Tag Archives: Top Fuel Dragster

Connie Kalitta’s SOHC Ford Bounty Hunter Top Fuel Dragster

By Tom Bonner | Published: November 30, 2011

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 [...]

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Ingenuity in Action: Detroit Dragway in 1959

By Tom Bonner | Published: May 24, 2010

Part 1 of Ingenuity in Action, a 1959 film about the NHRA Nationals at Detroit Dragway

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The Prussian, Steffey and Rupp Top Fuel Dragster

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 24, 2010

Last time around, we looked at Maynard Rupp’s Chevoom Funny Car from 1966. Rupp was a busy guy in 1965, as he built the rear-engine funny car between stints of driving the feared Prussian Top Fuel dragster. The Prussian was also on display at the 1966 Autorama. In 1965 the car won the NHRA World [...]

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