ABC's Wide World of Sports, great program, gave coverage to drag racing during it's 1967-72 heyday

this 1970-72 coverage clip was found on http://www.dogfightmag.com/2010/07/the-wide-world-of-sports among a lot of other great stuff... you ought to check out http://www.dogfightmag.com/ there is a lot of good stuff there

for 1967 clip from ABC's Wide World of Sports:
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/02/don-garlits-wins-1967-us-nationals.html

Drag racing, nothing new about that. Funny car, been around 40+ years, nothing new. When the steering comes off after launch... that's new. What 2 do?

Found on http://www.dogfightmag.com/2011/06/oh-shit via via http://blog.hemmings.com/ where Dan posts great stuff all the time

1958 Hot Rod magazine movie about drag racing ingenuity and the Dragmaster Special

I just found the Dragmaster Special at the county fair and posted a gallery of it here http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/dragmaster-special.html

Found on http://pepeeee.blog.cz/

1963 Smokers March Meet in Bakersfield video (but who's slingshot has the windup key pushbar?)

Looks like Otelli, but nothing comes up on a google search. The announcer is muffled when he speaks the name at the 50 second mark

found on http://wwwmartelo.blogspot.com/

Fouled plugs Tumblr, just hot rods, and nothing but hot rods... freaking great to find a pure hot rod tumblr site

http://fouledplugs.tumblr.com for a lot more like this

Theres always a first time. That car and bike blogs post porn among the cars is nothing new. But the site I got these from, posts gay porn. So beware

It's quite common that the Tumblr sites I find good bike and car photos on have naked women, but this is the first with naked men that I've come across.

I've got no issue with that, but wanted you to be warned because it's more than nude male models, it's guys having sex with guys as well. Some people find that really too much.

it's full of VW and Citroens primarily, with a smattering of race cars, muscle cars, and here is a sample of some of the cool cars on http://scrivmaggporn.blogspot.com/

Just about everything looks better in the Gulf racing colors
Can't figure out why the car was rusted, and fitted with custom opening doors

I'm surprised to see this Porsche in such bad condition, they were always in high demand





Above is the "Mercedes Bent" that i've photogrphed and posted a couple of times already
This is one a a handful of Bugatti Royale Napolean, they are enormous and it's too bad nothing is next to it to show the perspective

More Turbonique info about the Black Widow VW bug

read the whole post at http://stinkingass.blogspot.com/2009/01/gasser-turbonique-black-widow.html

The Asphalt Jungle Cruiser fuel coupe Austin Bantam, 1957-58 world record holder

Cool new photos from Cay Broendum

from http://caybroendumsparetime.blogspot.com

1 of 55 RO/WO factory drag race Coronet and Belvederes

Makes me say Damnit.

According to Galen Govier only 1 1966 S/S Coronet was built (WO21H6*******)and 50 S/S Belvedere's (RO21H6*******). In 1967 Chrysler switched to the hardtops, why who knows as they still built the Sedan cars for this year as well. Again, according to Galen Govier, 55 S/S Coronet 440's (WO23J7*******) with the Hemi were built and 55 S/S Belvedere's (RO23J7*******).

Functional hood scoop made from steel with and aluminum plate under it that seals it to the carbs. Prestolite electronic ignition mounted under the dash. 4.88 gears. 4 speed cars had slick shift trannys and a steel bellhousing. There is a post on the drivers side fender well that connects the lead from the trunk mounted battery to original battery cable. The cars were painted before the under hood battery tray was removed, so some paint is missing there. Cars were delivered with a set of headers and the aluminum carb to scoop tray in the trunk. It is reported that some cars had a heater, but this is not confirmed. Scheduled build date for all 110 cars is 2-12-67, that # is on all the data plates, even tho tha cars were not all actually assembled on that date

Super Stocks, as rare as they are, get a little publicity, but I can't recall a RO/WO getting any publicity via a magazine feature in years

1966-67 drag racing on Green Valley Raceway, Smithfield Texas, probably never before seen, home video

Found on http://www.atomicantiques.com/2010/01/20/green-valley-raceway

Shelby AC Dragonsnakes

Ed Hedrick pistured above in the (fuchia or magenta yuck) dragonsnake that put the AC Cobra into the national records for winning A B and C/sports for 1963 and 1964

Available in 1963, sold with 23 options designed specifically for drag racing. The 289 cu in engine was availble in 4 stages of performance, 271, 300, 325 and 380 horsepower

Appears to be two Von Dutch painted race cars lining up to drag race

Found on the HAMB

Ever see a bad ass 62 Polara? Well, you have now

Found on http://thealwaysgentleman.tumblr.com

Musclecarblog.tumbler has a great focus on late 60's high performance musclecars, and Mopars particularly

Of course I love this R/T photo, I've got an R/T... and my last musclecar was a Superbee that looked exactly like the above R/T, with a bee on the grill instead of the rt.

For lots more great musclecar photos, and not just mopars: http://musclecarblog.tumblr.com

Drag racing Isetta found on Hooniverse

Gotta love the Hooniverse, http://hooniverse.com/2011/02/14/draggin%e2%80%99-isetta/#more-42855