Vintage drag racers mid 60's from my grandpa's Kodachrome

[Bills72sj]

My sister took all the transparency slides that my Grandpa took starting in 1962 forward.

I found these little gems while perusing the library.

[TarheelRick]

Some really nice pictures of the way drag racing used to be.  Love that T altered and the Jeep pickup in the background of the first picture of it.

[afx]

Thank you for sharing these.

[Joe Nunes]

Sure brings back some memories. Thank you for the photos. ?

Joe

[Hi-Po]

Great photos.  Thanks for sharing.

[Scott8950]

Very cool thanks for sharing 

[Straightliner59]

That track is still in operation, too. Love the straight 8 D/D!

[roadhawg]

Now this is cool stuff! That little yellow altered is just begging someone to build a model of it!  Thanks for sharing! 

[Mike 1017]

Great pictures. I like the 6cyl Rail Job

Mike

[Bills72sj]

On 11/27/2022 at 6:21 AM, Mike 1017 said:

Great pictures. I like the 6cyl Rail Job

Mike

Actually it is a Straight 8.

[Mike 1017]

6 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Actually it is a Straight 8.

I like the Straight 8 Rail Job

[plasticprime]

Great photos! Would like to know how you digitized them from the original slides.

[Bills72sj]

3 hours ago, plasticprime said:

Great photos! Would like to know how you digitized them from the original slides.

I am not really sure. My younger sister spent the time and effort to convert 35mm transparency slides to digital format. I am talking like 3 decades worth.

['70 Grande]

That straight-8 looks gigantic in size; I wonder where that 1:1 motor came from?

[larman]

1 hour ago, '70 Grande said:

That straight-8 looks gigantic in size; I wonder where that 1:1 motor came from?

It is a Buick. They made them from around 1930/31 to 1953. It is probably a 320 cid, or at least started out that way, which was the biggest factory version.

[larman]

Love that yellow altered! Thanks for the pics, I can look at old drag car all day!