Nitro Neil

Randy, Wicked Pissa! I was the track photographer at two different drag strips in the 1990's and both tracks had Jr. Dragster-only events. Those were my favorite events. Not the most exciting, but the most fun and enjoyable. Everyone was there to have a good time. I loved Jr. Dragster. Thanks for building this.

They run 1/8th mile, and are limited to 85 mph top speed. http://jrdragster.nhra.com/

Cadillac V8 engines of this era had the same set up, with the exhaust manifolds in the valley between the heads.

Wicked pissa! I am literally sitting here with a bowl of popcorn watching this build. More please.

L.I.A.R.S. on Saturday Charlie?

http://www.autoworldstore.com/product_p/scm024.htm

Wicked pissa!

Wicked pissa! I want to build one of these but the prices on them are pretty astronomical.

Sunday, November 23

Welcome Mark!

Welcome Wayne!

Wicked Pissa!

I think that the four digit numbers began around the time that Compulink Timing Systems introduced their first system in 1984.

Nick, the four digit thing is for non-professional classes. Pro classes still use three digits. And Snake's original question was about Modified Production which went away before the four digit numbering thing started, I think.

That's their competition number which was issued by the NHRA, AHRA or IHRA. You can pretty much use any set of numbers you want. I have used a number made up of my birth month and year on models I have built.

The 56 Continental was also made as a 1/25th scale promo but finding one that isn't warped is tough.

And it says that the Paddy Wagon is an exclusive that is available to members only.

That's what you want Pledge FloorCare Multi-Surface Finish - the one with the blue rubber boots on the label. Since SC Johnson bought the Future brand they have been moving towards getting rid of the Future brand name completely.

It was released as an annual back in 1968. Very hard to find and pretty expensive when you do.

I do it all the time. Works fine.

Sunday

No, it doesn't say "Future" on it anywhere. Johnson & Johnson has been in the process of transitioning it over to their Pledge brand and getting rid of the whole Future brand completely. At some point they get rid of the little "New Look - Same Great Formula" blurb altogether and the Future brand name will disappear forever.

Dave, I built mine by using an old Racing Champions diecast of Lee Petty's racecar, but it isn't very accurate. I figured I was going to have to cut it up anyway to make the model that the lack of accuracy wasn't a big problem. This is what I started with: And what I ended up with: R&R Vacuumcrap made a 1949 Plymouth Business Coupe in resin that might be better, and I think someone is still casting them. Here's a link to my complete build on Fotki. http://public.fotki.com/NitroNeil/model-cars-1/high_mighty/

Dave, Yeah, a lot of "street" gassers (what we used to call "street freaks") have raised noses, and there were always guys who ran as outlaw match racers that made up their own rules. I don't have a rulebook for the AHRA or any other sanctioning body from that time period to compare their rules. Other sanctioning bodies may have allowed things that weren't allowed by the NHRA. But most of the "famous" gassers of the day were famous for the fact that they ran the NHRA national events, so they would have had to have been NHRA-legal, at least at the NHRA events. That doesn't mean those same cars wouldn't have been modified to run at a match race the next weekend. A lot of "pro" racers back then would run match races at stops along the way to the next NHRA National event, and they would change the car for each match race based on what was agreed on by the competitors in that match race - a blower here, injectors there, a little nitro at one race and not at the next one, jack the nose up at one track but not the next one, etc.

Welcome, I know there is some confusion between Gassers and Altereds. They were very similar in many ways - Altereds were one step up in the NHRA class structure from Gassers - and then there were Match Race cars that didn't follow the NHRA rules all the time, and Outlaw track rules that confused things even more. And it wasn't unusual for people to turn their Gasser into an Altered when they wanted to go a little faster. "Ohio" George Montgomery even built the Multi-Maverick which was a Gasser that could be turned into an Altered at the track in an attempt to keep the Gasser classes alive. It wasn't very successful, but it was a cool idea.