The Buckpasser Willys coupe was campaigned by Tinney and Tignanelli and competed in the B/Gas Coupe and Sedan class
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The Buckpasser: B/G Willys Coupe
Posted in 1968
Also tagged Autorama, Buckpasser, Detroit Autorama, Detroit Autorama.Car Show, Gas Coupe, Gasser, racing history, Tinney and Tignanelli, Willys Coupe
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Connie Kalitta’s SOHC Ford Bounty Hunter Top Fuel Dragster
Connie Kalitta had his Ford SOHC Top Fuel car on display at the 1968 Autorama. It’s amazing how simple this rig looks. Slingshot dragster chassis, with a minimum of body work and a huge Ford V-8 mounted in front of the driver. This isn’t some cut-away display car, it is the complete dragster, ready to […]
Posted in 1968
Also tagged Autorama, Bounty Hunter, Connie Kalitta, dragster, Ford, NASCAR, SOHC, Top Fuel Dragster
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Dave Zackary’s Cadillac Eldorado Funny Car
Dave Zackary’s experiment with a steel body, flip-top Cadillac funny car was great match-race draw, but ended in tragedy.
Another Mustang Funny Car Mystery
Who built the notch-back Mustang funny car that appeared briefly at North Brother’s Ford in 1967? What happened to it? Help solve a 44 year mystery.
Posted in 1967
Also tagged Funny Car, Garden City, historical photos, North Brothers Ford
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Larry Arnold and the Penetration Dodge Funny Car
Before Larry Arnold established himself as a top funny car driver, he chased the UDRA circuit with his radical Penetration Dodge Charger.
Posted in 1967
Also tagged Dodge Charger, Funny Car, historical photos, Larry Arnold, nitro, Penetration, racing history
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Ron Pellegrini’s Superbird Buick Funny Car
There were only a handful of Buick funny cars in the 1960s, and Ron Pellegrini raced two of them. The first was a fiberglass 1967 Gran Sport known as SuperBird.
Posted in 1967
Also tagged Buick, Buick Gran Sport, Detroit Dragway, Don Schumacher, Funny Car, Logghe Chassis, nitro, Ron Pellegrini, Super Bird
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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
Also tagged Detroit Dragway, Funny Car, Gray Ghost, Larry Swiatek, motorsports, Pontiac GTO, racing history
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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
Also tagged Chevy II, Detroit Dragway, Funny Car, historical photos, motorsports, Nova
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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
Also tagged Corvette, Detroit Dragway, Funny Car, match racing, Mustang, Stone, Woods and Cook
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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 […]
Posted in 1967
Also tagged Detroit Dragway, Dick Jesse, Hemi Hunter. funny car, historical photos, Mr. Unswitchable, Pontiac GTO, racing history
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