhra.com/news/2016/early...ar-history-101

 

A/FX was the start.
The first cars were supercharged and installed in steel body cars.
Altering the wheelbase was next, but the engine was still in the stock location.
Then came acid dipping the body and sheet metal (doors, fenders,truck lid).
At first no one had custom full built chassis.
Really if you want to look deeper, it was the gassers that started the funny car.

 

Yep, I lived South of Garlits museum for many years. & the museum was great to see.