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« Reply #5100 on: September 14, 2012, 15:31:12 pm »

Well heck, if we're showing non VW Gasser's and weird Punk stuff, Here's my other toy.


Dyno --- anytime you need the special someone to take that car out for a spin, PLEASE let me know, I'd be most happy to do it for you (LOL) it reminds me of my Austin pickup with a BBC that I had on the street so many years ago --- Cheers, Harold

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pgt4ziwljzw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Pgt4ziwljzw</a>
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« Reply #5101 on: September 14, 2012, 18:54:39 pm »

Nice Austin. Was that back in the early 80"s ? Or did you run back in the early days when they ran 1/2 mile drags there?
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« Reply #5102 on: September 14, 2012, 20:21:18 pm »


Does Schwimmer still have his? I thought he wanted to sell.


if i remember  that's jason foster who have those now  on his 65 bahamas blue
he's in DKP too
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« Reply #5103 on: September 14, 2012, 21:26:25 pm »

Nice Austin. Was that back in the early 80"s ? Or did you run back in the early days when they ran 1/2 mile drags there?

I built the truck in the early 80's and drove it around -- this video was taken in '82 at RIR and it was 1/4 mile up the back straight away -- it was more club racing at this time -- but it was always fun
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« Reply #5104 on: September 14, 2012, 23:02:08 pm »

Nice Austin. Was that back in the early 80"s ? Or did you run back in the early days when they ran 1/2 mile drags there?

I built the truck in the early 80's and drove it around -- this video was taken in '82 at RIR and it was 1/4 mile up the back straight away -- it was more club racing at this time -- but it was always fun

I was gonna ask if that was Riverside
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« Reply #5105 on: September 15, 2012, 07:09:14 am »

Gotta love those plexiglass sunroofs...
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« Reply #5106 on: September 15, 2012, 19:15:23 pm »

Great wheels the Enkei...

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« Reply #5107 on: September 15, 2012, 19:33:45 pm »

I agree.   Grin Cheesy

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« Reply #5108 on: September 15, 2012, 21:24:25 pm »

no rubbing on the front with the enkei ?
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« Reply #5109 on: September 16, 2012, 00:24:38 am »

Nice Austin. Was that back in the early 80"s ? Or did you run back in the early days when they ran 1/2 mile drags there?

Dyno --- been thinking about it and I thinking that the 1/2 mile and 1 mile events they had were at March AFB on their runways
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« Reply #5110 on: September 17, 2012, 05:01:47 am »

Nice Austin. Was that back in the early 80"s ? Or did you run back in the early days when they ran 1/2 mile drags there?

Dyno --- been thinking about it and I thinking that the 1/2 mile and 1 mile events they had were at March AFB on their runways

They did run 1/2 Mile Drags at Riverside too. I know that in the early 60's they ran and SCTA was the sanctioning body - NOT NHRA. They ran a few times, my buddy Dean Lowe ran his Roadster Pickup (a HOT ROD Magazine cover car) there. There are some threads about it on the HAMB
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« Reply #5111 on: September 17, 2012, 05:21:33 am »

Wow --- Having raced that track -- I wouldn't have thought that back straight would of been long enough for a 1/2 mile pass and also shut down  -- I remember the 1/4 we raced on was pretty flat but after going under the bridge there was a huge elevation change going up the hill towards turn 8 where most of the grand stands were for the road course. I remember as a kid going to March to watch the long drags -- that is one of the reasons I want to do the Mojave mile when I get my Ghia done...... Went to the Indy race at Fontana Saturday -- great race with only 25,000 people there -- it was a ghost town
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« Reply #5112 on: September 17, 2012, 11:23:40 am »

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« Reply #5113 on: September 17, 2012, 14:08:40 pm »

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« Reply #5114 on: September 17, 2012, 14:34:27 pm »

Where does it say "Please lean on Old Yeller" ?!
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« Reply #5115 on: September 17, 2012, 17:07:15 pm »

Wow --- Having raced that track -- I wouldn't have thought that back straight would of been long enough for a 1/2 mile pass and also shut down  -- I remember the 1/4 we raced on was pretty flat but after going under the bridge there was a huge elevation change going up the hill towards turn 8 where most of the grand stands were for the road course. I remember as a kid going to March to watch the long drags -- that is one of the reasons I want to do the Mojave mile when I get my Ghia done...... Went to the Indy race at Fontana Saturday -- great race with only 25,000 people there -- it was a ghost town
Riverside used to have a straight section that went inside of where the track turned slightly left before going into turn 9. That was the shut down area.

We were season ticket holders at Fontucky for the first 10 years - we went to everything - Indy Car, NASCAR, AMA Motorcycles, IMSA, you name it. But after Greg Moore's death, we kind of faded away from the Indy Car races, then they jacked our tickets way up and we only did NASCAR and AMA, then NASCAR became too boring and now it's just the occasional Drag Race.
My wife and I were talking about the Indy Car race and wondered if the crazy heat we've been having would affect attendance.
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« Reply #5116 on: September 18, 2012, 22:32:51 pm »

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« Reply #5117 on: September 19, 2012, 18:03:00 pm »

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« Reply #5118 on: September 19, 2012, 22:09:23 pm »



Looks like the Turbonique Oval smoked Ivo's 4-engine car...  Cool Grin
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« Reply #5119 on: September 20, 2012, 09:26:37 am »

Seems Ivo had some traction problems that day...  Grin
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« Reply #5120 on: September 20, 2012, 18:03:26 pm »

Seems Ivo had some traction problems that day...  Grin

4 x (454c.i. Buick Nailheads) =Traction Problems Every Day  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #5121 on: September 20, 2012, 19:02:31 pm »

I think that was "par for the course" for the Ivo 4 engined car....it was a crowd pleaser I believe.
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« Reply #5122 on: September 23, 2012, 15:33:44 pm »

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« Reply #5123 on: September 23, 2012, 15:37:52 pm »

^^^ HOLY MOLY!  Grin Grin
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« Reply #5124 on: September 23, 2012, 23:04:29 pm »

You act like that doesn't happen very often







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« Reply #5125 on: September 23, 2012, 23:49:00 pm »

Add just another 50 horsepower and 40 pounds off the back of a 1,200-pound car with a 72-inch wheelbase and I'd imagine it would be hard to NOT pull the wheels!  At one point I bet you'd need to steer it with a cutting brake. Wink

Totally off topic here but are those Scirocco wheels on the front? If so, how did you fit 4x100 wheels to the 4x98 pattern?


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« Reply #5126 on: September 24, 2012, 14:55:14 pm »

Yes those are off a Scirocco -- What is a silly millimeter between friends --- sorry you have to be old to get that one
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« Reply #5127 on: September 24, 2012, 16:54:06 pm »

yes it has happened more than once, sometimes in 2nd gear!
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« Reply #5128 on: October 03, 2012, 15:09:57 pm »

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« Reply #5129 on: October 04, 2012, 18:52:02 pm »

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