Gasser Madness

[iBorg]

A bit of good news......

Hello, guys. I'm proud to announce that Gasser Madness has returned.

Here is what I've written on the front page of www.gassermadness.us
We lost our friend Byron Stack a little over a year ago, but his work -- Gasser Madness -- lives on. The site files took quite a beating during a computer crash at the Draglist offices a few months ago, but we have found most of them and are going to try to recreate the rest. Bear with us as we try to patch this beast back together to make the next round.

Thanks to all of Byron's friends for the encouragement and thanks to Byron's family for asking us to bring the site back. Once we get 'er up and stabilized, we will begin looking for contributions for new material. I know there still are a lot of broken links... we will get 'em fixed if we can. Thanks again and RIP Byron... we got this on your behalf and it won't be fading away...

As noted, some files were lost in the transition, but I have a link to the older sites from the 'Wayback Machine' and will commence recreating those. I would say we are 70 to 80 percent back, if not more.

Please tell all your friends far and wide that the site URL is now gassermadness.us as gassermadness.com was snatched by a Russian Trucking Company. Please change all links on your sites and inform your pals on message boards and other sites to change their links. I'd appreciate you all helping to get the word out.

Bill Pratt, Curator
Byron's Gasser Madness

www.gassermadness.us

[Hollywood Jim]

Great news !!

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[High octane]

REAL good news!

[chevyfever2009]

Great news i like gassers

Edited April 15, 2013 by chevyfever2009

[vintagercr]

That is great news as I was a big fan of the site.

[zenrat]

That is excellent news.

Gasser Madness is an invaluable resource for anyone planning a gasser build and this resurrected site will stand as a memorial to Byron's enthusiasm.

[Jantrix]

Very happy to hear this. I always enjoyed that site.

[Ace-Garageguy]

That really is great news, and thank you for helping to bring back the best single go-to source for gasser info and photos on the web.

[slusher]

Awsume news.

[Daddyfink]

I miss seeing him at the California Hot Rod Reunion. Glad his work lives on!

[DrKerry]

Hey Bill, not to nit pick, just wanted to let you know that in your signature area ya have madness spelled with an "n". To copy and paste that link don't work.

Thanks for all of your hard work at putting this back up. I know I'll be checking it out a lot!!!!!!

[Casey]

Hey Bill, not to nit pick, just wanted to let you know that in your signature area ya have madness spelled with an "n".

Fixed, and clickable now. Good to have this 'site back up.

[TedsModeling]

Bill - I just went to your site for the first time and was impressed with the amount of info there. I've been wanting to subscribe to Gasser Magazine for quite some time. Which is better - Gasser Mag or Gasser Wars?

I noticed I've already LIKED Gasser Madness.

[High octane]

I used to subscribe to both Gasser Wars and Gasser Mag since I was at the Gasser Reunion in Thompson back in '03. Both good mags, but now I only get Gasser Magazine and I'm happy with it.

[Greg Myers]

How did I miss this ? Any one else ? Here it is. 

[Casey]

Here's another great 'site for vintage drag pics, with the images divided by class. Here are the gasser pics: http://www.georgeklass.net/gassers.html

Hat tip to Gary for posting the link in another topic, and causing me to lose countless hours scrolling through the page. 

 

[afx]

This book contains a lot of the images from Casey's link above as well as good history and stories.

[Casey]

18 minutes ago, afx said:

 

It was your post in another gasser-themed topic which made me pick out the two images above--  the dark geen 4-door Willys with the six-lug rear wheels and the yellow humpback sedan with the heavy duty truck(?) rear axle. The six-lug wheels are nearly identical to those found in the Revell '57 "Black Widow" 150 Utility Sedan.

 

[High octane]

4 hours ago, afx said:

This book contains a lot of the images from Casey's link above as well as good history and stories.

An excellent book, as I had met the author Larry Davis back in '03 and asked him to autograph my copy before he had sent it to me. Lots of great photos and info in those pages. This book is a "must" for gasser lovers.

[Greg Myers]

Looks vaguely familiar