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Title: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Mauro Cattan on September 11, 2007, 17:53:27 pm
Hi there,
what do you know about these dragsters? I'm curious to see some photos about its chassis, motors, front axle ecc



Ciao
Mauro


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 18:32:44 pm
here's the empi rail


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 18:34:44 pm
here's the first engine mauro   : porsche  :o


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Mauro Cattan on September 11, 2007, 19:18:14 pm
It's soooooo beautiful :o
I see front tube axle like Small Wonder or IP...I don't remember now and narrowed rear axle.
It would be interesting to see the chassis

Gene Berg motor was based on a 40hp case, 1898cc


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 19:29:21 pm
more to come in a few minutes  ;)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 19:45:52 pm
mauro here's some picture from the volksworld march 2000
if you want i can send you this one by mail  ;)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Liou on September 11, 2007, 19:48:26 pm
hey

see magazine super vw " 20 Th anniversy " report empi rail flat4 too


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: empicolector on September 11, 2007, 19:53:18 pm
thank you for the pictures they are amazing


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 20:00:07 pm
 ;)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 20:03:02 pm
more


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Martin Greaves on September 11, 2007, 20:12:58 pm
more to come in a few minutes  ;)


Well Fab i dont know about over there where you are but in the Uk a few minutes is 3/4/5/6.

Not 15 minutes. :P ;D


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 20:40:58 pm
 ::) ::) here in belgium a few minutes is when i want  ;D ;D ;D ;D...... ::) ::)
cu at ddd


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Martin Greaves on September 11, 2007, 20:47:27 pm
::) ::) here in belgium a few minutes is when i want  ;D ;D ;D ;D...... ::) ::)
cu at ddd

 :D

Yes see you in 10 and a bit days.


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 20:56:11 pm
now the little but quick from gene berg enterprises  ;)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 20:58:12 pm
now the mittle but quick is  return to the berg family hre's a pictuere found on the web and at the berg shop or house  ???


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: IP359 on September 11, 2007, 21:25:43 pm
We hope that Mr Komori will come with it for the EBI2.....


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 21:31:00 pm
now a picture of the little but quick at pomona in the 60's
this car as seen had okrasa heads on a modified 40 hp v w engine with dual solex 40 p-11 and ran various  other vw engines over is lifetime


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 21:40:46 pm
little info about this picture  :)
in its early days in washington , with the dragster mounted on the roof of gene's bug , it's off the drags .once there , gene would pull the engine out the bug , install it into the dragster and race the dragster , an amazing accomplishment done by an amazing guy ,thanks gene , we'll never forget  (vw trends march 2003)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 11, 2007, 21:50:02 pm
tomorrow the first empi dragster : THE SIDEWINDER ;)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: herrvee on September 11, 2007, 22:11:10 pm
a shot of the dragster at G.B. entreprises. It was in 2000.
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/herrvee/divers/DCP_0232.jpg)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Mauro Cattan on September 11, 2007, 22:46:45 pm
Hei Fabian I love you! They are amazing!
Now I can start to study 8) ;D but if you have other photos I say to you thank you! ;)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: nigelg65 on September 12, 2007, 11:50:43 am
Check out the first issue of Type magazine for a full ten page feature on Little But Quick

www.type-magazine.com


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Mauro Cattan on September 12, 2007, 13:29:20 pm
Nigel,
I have just bought my copy, seems a good magazine.


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: nigelg65 on September 12, 2007, 13:32:21 pm
M,

Yes, it took us a while to put it together but we're happy with it.

Nigel


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Mauro Cattan on September 12, 2007, 14:02:07 pm
We can to look into the photo.....the linkage take the place of the shocks, so it doesn't have rear suspensions.

(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1071/rigidozd7.jpg)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Gunter on September 12, 2007, 15:20:14 pm
Hei Fabian I love you! They are amazing!
Now I can start to study 8) ;D but if you have other photos I say to you thank you! ;)


Mauro let us talk about this at DDD5
Gunter.


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Mauro Cattan on September 12, 2007, 17:10:57 pm
Hei Fabian I love you! They are amazing!
Now I can start to study 8) ;D but if you have other photos I say to you thank you! ;)


Mauro let us talk about this at DDD5
Gunter.


with great pleasure ;)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 12, 2007, 21:27:54 pm
and here's the sidewinder from empi this dragster was built before the doug church dragster


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: speedwell on September 12, 2007, 21:33:01 pm
 ;) watch the rader wheels on the empi bus  8)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: . on September 13, 2007, 00:21:05 am
and here's the sidewinder from empi this dragster was built before the doug church dragster
That's my friend Glenn Miller in the middle picture.
He was the official Empi photographer.
I own a special set of wheels and M+H slicks that were specially made for that dragster !
 ;D


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: banditina on September 18, 2007, 03:03:11 am

(http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/4185/immagine003ja2.th.jpg) (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=immagine003ja2.jpg)


(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3033/immagine004sg4.th.jpg) (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=immagine004sg4.jpg)


(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5061/immagine005jg3.th.jpg) (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=immagine005jg3.jpg)

(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5979/immagine006ul6.th.jpg) (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=immagine006ul6.jpg)


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: JeePee/DVK on September 18, 2007, 10:36:04 am
Wath time are they driving on the 1/4 mile?
And wath is the weight of this dragster?


Title: Re: Empi & Gene Berg dragsters
Post by: Mauro Cattan on September 18, 2007, 11:56:06 am
I know that Little But Quick ET was 11,16 @ 123 mph. It's motor was 1898cc and its weight was 490 pounds.....222 kg :o :o