S,W,&C gotcha covered

[Greg Myers]

 

http://www.rodauthority.com/features/car-features/hot-rods-you-should-know-stone-woods-and-cook-1941-willys-gasser/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hot-rods-you-should-know-stone-woods-and-cook-1941-willys-gasser

[unclescott58]

Another link to another great article, Greg. There have been a few postings recently that have had me worried that you were slipping. ? But, your last two posting prove you still know what's kool and interesting. Thanks again.

[Dragline]

This is still the sexiest drag car ever come down the pike bar NONE.

[Harry P.]

Everyone needs to look at that photo and see that the raised rib around the windshield is the rubber windshield gasket!

99.999999% who build a model Willys leave that raised rib clear. I see it constantly. Why would you think the windshield glass has a raised ridge around it???? Paint that ridge flat black, fer cryin' out loud!!!

[espo]

While Stone Woods and Cook were my all time favorite I think the "sexiest" gasser of all time had to be Big John Mazmanian's  Willys followed by his '62 Corvette.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Also notice please...this is a "gasser", one of the most famous gassers of all time.

See how it doesn't have the nose pointed towards the sky? See how it sits level?

Um hmmm.

[Dennis Lacy]

Also notice please...this is a "gasser", one of the most famous gassers of all time.

See how it doesn't have the nose pointed towards the sky? See how it sits level?

Um hmmm.

Thank you for calling attention to this, Bill. The rule book for Gasser class stipulated the nose could not be higher than the tail. This Willys has the perfect Gasser stance. 

[Greg Myers]

But they LOOK like gassers. 

Edited June 2, 2016 by Greg Myers

[Snake45]

Thank you for calling attention to this, Bill. The rule book for Gasser class stipulated the nose could not be higher than the tail. This Willys has the perfect Gasser stance. 

I think the nosebleed look came from so many photos being published in the mags of cars coming off the line, with the front end coming up. Eventually that became "the look," for about a minute. Thankfully it eventually went away.

[DrKerry]

But they LOOK like gassers. 

Street Freaks.... Yes,,,,,, Gassers..... No!!!!!!!!! LOL

Edited June 2, 2016 by DrKerry

[DrKerry]

I think the nosebleed look came from so many photos being published in the mags of cars coming off the line, with the front end coming up. Eventually that became "the look," for about a minute. Thankfully it eventually went away.

I think the same thing to Richard. A lot of people saw them in the air and liked the look they had and started copying it into the builds and such....

[Greg Myers]

My good friend Tommy "T-Bone" Lumley 1940 Big block Chevy. 

Edited June 2, 2016 by Greg Myers

[Force]

Thank you for calling attention to this, Bill. The rule book for Gasser class stipulated the nose could not be higher than the tail. This Willys has the perfect Gasser stance. 

The engine couldn't be raised more than 24 inches from the ground measured from the centerline of the crank shaft stipulated in the rules for 1960, I haven't read anywhere in any rules that the front couldn't be hinger than the tail.
Lots of people think that just because the car has a high front end stance it's a gasser but that's not true, most of them wouldn't fit in the Gas classes as they are altered too much...so many of them would be altereds.

Edited June 5, 2016 by Force

[Snake45]

At some point the NRA rulebook said the car had to sit level, or with a forward rake. The lower edge of the body was not supposed to be higher than the centerline of the front and rear axles (nor lower than the lower edge of the wheels), but judging from old photos, this wasn't enforced strenuously, as lots of higher sits can be found.