1970 Car Hauler

[SBBob]

I bought this car hauler a couple of years ago now and have been trying to find out more about its history.  In the passanger door frame there is a Valvoline sticker showing that it was used as a participants vehicle at the 1971 NHRA Summernationals in Englishtown.  It was fully loaded with a 383, 727, air, radio, running lights, P/S, P/B and a factory bed notched for a very large oil pan.  It was originally blue with a white hood.  On the side of the hood it said "NOT FOR HIRE" and there was a red stripe down the center of the hood and across the front edge of the hood.  If anyone has or knows of a copy of the program for that race or any pictures in the pit areas it would be super.  Thanks, YO, SBBob

[41husk]

Good luck,  The haulers seem to be much harder to track history than the cars.   They are neet though!

[tan top]

   wonder whats been parked on tha back over the years     

[chargd72]

  wonder whats been parked on tha back over the years     

...maybe on of these.

[Aero426]

That thing is really neat Bob.    

[nascarxx29]

Cool hauler Englishtown not far from me.I know alot of area racers in NJ .Maybe Hemi Fred at prostock.com Could ID the hauler and what it had on back

[tan top]

  wonder whats been parked on tha back over the years     

...maybe on of these.

   yeah  what i was thinking  , been doing a quick search  of old englishtown drag strip pictures &  stuff  , soo much to search & different sites  etc etc , might be on youtube also , i'll have a look later 

[nascarxx29]

http://www.nhra.net/50th/news/index.html?story=255 Or search national dragster   Would it been possibly a Sox and Martin hauler the colors and deep oil pan maybe for a hemi

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1401105854039034472bDrXPq

[nascarxx29]

Some haulers to look at
http://public.fotki.com/VincePutt/drag_racing/race-car-haulers/page3.html

[41husk]

Lots of pics there!  I have never found a pic of mine in action except the NASCAR Magazine you sent me showing Niel Castles using it to transport movie cars.  I am not sure Cotton ever used mine at the track or strip

[SBBob]

You guys are GREAT!  Thanks for the info.  Still no luck, but will show up somewhere I hope.  I think it belonged to someone who was factory sponsored.  This truck is FULLY LOADED everything you could get on a truck  that year it has.  A friend said that he thought it might be someone well known as the single cab meant a driver drove the truck from race to race while the race driver was probably flown there.  Just a thought.  Again thanks, SBBob

[Dave Kanofsky]

The "Insider" column on NHRA.com had a bunch of ramp truck articles and write ins last year, maybe he could help you out?

Here's a link: http://www.nhra.com/blog/dragster-insider/