Gasser Pics

[Greg Cullinan]

Working on a Gasser with no experience,google has provided some nice pictures but little reference to the undercarriage.

If you have any gasser builds could you post pictures so I can steal ideas? ;) I mean for reference!

[Brett Barrow]

Working on a Gasser with no experience,google has provided some nice pictures but little reference to the undercarriage.

If you have any gasser builds could you post pictures so I can steal ideas? ;) I mean for reference!

For Gassers, there's no better place I know of than the H.A.M.B. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/

Sign up there and search the boards, you'll find all you ever wanted to know about gassers! I have some really good threads bookmarked on my home computer, I'll post when I get home tonight.

What kind of Gasser are you building? Tri-Five Chevy? Willys? Something less typical?

I'm building a '57 Chevy 210 Gasser right now, but I haven't taken any chassis shots yet. It's just getting started anyway. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35527&st=0&p=363168&#entry363168

Edited October 2, 2010 by Brett Barrow

[Greg Cullinan]

Model Kings 63 Tempest,seems a bit out of the ordinary as most Gassers I've seen are 50's era.

Thanks for the link,keep hearing about HAMB and never looked into it.

Edited October 2, 2010 by Greg Cullinan

[old-hermit]

http://gassermadness.com/

http://www.gassersinc.com/gassersinc.htm

http://www.geezergassers.com/

http://www.americangasser.com/

http://carolinagassers.com/

http://www.gassermagazine.com/

[Greg Cullinan]

Thanks Al.

[Brett Barrow]

Here's my favorite HAMB thread - the full frame-off restoration of the Teixeira Willys. - http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=270811

Another fave is Kiwi Kev's Nasty Habit Willys - here's part one, just search "nasty habit willys" to find the other parts, it's still a work-in-progress http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236716&highlight=nasty+habit+willys

My favorite car on the HAMB is a 55 Chevy known as "Shakey Puddin'" here's a useful thread on converting to a straight front axle, which is IMO the definitive modification to make to a gasser or AWB* - http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225171&highlight=shakey+puddin The member ShakeyPuddin55 has tons of great posts, dig thru his profile and there's lots of good info.

Here's a good picture thread of AWB's http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393460&highlight=awb+tempest

*They don't have to have straight axles, some didn't. If I build a model of one, it will, though!

[philo426]

REvell Henry J Gasser

[Raul_Perez]

Here's a few chassis picks from the '43 Willy Gasser pickup I built a couple of years ago.

Here's the link to the rest of the build pics.

Here's the '55 Nomad gasser from a resin kit.

Here's the link to the rest of the pics.

Later,

[Modelmartin]

Guys! Guys! Guys! NHRA gas class cars have to comply with a few rules first to be a "gasser". Stock wheelbase. Engine setback of 10% maximum measured from the axle centerline to 1st spark plug. Chopped tops were allowed but no streamlining which meant you couldn't lay the windshield back. Gassers came with blowers, injected or carbs. Classes always ended with " __/G or in later years__/GS. The prefix depended on displacement and whether it was supercharged or not.

A/FX and altered wheelbase cars are not gassers. They are cool cars but they simply aren't gassers. Some of the gasser websites spell all of this out in greater detail.

I feel better now. Keep on posting cool models.

[Terry Sumner]

Guys! Guys! Guys! NHRA gas class cars have to comply with a few rules first to be a "gasser". Stock wheelbase. Engine setback of 10% maximum measured from the axle centerline to 1st spark plug. Chopped tops were allowed but no streamlining which meant you couldn't lay the windshield back. Gassers came with blowers, injected or carbs. Classes always ended with " __/G or in later years__/GS. The prefix depended on displacement and whether it was supercharged or not.

A/FX and altered wheelbase cars are not gassers. They are cool cars but they simply aren't gassers. Some of the gasser websites spell all of this out in greater detail.

I feel better now. Keep on posting cool models.

Absolutely right! One of my pet peeves is calling any car with a raised front end a gasser. All gassers back in the day had to be able to be run on the street. This meant that they had to have a cooling system including a radiator in the darn thing. And the radiator had to have as large a frontal area as the original radiator for the car. So many guys build what they call "gassers" with no radiator...which would then make it an Altered. Also, gassers could not have these highly raised front ends. The body and chassis could not be raised and the body had to remain level at a standstill when equipped with competition type tires.

Here's the pages out of the 1970 NHRA Rulebook covering gassers... Hope this helps guys who are trying to build a period correct gasser.

Some specifics and weight breaks for Supercharged gassers is covered on the lower left of page 28 and the top right of page 29. Otherwise, supercharged gassers had to follow all the gas class rules as the non-supercharged cars..

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[seeker589]

Terry!

Thank You - Thank You - Thank You!!!!!

For posting an old rule book an your Fotki account! I've been looking for one of those off and on for years!

Oddly enough - I'm fastenated by the lesser Gas classes - Like G or H Gas.

Absolutely valuable info - I just HAD to save a link to your Fotki account.

[Brett Barrow]

Somebody posted a question about the changes in Gasser classes pre-1970, now it appears they've deleted the post.

Here's the link I was trying to post in response to their question - http://gassermadness.com/Gas_Classes/index.htm

[Greg Cullinan]

I knew I saw pictures from you last night,guess they were in that post.They were some cool builds though.

I knew gasssers and awb were differently built cars but thought it was the same platform.(shoes what I know)

i deleted my posts and the question regarding rules pre-'70. thank you Brett for the link

Dave

[Greg Cullinan]

Brett,Thanks this picture thread is endless and a great resource.

Here's my favorite HAMB thread - the full frame-off restoration of the Teixeira Willys. - http://www.jalopyjou...ad.php?t=270811

Another fave is Kiwi Kev's Nasty Habit Willys - here's part one, just search "nasty habit willys" to find the other parts, it's still a work-in-progress http://www.jalopyjou...ty+habit+willys

My favorite car on the HAMB is a 55 Chevy known as "Shakey Puddin'" here's a useful thread on converting to a straight front axle, which is IMO the definitive modification to make to a gasser or AWB* - http://www.jalopyjou...t=shakey+puddin The member ShakeyPuddin55 has tons of great posts, dig thru his profile and there's lots of good info.

Here's a good picture thread of AWB's http://www.jalopyjou...ght=awb+tempest

*They don't have to have straight axles, some didn't. If I build a model of one, it will, though!

[seeker589]

Just a few images for inspiration -

[Terry Sumner]

Terry!

Thank You - Thank You - Thank You!!!!!

For posting an old rule book an your Fotki account! I've been looking for one of those off and on for years!

Oddly enough - I'm fastenated by the lesser Gas classes - Like G or H Gas.

Absolutely valuable info - I just HAD to save a link to your Fotki account.

You're welcome Tim, but I can't take credit for scanning and posting the book originally. The entire book was posted on the Quartermilers forum by a guy who goes by the name of "curb" back in 2008!