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This might be a silly Queston but ill still ask. why is it that on these old drag race cars the driver was sitting behind/over the rear diff of the car? nice looking at these old pictures brings back memorys when we used to go to watch the East african safari rally, and used the old film cameras to take pictures trying not to waste the shots. taking pictures and realising that you missed the car when you get them processed. so much easier these days....  |
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mk14dr
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This might be a silly Queston but ill still ask. why is it that on these old drag race cars the driver was sitting behind/over the rear diff of the car? Its all about weight distribution nice looking at these old pictures brings back memorys when we used to go to watch the East african safari rally, and used the old film cameras to take pictures trying not to waste the shots. taking pictures and realising that you missed the car when you get them processed. so much easier these days.... I don't suppose you've got any old pics to scan and post  D |
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What an awesome Nostalgia thread.
Some great looking, and scary looking cars there.
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mk14dr
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Great minds think alike angle I nicked most of those pics from there  Gotta love rake rake  D |
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The driver sitting over/behind the axle was about weight distribution. However a lot of people got hurt when gearboxes/axles exploded.
When tyres were still rubbish (re-capped slicks) they used to spin the wheels the whole length of the track, which reduced the stress on the drivetrain. However when sticky tyres were introduced they started blowing stuff up (with obvious consequences when your CROWN jewels are over the diff casing). Gearbox/axle technology was way behind on development, therefore they again had to set the cars up to spin the wheels to reduce the stresses.
IIRC Don Garlits built the first successful rear engined dragster, after a clutch explodion on a FED blew part of his foot off.
Matt
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fantastic pics!
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much hot-rodding mojo rejuvenation there - cheers!
- kev
ps - that pic of the guy holding the steering wheel in the 'mock up' stage is class!
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wicked post , its given me inspiration to pull my finger out ith my passat , and its taken my mind off waiting for mr post man to bring me a letter to tell me if i have a job!
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WOWZER!!!!!!! So many memories there! I'd forgotten some of these cars,but remember seeing a lot of them run 'back in the day'!!!! Nice pics!!
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great thread and great pics. |
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The Bucket T in the background has a Daimler Hemi like that in Pieces of Eight. I wonder if there is an obvious way to tell if a Daimler Hemi is a 2.5L or a 4.5L version? Bore spacing on both is the same. Used the same heads, did they also?  HW, like those shoes? ;D There's a lot of ennui going on in this picture. Oh well..... Sigh..... Such is life..... Merrily, merrily.....  |
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Its all about weight distribution ohh rite.. makes a diffrence i believe. I don't suppose you've got any old pics to scan and post D erm naa.. sorry they are all some were back in kenya, but have a googled one from east african rally ;D  |
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an old mate of mine used to own this when he got it both engines were missing (austin heally) so he put a Ford 460 BB in instead it went buy the name of TWINN JINX  |
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what the fcuk have you done lately
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this is TRANSCONTINENTAL during its devastating crash one thing to mention is how lucky the camera man was il see if i can find the vid to go with it  |
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what the fcuk have you done lately
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) I thourght i'd dig around for some groovy old drag history pics. 
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