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More Gearhead History: Another Batch of Vintage Drag Race and High-Po Parts Ads
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Re: More Gearhead History: Another Batch of Vintage Drag Race and High-Po Parts Ads
I got a chuckle out of the Lakewood bellhousing ad with Garlits.....
obviously done pre-explosion.Life is short. Be a do'er and not a shoulda done'er.
1969 Galaxie 500 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...ild-it-s-alive
1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
1983 Mustang GT 545/552/302/Turbo302/552 http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...485-bbr-s-83gt
1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
1986 Ford Ranger EFI 545/C6 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...tooth-and-nail
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Re: More Gearhead History: Another Batch of Vintage Drag Race and High-Po Parts Ads
Believe it or not, Garlits' problem wasn't the bell housing or clutch at all. The actual transmission was the culprit.
When he had the explosion at Lions, the car was equipped with a "Garlits-drive" transmission. The trickery that Garlits and the Quartermaster company out of Ohio hid inside was an underdriven first gear. It was a two-speed planetary type transmission and the really short first gear was supposed to launch the car off the line before Garlits got it into high. The problem was that there were pieces in that thing spinning at horrendous speeds. Simply put, the thing flew apart. It was pieces of the actual transmission that severed his foot and really injured a young boy in the stands.
BrianThat which you manifest is before you.
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