Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Larry Watson I Presume ?

Larry Watson knew the score when it came to cool.

Via :
The H.A.M.B.


Thanks to Rik Hoving for this awesome image !

Givin' You The Willys #7

Stone Woods and Cook tearing up the quarter mile.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Scratch That Itch



A greasy groove from that hotbed of rhythm and blues instrumentals - King Records of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ride The Wild Surf

Why is the surfer on the left yelling ? Maybe his pal forgot to shut down the hopped up mill and can't be heard over the backdrop of crashing waves and the clatter of solid lifters.

Box art courtesy of
TraKables.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Flower Power



With either of these plastered on my bicycle I would have been a big wheel. Probably would have improved the performance of your custom van or street freak too !

Via: JasonLiebig

One Of Six

The very first Cobra Daytona Coupe in action at the 1964 12 Hours Of Sebring where it won the GT class and placed 4th overall driven by Dave McDonald and Bob Holbert. CSX 2287 later set 23 international speed records at the Bonnevile salt flats before vanishing for thirty years. The story of the missing Daytona is a bizarre affair involving rock and roll heavyweights, bodyguards, double-dealing hustlers, mental instability and suicide.
Read more about it
here.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Welcome To Hell


The view most competitors never saw.

Via: mroldtimey

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Strip Shot #7

Proof positive that top fuel dragsters can be beautiful.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

El Cid

Hans Schmidt's El Cid 289 Cobra was a tough competitor on the drag strip. CSX 2248 took the A/Sports honors at the 1965 AHRA Winternationals with a 10.86 ET @ 124.36 MPH.