Mid-60's A/FD

[Old Coyote]

..... the big, blown AA/FD's were not the only fuel dragsters to run back in the '60's ......... there were some very potent, lightweight, unblown fuel dragsters that graced the strips at that time ............ my rendition is a little injected 413 Mopar powered A/FD ........... Two Much chassis, Ross Gibson resin 413 engine, "Shorty" body from Altered States, details by Pro Tech, Cobracolors Candy Grape paint, and decals from the parts box

 

Edited April 2, 2016 by Old Coyote

[Mister Twister]

I like it John.....Nice work on this vintage rail!

[High octane]

Very nice John, as I remember watching the rails back in the mid-60's smoke their tires all the way down the quarter mile.

[Jmaracing]

Looks great john!!!!

[cobraman]

Well done !

[Lizard Racing]

Yes, not all dragsters were blown hemis!

[vintagercr]

Looks great!

[Snake45]

Very, very nice indeed! But I think I'd date it more toward the late '60s or even early '70s. Not even Garlits was running a chassis quite that long in the mid-'60s. A bit later, just about everyone was.

[High octane]

Very, very nice indeed! But I think I'd date it more toward the late '60s or even early '70s. Not even Garlits was running a chassis quite that long in the mid-'60s. A bit later, just about everyone was.

I have photos from the mid-60's of dragsters being lengthened. Garlits was not the only driver/owner back then.

[Snake45]

I have photos from the mid-60's of dragsters being lengthened. Garlits was not the only driver/owner back then.

Yeah, I know, I've got the same magazines. Only mentioned Garlits because he seemed to be a leader in stretching. I just re-read an old interview with him from '66 or '67 where he had just lengthened his car, and was talking about going even longer. He said one advantage was that it put his rear tires on "clean" pavement, not the same patch of asphalt everyone else had been using.

I didn't mean to knock the model at all in any way. It's a fine, fine model and a great period piece.