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Gallery: An Awesome Collection Of 1980s Period Pro Street Photos From The Street Machine Nationals!


Gallery: An Awesome Collection Of 1980s Period Pro Street Photos From The Street Machine Nationals!

(Photos by BS Forum Member DragBike425) – One of the biggest stories for the upcoming Spring and Summer car show season is the return of the Car Craft Street Machine Nationals to Du Quoin. This show was the place to see and be seen in the Pro Street obsessed world of the 1980s. Sure, most of these cars couldn’t idle around a fairground without going into Chernobyl melt down but damn they were cool! We’ve heard countless stories of vintage Pro Street cars being dug up, sought out, or freshened up to get back to this iconic show. Amazingly, BangShift forum member DragBike425 recently started posting bits and pieces of his huge photo collection from the Street Machine Nationals back in the 1980s! All of the icons are here or will be here in several of the follow up galleries we’re going to run. In this collection you’ll see Rod Saboury, Scott Sullivan, Dobbertin, Hayes, and on and on and on. All of those names that dominated the magazine pages in the 1980s and had guys like me lusting after some huge tired, over blowered pile of awesome to own the world with. These were truly the cars that I went to sleep dreaming about and Chad did too.

Chad’s Note: HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME!!!! I can’t stand it. Screw racing my Nova, this thing needs to be about 6 inches lower and have way more power adders. I’m in love. PRO STREET RULES. This is the closest thing to porn we’ve ever put on the site. I’m going to need a moment alone.

This first collection is about 60 photos. DragBike tells us that he has 400-500 to post! We’ll be back with regular installments!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE THREAD ON THE BS FORUMS MORE AND MORE PHOTOS ARE BEING POSTED IN!

 


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10 thoughts on “Gallery: An Awesome Collection Of 1980s Period Pro Street Photos From The Street Machine Nationals!

  1. 75Duster

    Thanks DragBike425 for bringing out the photos, as I was there during the ’80’s. As a side note, the Street Machine Nationals has been moved back this year to October 9 – 11 because of the CCP Flu.

  2. Steve Akker

    Cool stuff , I went in 79 , 81 and 82 . Pro Street is still my favorite . If there is a big tire car at a show I don’t even see the other cars. It will never go out of style in my book !!

  3. Red Bartle

    Any pics of the drunk chicks showing their tatas ? That was a big happening at Duquoin.

  4. crazy canuck

    Brings back memories of going down to Washington to pick up parts from Morrison to build big tire cars , and how those big mickeys would just go up in smoke .

    1. JM

      Thank you ! Pro street rules! Always has always will! Road scraping, monster tubs, and killer rake is the only way to go. Please give us more!!!!!

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