Extremely cool old photos of Drag cars - including a famous Charger!!

[Magnumcharger]

Enjoy!
http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?s=109057ad46a0963cc014d7a18f6ba184&t=425234

[moparstuart]

  Al Vanderwoude he was from Kansas city and was a great guy  

[djcarguy]

    ANY INFO what years this 68 was raced or when pic was taken??? bet that was one hell of a ride.

    any guesses as to what year and make that wagon ,panel behind it is??  looks like 46 -54 but no idea on make? dj

[Bastrd]

I want those wheels.. 

[bajaherbie]

i found this photo and description on nhra's website...... author Phil Burgess always has interesting reading and photos of the early years of drag racing....






Al Vander Woude was in on the ground floor of the Funny Car revolution as a pioneer in Factory Experimental, and his Flying Dutchman Funny Cars were a class staple from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s, first with Vander Woude himself driving and later Tom Johansen and Stan Bowman. All of his cars were of his own design, and for the most part, he personally constructed or supervised the construction of his cars from the wheels up after learning all things mechanical as a U.S. Navy Seabee. Vander Woude was behind the wheel of this topless '66 Dart, shown running in Lodi, Calif. After sitting out more than a decade, the Vander Woude and Flying Dutchman names returned to the dragstrip in the late 1980s with a car owned by his son, Don, and drivers Terry Haddock and Jack Wyatt. The elder Vander Woude died in 2001 at age 67.




and two photos of Tom McEwen's  rear engine f/c that crashed on its maiden voyage..

[maxwellwedge]

Very Cool  -  What was with the Challen-Cuda?

[bajaherbie]

  http://www.nhra.com/blog/dragster-insider/ 

[moparstuart]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNL7wL5jubE




charger III   

[bajaherbie]

how in the heck did he see out of that?  lol

[tan top]

good links & pictures !! thanks for posting 

[FlatbackFanatic]

 

[Bob T]

Excellent link MagnumCharger. I could spend hours on there 

[Chryco Psycho]

I miss the 60s ... back when a low buck racer could run a funny car !!

[Ghoste]

Or an independent could run a Grand National car at Daytona.

[nascarxx29]

 http://magneticbrain.blogspot.com/site has some vintage car picts search mopar/dodge etc

[Highbanked Hauler]

  and one income could support a family

[68X426]

good links & pictures !! thanks for posting 

x2. Great stuff at yellowbullet, a good many Mopars are in that thread. Thanks Magnum!

[Budnicks]

Yep the 60's were allot different, my step father Bob raced all over the west coast Pontiac's mostly kind of followed Mickey Thompson all over the west, on a Pipe/Steam Fitters budget & income raising 4 kids at the same time, I don't remember any real hardships, but my mother would complain many years latter the Bob spent every penny we had at the time, including the mortgage payment money at times, always made it work though... The mid 60's were great as a kid growing in Calif. up with a racer...   Hell, I make or made probably 5-10 time his income & can't hardly afford to go race any longer, well not like I did in the past anyway...