In the era of clutchless transmissions, turbocharged engines that make 3,000hp on alcohol, chassis designs that look straight out of the Terminator movie franchise, and advanced control systems that can help mediocre drivers be better than their talent would otherwise allow them, THIS is fun. You are going to take a ride in a killer 1955 Chevrolet called “The Pedl’R” and the driver is going to do just that. Smash the clutch pedal and row the gears in this H-pattern 4-speed equipped machine. There’s nothing fancy happening here, nothing that screams, “advanced technology” just good old fashioned horsepower and a driver who is willing to stand on the gas and drive the thing like God intended.
You’ve gotta love the four point roll bar, the plexi-glass scoop that’s likely on top of a big block, and the fact that this thing has throws about as long as a Mack Tri-Plex transmission. It’s not the easy way to do it but it sure looks fun.
Enjoy this simply perfect installment of the American Powertain Parting Shift. Oh, and if your local strip is getting near opening for 2023, hustle and get your car ready to have some fun!
That flat out worked. Thanks Brian…………….
I raced a ‘55 Chevy at Cordova, IL in 1960-61 before “girls” did it!
LOVED DRAG RACING! My husband raced a Nova at Charleston, IL 1972-77 FUN
I raced a ‘55 Chevy at Cordova, IL in 1960-61 before “girls” did it!
LOVED DRAG RACING! My husband raced a Nova at Charleston, IL 1972-77 FUN
That shifting was to slow, too much nose drop, learn how to shift the car faster with out lifting the throttle. bet you pick up another 1/2 second
Mark, I thought the same thing, slow or rough shifting. But thats why they invented the faster type shifters, forgot what theyre called tho!