Cool old dragster

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Here's aome pics of a cool old dragster someone brought to the HSR road race last weekend. I thought you guys might like it. Super charged Buick, hard wall slicks, nothing extra.

[Brian Lohnes]

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Man...awesome car.

Do you know if the chassis is original or did someone recreate an old one? If it is original it looks to be an old Chassis Research K-88 model chassis.

Scotty Fenn's company was really the first to offer a "commercial" dragster chassis that you could buy complete or in a kit that you would weld together at home.

I really dig the crank mounted blower and the authentic Buick powerplant just puts it over the top!

Brian

[Monster]

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What an awesome, cool stripped down dragster.
I'd like to have a go ...

;D

[DanStokes]

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Amazing! Of course, anything with a Buick in it is cool with me. The front-mount blower (Potvin?) is neat, too. Does anyone know why they stopped using this configuration?

Later
Dan

[HEMI]

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Didn't see a Buick in any of these pic's.

[DanStokes]

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I'm guessing it's a 455, but with all the different accessories covering up the motor, it's hard to tell. I'm taking his word for it.

Dan

[Aircooled]

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Looks like a 1st gen Olds V8. 303 - 394 type.

[CTX-SLPR]

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yeah, thats not a Buick. Buick V8's with distibutors in the back were Nailheads and they had 4 true exhaust ports and all the Buick V6's had distributors in the front. I don't know what it is other than not a Buick.

[Brad54]

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Looks like an Olds, with the center-bolt valve covers, but I'm don't know much about those engines. Nailhead valve covers are straight up and down, and the valves go straight up and down (like a nail). A Nailhead intake will also sit with all the ports flat on a table top.

So, what has center bolt valve covers and three exhaust ports?

That wasn't Road Atlanta last weekend, was it? If it was, I'm gonna be really bummed that I missed that car...

-Brad

[Mr4Speed]

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Pretty sure it's an early Olds. Either way it would take some seriously big balls to drive it! Awesome.

[racepics]

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Very Cool!! Why didn't they run at the event? Hell Herman Munster ran Dragula on a road course ;D

[Brian Lohnes]

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Pontiac perhaps?

Brian

[squirrel]

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not pontiac, they looked the same in the 50s as they did in the 70s.

Probably Olds....

[Monster]

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Probably Olds....

Yep, I think you got it.

[malc]

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A close up of the motor.