This looks fantastic...The Surfers history is probably (to me) one of the most interesting, hilarious, tragic, & just plain amazing stories I've ever run across. It would make a fantastic movie and I would advise any of you to seek out Cole Coonce's excellent writings on the subject, most of which appeared in Hot Rod Magazine before they started running stories about chopping up 'vettes and using leaf blowers as superchargers...
My favorite anecdote concerns their revolutionary 'combination' that resulted in very little maintenance between rounds. They would go out and run low E.T. then push the car right back in line. While other guys were thrashing madly, the Surfers guys would ride up to 'em on their skateboards and say "Wow man, you really know how to work on these things..." Psych!
BTW, I have an excellent PHR article from '66 that has some great B&W pix that I would be glad to scan for you, but from the looks of the way the build is progressing I don't think you need 'em...