Phantom Dragster

[Old Coyote]

Here's one built a few years ago ..... a phantom "legs under" fueler powered by a big block Chevrolet engine

... MPC Ramchargers kit, big block Chevy engine from the AMT '37 Chevy kit, Comp Resins injector and scoop, MCW black lacquer, Slixx decals ...

... the Chevy "bowtie" and "Taz" just had to make an appearance on the cowl of this Aussie themed rig ...

[Old Coyote]

These "legs under" fuelers actually did exist back in the '60's ... you could easily identify them by their extreme nose down attitude of the engines ... this was caused by the elevated rear end position to allow the driver's legs to go under the rear axle ... these cars were extremely quick but were not popular with the drivers because it placed the rear end directly in front of their crotch ... below are pictures of "Terrible Ted" Gotelli's gorgeous legs under rig along with a picture of the car under construction showing the unique driver's position and the modified steering position

Edited August 29, 2020 by Old Coyote

[Deuces ll]

Hope that rear^^^^^pumpkin was bullet proof.... ??

[shoopdog]

That's just scary!!! 

Nice build!

[Force]

21 hours ago, Deuces ll said:

Hope that rear^^^^^pumpkin was bullet proof.... ??

I once read on a rear axle in one of these, "god protects the stupid". 

[Deuces ll]

Yep! Gotta protect them family jewels.... ??

[Scott8950]

That is such a nice piece!! Very well built 

[Deuces ll]

Yep!.... Nice model.... ??

[Old Coyote]

Thank you all for the nice comments.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[gseeds]

Scary in deed !!! Great looking build, and the real cars looks awesome set up like that , but man what a way to go if that rear end blew !! 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[slusher]

Very nice!

[David G.]

Nicely done!

But that configuration... Yikes!

David G.