The Desperato

Via: Drastic Plastics.

Model Citizen

Go Fast #2

Everything you'll need to turn the family sedan into a fire breathing brute.

Via: mustangtek

His 'N' Hers

Presenting the last word in Shelby-styled leisure wear. These sporty accessories are a must for the well-dressed Cobra enthusiast.

Via: mustangtek

Givin' You The Willys #9

Glenn Murry and his 1939 B/Gas Willys powered by 426 cubic inches of Chrysler wedge.

Assembly Line

Why wasn't there ever a kid friendly 1956 Pontiac under my christmas tree ?

Via: The H.A.M.B

Racing In Paradise

A rare occasion when the driver was as stunning as the car. Unfortunately my powers of vintage Ferrari detection are decidedly lacking, so I won't embarrass myself further by trying to identify the vehicle in question.

Via: Alfa Bulletin Board.

Strip Art #2

I much preferred the art of vintage drag racing before it became nostalgic. This period poster is refreshingly vital without the inclusion of pinstriping and ersatz outlaw suggestion.

Three Careful Owners

Dick Landy's 1965 AWB Dodge in its second incarnation. Following this it would become the appropriately named Up Up And Away.

Pre-Pantera

Having never had the opportunity to drive a DeTomaso Mangusta I am not in a position to comment on their reputed idiosyncrasies. As my sense of sight is still functioning I can give you my visual two cents worth. The Mangusta, despite its shapely silhouette, still manages to impart an elegantly menacing presence. The same cannot be said of its angular successor, the Pantera, which succumbed to the prevailing winds of change and eliminated practically every curve. Where Guigiaro had penned a voluptuously inspiring design, Tom Tjaarda canned the french curves and headed straight for the straight edge. The same happened at Lamborghini where Marcello Gandini's stunning Miura was superseded by his wedge-like Countach. I don't really connect with the oblique supercar and my design preferences would have bankrupted both DeTomaso and Lamborghini.

Givin' You The Willys #8

Photo by David Ray.

Hard Charger

Roger Lindamood's 1966 Dodge Charger was retired into the capable hands of Chicago's Mr Norm to reappear as The Supercharger.

Go Fast !!

Can flathead speed equipment be successfully displayed without the use of pegboard ?

Via: rbantique

Foglights & Masking Tape

I guess I'm a nut for details, but what I love about the period race cars that I post incessantly, is their individuality. Take for instance George Reed and Dan Gerber's Cobra in the above photo at Sebring in 1965. CSX 2189 is sporting an array of driving lights that look more like an insect's antennae than any useful form of illumination. The half-sweep tachometer mounted up high on the dash is another unique touch that gives the car its own personality.

Details, details, details .....

Via: rockhouse66

Pit Stop #48

I'll take a gamble and say that this is Bob Johnson's Cobra CSX 2494 at the 1964 USRRC Meadowdale GT Race judging by the straw hat in the background, however I am more than happy to stand corrected.

Via: Club Cobra

Champions !

For a car that was only produced for five years, the Cobra sure made a lasting impression.

Via: davemcdonald.net

Flat Tracker

Gary Nixon
A.M.A Grand National Champion
1967 - 1968

Draggin' Deuce

Quarter mile coupes just like this inspired droves of polystyrene-crazed juveniles to glue up their own miniature monsters.

Photo courtesy of the Doug Reusch Collection.

Tailgate Grinders

The mid-sixties saw a proliferation of wheelstanding pickups. Forward or backward, coming or going, it didn't matter as long as the front wheels were pointed toward the sky.

Stick 'Em Up

The Fork-Tailed Devil

Lockheed's P-38 Lightning was supposedly called the "Fork-Tailed Devil" by terrified Luftwaffe pilots.

Via: collectair.com

Listen Up !!!!

Pit Stop #47

Tough !!!!!

Mike Ditty photo - Via: Nitrogeezers

The Going Thing

Hubert Platt again.

Via: rusty428cj

Gear Jammin'

While the rest of the world got groovy, Hubert Platt and the boys just kept shifting gears. Forget peace, love and all that long-haired stuff, The Georgia Shaker was still sporting more grease up top than under the hood.

Check The Oil Please

Le Mans 1964

The Shelby Cobra Daytona of Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant receiving a little fine tuning from John Ohlsen. CSX 2299 took first place in the GT III Class and finished fourth overall.

Via: cobraferrariwars.com

Stretching The Truth

If a S.O.H.C 427 under the hood wasn't enough for 1965, then how about adding an few extra inches to the wheelbase and fuel injection for good measure in 1966. Just like the showroom floor....

Via: mroldtimey

Snake Eyes

Via: Drastic Plastics

Bombs Away !!!

Keep your bedroom safe from the Red Menace with your own polystyrene nuclear equipped, supersonic B-58 Hustler.

Stereophonic Nitromethanol

With classic tracks such as "The Sound Of Shifting" and "Blower Blowing Up On Dragster-Ambulance" this album is a must for all diggers of supercharged sounds. It is also highly recommended for clearing your home of all unwanted guests in under 8 seconds.

Black Beauty

The Wenderski & Winkel Top Fueler making a run at San Gabriel Drag Strip. John Wenderski was tragically killed driving the Black Beauty at San Diego Raceway in February 1964.

Via: vintagegasser

Strip Shot #8

The Stellings & Hampshire "Red Stamp Car " was one of the most beautiful dragsters to ever burn rubber.

Understatement

Extreme must have had an alternate definition in 1959.

Red Hot

FoMoCo's 600-horse OHC hemi was "programmed" from drawing board to dyno in just three months with the magic of space-age computers .......

The Hayseed

Just another old Corvette in 1969.

Via: Gasser68

Bare Bones

You can bet the maintenance conditions were a little more civilized down at Mr Norm's.

Via: ENIGMATIC TRAVELER

Kamakazi Pilot

Jack Williams aiming the aptly named Kamikazi 1 dragster.

Photo by : Phil Bellomy

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.

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.

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.

Welcome To Hell

The view most competitors never saw.

Via: mroldtimey

Strip Shot #7

Proof positive that top fuel dragsters can be beautiful.

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.

Via: SAAC Forum.

Scooter Beat

Bo and band with the coolest
Cushman Roadking ever.