'57 Nomad Gasser "Bad Omen"

[arby1949]

My '57 gasser. Engine is blown 427, with quick change trans. Paint is Revin Red Lacquer and Blackberry enamel. Some weathering and rust added.

[arby1949]

[Dr. Cranky]

Wow, it's WICKED! Nice going.

[W-409]

WOW, this is really nice build! I like Gassers and other Nostalgic Drag Cars. This one is really nice. Stance looks good, and I like the wheel and tire combo. Paintjob is great too. I built also '57 Nomad Gasser about an year ago, and it was fun build.

[retrobuilder]

awesome!!!!!

[Dr. Cranky]

I keep coming back and looking this one over. A very nice model indeed.

[arby1949]

thanks for the comments.......

[BOSWELL891]

Very cool gasser

[Terry Sumner]

Pretty cool gasser!

If you're interested in accuracy I offer two points...the class designation is wrong as there was no D/GS class at least as far as NHRA goes. The car, with a 427, had to be run sometime around 1965 or later. The car would have weighed approx 3500 pounds so with 427 cubic inches, the weight break would have been about 8.2 pounds per cubic inch. With the supercharger, running NHRA in 1966 the class designation would have been AA/G. In 1967 it would have been in BB/G with the realignment of weight breaks. In 1968, NHRA added back in the "S" for supercharged and the new classes were AA/GS, BB/GS, CC/GS, with the same weight breaks, so the car would then have been designated BB/GS. In 1969, the weight breaks were changed again but your car would still have fallen into the BB/GS class. For 1970 they stayed the same.

And the second point is that to run in the gas classes, the car had to have both front seats.

Of course, as I said, this is all just for your own info in case you were interested. If not, please simply disregard and accept my compliments for a nicely done model!

Edited October 9, 2011 by Terry Sumner

[arby1949]

Thanks for the info..

[Tom Setzer]

Nice Gasser, just change the class graphics to AA/G, or AA/GS, and it will be right on!

CHEERS!

Tom