Car Of The Day(For My Amusement)

[Oldhippie]

Willy Borscht in the Winged Express AA/Fuel Altered, the most evil drag racing car ever built. to add to the excitement Willy was narcoleptic. Fuel altered werebanned in the 70's

A Fuel Altered run is one of least predictable events in sports, and people never tire of seeing a giant, powerful beast careen out of control (this also explains Liz Taylor’s career). What lends these freaky-looking things their uneven temperament is the combination of massively powerful engines (basically Top Fuel dragster territory) and non-aerodynamic bodies (prewar Fiats, Austins and roadsters). Throw in the Altereds’ very short wheelbase, anywhere from 75 to 100 inches, and you have the makings some extremely truly multidirectional runs. You see, while speed was never a problem for these things (the Altereds routinely ran 170-plus mph in their halcyon days – the late ‘60s -- and many of today’s AA/FAs, like Jeff Bennett’s “No Mercy,” are running 5s in the quarter-mile). The problem? Keeping the Fuel Altered in a forward trajectory that reaches the finish line before it reaches, say, the Christmas Tree, the guardrail, and/or the grandstands

 

[Speed King]

The left rear tire in the first pic looks like it's peeling off the rim,...Awesomeness!

 

[SiphonOfDestruction]

Oh, you're going to fit in here just fine.

One mustn't forget the Petty Blue Superbird. 1970

One of my dream cars. Good luck on me trying to find/bid for one, given the lowest auction bid nearby was 100k.

 

[SiphonOfDestruction]

Another dream car of mine. '67 Ford Shelby GT500, a little speed demon classic.

 

[Oldhippie]

I ran across some Facebook pages that have vintage modifieds from the 60's and 70's. the best thing about these pages is the cars are from the Milwaukee area and Upper Michigan, what's even better yet they are the cars that got me hooked on racing. First off we have my first racing hero, Jerry Richer.

 

[Oldhippie]

And from 1966 we have the Evil Bobby Iverson. Two neat things about this car, it was the only red car he ever had and it had a 427 side oiler in it.

 

[Speed King]

1960 Pontiac Bonneville

1960 Pontiac Catalina

 

[Speed King]

How about a Baldwin-Motion Vega?

 

[Slow Poke]

lots and lots of GM and Ford in this thread, I need to post some more Mopar!

 

[Slow Poke]

71 Dodge Dart Pro Street

 

[Slow Poke]

68 Charger R/T

 

[Speed King]

71 Dodge Dart Pro Street

Good Lord that thing is straight and muscular!

 

[Speed King]

Saw one of these for sale locally the other day, I've always thought these cars made really cool boulevard cruisers, this one needs to go down a couple more inches, she's a little too tall. (67 Delta 88)

 

[Speed King]

Here's one for Slow Poke, 64 Dodge Polara 500

 

[Slow Poke]

Very nice Speed King! I love the mid-sixties mopars. Any chance I can convert you over to the Dodge/Plymouth camp?

 

[Speed King]

I thought you might like that one, and welcome back, I haven't seen you here for a while. And as far as converting me to Mopar, highly unlikely, I was baptized in GM Holy Water. I do really like a lot of the cars you've posted.

 

[Slow Poke]

Thanks, there are plenty more, like this one! Hopefully the OP likes trucks as well as cars?

 

[Speed King]

Holy moly that's bright! Dodge always did do bright colors (in the 60's at least), I believe that to be a 1967ish D100?

 

[Slow Poke]

Sorry, I forgot to put the year and model, it's a 71' Dodge D100 stepside.

 

[Oldhippie]

The OP likes anything with any number of wheels and an engine.

Thanks, there are plenty more, like this one! Hopefully the OP likes trucks as well as cars?