AMT Piranha Hemi Dragster Out Soon

[regular guy]

Greg

You beat me too it!

I was going to say when somebody posted the Flying Dutchman funny.

They are still in business and make a Dana 60 IRS pumpkin.

If you are going to build a mid engine big block sports car or race car YOU USE that rearend.

Troublefree motoring!

My bad.Its 9" Ford.

Edited August 22, 2018 by regular guy

[regular guy]

' still at the bottom of the hole

Isn't in your neck of the woods?

Get a rowboat and with all this technology now lower a camera on a cable and see if you can find it.

You'll be an internet celebrity for a couple hours.

We're waiting to hear from you about it.:)

[Muncie]

2 hours ago, regular guy said:

Greg

You beat me too it!

I was going to say when somebody posted the Flying Dutchman funny.

They are still in business and make a Dana 60 IRS pumpkin.

If you are going to build a mid engine big block sports car or race car YOU USE that rearend.

Troublefree motoring!

My bad.Its 9" Ford.

to correct the facts,  Dutchman Axles has nothing to do with the Flying Dutchman Funny cars... it is a different Dutchman - https://dutchmanaxles.com/about-dutchman-axles.html

Edited August 22, 2018 by Muncie

[Daddyfink]

14 hours ago, Chris in Berwyn said:

I believe 82 or 83 hemi drag racing pirhanas were built.  All are currently stored at a secret location near Area 51 in Arizona. 

OK - enough with this thread.  I don’t know why I keep reading it!!

You are not alone.....

[Toner283]

22 hours ago, Chris in Berwyn said:

OK - enough with this thread.  I don’t know why I keep reading it!!

 

7 hours ago, Daddyfink said:

You are not alone.....

 

I cannot believe that  It hasn't gotten locked yet. That is how these ones usually end up.

[mike 51]

Careful...I got in"trouble" for posting comments like the above.

 

[Xingu]

I know the thread goes off tangent (if you are not posting about the Piranha you are guilty as well), but there is no rule against it other that it is poor forum etiquette. However, there is a rule about abusive behavior and posts toward other members. If you guys don't like it, stop responding. Use the ignore member function if you want, that way you won't see any of the posts.

[ZTony8]

Now I can build a fresh "Mr. Speed".

 

[iBorg]

Mr. Speed used the Piranha chassis as well as AMT used it as a rear engined sand buggy. 

As for more than one Piranha funny car, see: https://www.nhra.com/news/2010/piranha

As far as a second Piranha being at the bottom of a rock quarry, the literature I have from that time frame doesn't mention it. This car was sorta like Garlits' Dart, more a dragster in disguise than a stock based funny car. Of course two years later its design was not uncommon.

 

[nitro norman]

I'm not that crazy about the Piranha, but I liked when I was a kid and it would be nice to have one with the original box art. It is a great parts kit however. Chassis is great for rear engine funny cars , etc.. I'll never understand why the rerelease of a few years ago had the wrong front wheels and missing decals.

[Daddyfink]

 

Edited August 23, 2018 by Daddyfink

[iBorg]

I think the fronts are right. As for the decals......that last reissue left a lot to be desired.

Jesse's picture of the Sandbagger is not the Piranha but the AMT Garlits dragster-seriously! The attached image is the correct Piranha sand dragster

[regular guy]

' opinions, questions, comments, and maybe a little bit of history thrown in. '

I'm throwing this in.

Mid engine circle track cars worked great on Northern California tracks.In the 70's.

Guys with old cars had them banned.

Embarrassing that Californians would do that.

Northern California is a little different.

Mid engine got every body's attention after Indianapolis and Formula ones went that route.

That's the WHY of mid engine cars.If it needed saying.

 

Edited August 23, 2018 by regular guy

[Daddyfink]

34 minutes ago, iBorg said:

I think the fronts are right. As for the decals......that last reissue left a lot to be desired.

Jesse's picture of the Sandbagger is not the Piranha but the AMT Garlits dragster-seriously! The attached image is the correct Piranha sand dragster

I corrected the pic