Demolition Derby Reference

[Dirty Dave]

Saw a build thread about building demo derby cars, and I thought I'd post some pics of one that I helped my brother with a few years ago. 1958 Cadillac Sedan De Ville:

[Dirty Dave]

Then there's the Mopar contingient:

[Dirty Dave]

Scream and yell all that you want, but the Cadi was rusted beyond being worth repair, and that was before a tree fell on the rear quarter. The Chrysler? A low-line polysphere-powered four door, and this is California... that's a $300 car.

[slusher]

Why scream and yell. Owners choice.

[JunkPile]

Mud flyin', Metal crunchin' and smoke rollin'......YEE HAW!

[Greg Myers]

Fun times ? nothin' but junk.

[Danno]

Whoa! That Caddy's a hoot!

[ChrisBcritter]

So how did they do, and where are the "after" pictures?

[Dirty Dave]

The Cadillac ran two nights worth of events, after a day of cutting, welding and straightening. The Chrysler ended up being used for two or three years, until they outlawed anything pre-1980 at the fairgrounds track last year. I'll see if I can scrape up some "after" pics.

Edited June 20, 2014 by Dirty Dave

[Chuck Most]

HOW DARE YOU....

.... use that Cadillac for anything other than a derby car. I'd have liked it even more had it been a '59 El Dorado hardtop.

[Dirty Dave]

http://youtu.be/X7-FpwfPWMI

I found a video of opening night - can't believe it's been that many years now... 2007!

[Freeman Cars]

Do you have any pics of the 1951 Chrysler lee had?

[Dirty Dave]

Do you have any pics of the 1951 Chrysler lee had?

I think he has some pics on his Facebook. I'll see if I can download them and post pics of that car on this thread, too. I have the feeling it was a little later than '51 though... '52 or '54, maybe?

[Freeman Cars]

I don't think it could be any later than a '53 because the 331 Hemi Lee gave me has an extended bell housing cast into the block. I think they had separate bell housing from '54 on.

See you at Larry's. I got your parts for you.

Sam