Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

[CM325]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

The high n mighty would probably be considered as the first "gasser" as it embodies the nose high stance and many of the feartures of the gasser era.

No good on the prewar cars with blowers theory though...I'm not buying that.

Brian

I'm not either really as far as prewar, I was just being an ass.
So to continue down this slippery slope, does a gasser HAVE to have a solid axle.
I don't necessarily think so, but some would argue it is.
In which case The high and might is defunct due to an independant front.
But so far Nose high is the first that makes me think that it doesn't count.
I guess that car featured qualities found in most of categories of drag cars.

I'll accept that argument before I do any of the others.
Chris

[A/Fuel]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

i don't know Brian, when i think funny car the very next thought is nitro. anyway, i always thought the term came from the altered wheel base cars being "funny looking"

[CM325]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

i don't know Brian, when i think funny car the very next thought is nitro. anyway, i always thought the term came from the altered wheel base cars being "funny looking"

Right, which is where I've been the whole time.

Brian fix this please.
Chris

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

Fix it? Then we wouldn't be able to have these fun debates!

And for the record I stepped on my wang with my high n' mighty comment. It had an alterd wheel base and ran in the altered class. Not a gasser....mea culpa. :'(

Brian

[Podium Finish]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

Well if that's our forumla than it's the 554 of Mooneyham and Faust.

It was a Stock Body + nitro + supercharger...

But is wasn't funny ;D

[Podium Finish]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

Don't know where it came from either, so it's just the supercharger then....right?

No you've got to add nitro or the answer will be the Dodge Chargers. :D

[CM325]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

Fix it? Then we wouldn't be able to have these fun debates!

And for the record I stepped on my wang with my high n' mighty comment. It had an alterd wheel base and ran in the altered class. Not a gasser....mea culpa. :'(

Brian

You know I don't care, it's all in fun.

So then what the consensus.
I think I'm gonna start a pole in a new thread.
But the cars need to be right on the verge to make it fun.
We need a few cars that tetter right on the edge just before
fliptop full glass longer wheelbase cars,and those that are just
stepping out of altered.

What do you guys think?

[457Brodix]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: Bruce Larson's 1966 Chevelle

I have give the nod to Nicholson's Flip Top cammer in 1966 as being the First Funny Car but of course Landy's Dodge and Chrisman's Comet and others were really pushing the edge but in my warped mind the body has to flip up to be a funny car. Stop and think about it, if there was an all glass nitro burning tube chassis car running in FC would we really think of it as a Funny Car?