Don Schumacher’s Stardust Charger funny car wasn’t a flip top. Instead it featured an extreme altered wheelbase with both the rear and front wheels moved radically forward.
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Category Archives: 1967
Don Schumacher and the Stardust Charger Funny Car
Posted in 1967 Tagged Detroit Dragway, Dodge Charger, Don Schumacher, Funny Car, historical photos, Mopar, motorsports, nitro, Stardust Leave a comment
Bernella Dodge Polara Funny Car: Della and Bernie Woods
Della Woods needs no introduction, as she established herself as a first-class funny car driver over the decades she competed. She got her start with the Bernella Polara funny car.
Posted in 1967 Tagged Bernella Dodge Polara, Bernie Woods, Della Woods, Detroit Dragway, Funny Car, historical photos 1 Comment
Bonnie Anderson and the That Girl Chevelle Funny Car
That Girl was a true altered-wheelbase match-bash funny car. Bonnie Anderson was one of the pioneer women funny car pliots and she was a regular on the UDRA circuit,.
Posted in 1967 Tagged Bonnie Anderson, Chevelle, Detroit Dragway, Funny Car, That Girl, UDRA 3 Comments
Gray Ghost GTO Funny Car: Extreme Altered Wheelbase
Larry Swiatek and the 1966 Gray Ghost GTO: an exercise in extreme funny car wheelbase modification. Swiatek brought his ultimate AWB match-bash A/FX car to Detroit Dragway for the 1967 Midwest Championships.
Posted in 1967 Tagged Detroit Dragway, drag racing, Funny Car, Gray Ghost, Larry Swiatek, motorsports, Pontiac GTO, racing history 1 Comment
Ced’s Muffler Bubble Top Nova Funny Car
Although there were a number of roadster funny cars in 1967, the Ced’s Muffler Nova set itself apart by enclosing the driver inside a bubble top canopy
Posted in 1967 Tagged Chevy II, Detroit Dragway, drag racing, Funny Car, historical photos, motorsports, Nova 3 Comments
Stone, Woods and Cook at Detroit Dragway
Even though the Dark Horse 2 funny car never left the trailer, the Stone, Woods and Cook Mustang still made a big impression on the fans at Detroit Dragway.
Posted in 1967 Tagged Corvette, Detroit Dragway, drag racing, Funny Car, match racing, Mustang, Stone, Woods and Cook 4 Comments
Detroit Dragway Action: Mr. Unswitchable versus Hemi-Hunter
In April of 1967, I attended the Midwest Championships at Detroit Dragway. The event included eliminations for both nitro and gas burning funny cars. Most of the cars were part of the UDRA circuit out of Chicago, and they ran the gamut from steel bodied match racers to the latest all-fiberglass missiles. This is my [...]
Old-Skool Willys Gasser | 1967 Detroit Autorama
This Willys coupe appeared at the 1967 Detroit Autorama, looking like a throwback to more colorful drag racing era.
The Vette Shop display at the 1967 Autorama
The Vette shop exhibited two injected, big-block drag racing Corvettes at the 1967 Detroit Autorama. Just the thing to get Corvette fans to stop and stare.
Posted in 1967 Tagged big block Chevy, Corvette, Detroit Autorama.Car Show, drag racing Leave a comment
Yet another variation on the Super Shaker name
The Super Shaker as it appeared at the Detroit Autorama in 1967. How many drag cars raced under the Super Shaker name?
Posted in 1967 Tagged Autorama, Chevelle, historical photos, Super Shaker, Tom Bonner Leave a comment
