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| Cobrabill |
12-22-2008 07:38 PM |
Makes me feel old-and i'm not THAT old..
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| tcrist |
12-22-2008 08:37 PM |
I am that old. Sure miss the good old days. I saw most of them at the Fremont drag strip many years ago. Was a shock when Jungle Jim died.
Thanks for posting this.
Terry
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| CobraEd |
12-23-2008 06:26 AM |
I remember all that
Drag racing was way more exciting back then because it was new given the big engines and the blowers as they moved from slow cars in the 50s to high HP cars in the 60s. Before then it was just 50s cars and all they knew how to do was switch engines (like putting a 401 Buick nailhead in a chevy. So this stuff was really cool and brutal. It was massive torque overkill. Today drag racing is too refined and technilogical. Plus, it is same old, same old.
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| Cobrabill |
12-23-2008 06:59 AM |
[quote=CobraEd;Today drag racing is too refined and technilogical. [/QUOTE]
and no more Go-go boots & boobs on the starting line....:(
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| Ron61 |
12-23-2008 07:07 AM |
:D
Bill, if you remember that then you really are That Old.
Ron :LOL:
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| trularin |
12-23-2008 07:43 AM |
Ron just turned older.
:D :D
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| hound dog |
12-23-2008 08:01 AM |
I remember those days quite well. I believed then and I still do that the drivers that drove the AA/F Altereds were the craziest SOBs in drag racing. Same motors as the Top Fuel dragsters but with a model T or Anglia body on a 90 inch or so wheelbase. Crazy! Not surprised the NHRA dropped the class. Sure were fun to watch though!
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| Smokingcobra2 |
12-23-2008 12:20 PM |
Spent many sundays at Connecticut Dragway enjoying the smell of the fuelees. We made our own dragstrip with painted start and end lines painted on the road out in the middle of the tobacco fiields. today the fields gone and its a hugh industrial park.
joeg
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| Cobrabill |
12-23-2008 12:28 PM |
[quote=hound dog;! Not surprised the NHRA dropped the class. /QUOTE]
That's 'cause the NHRA lacks what those altered drivers had in spades-BALLS:LOL:
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| Cobrabill |
12-23-2008 12:30 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smokingcobra2
(Post 907169)
Spent many sundays at Connecticut Dragway enjoying the smell of the fuelees. We made our own dragstrip with painted start and end lines painted on the road out in the middle of the tobacco fiields. today the fields gone and its a hugh industrial park.
joeg
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Colchester.Yep.And then they sold it and found the land to be un-safe for certain structures.Then it was a test facility of some type-Consumer Reports(?) |
| Silverback51 |
12-23-2008 01:27 PM |
Well I'm glad that I'm that old to remember those days.
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| terry251 |
12-23-2008 05:32 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverback51
(Post 907186)
Well I'm glad that I'm that old to remember those days.
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Me tooo! Remember Jungle Pam and Linda Vaughn. I wonder how many "dreams" could be attributed to those two women!
Terry:D |
i saw a picture of jungle pam a few years ago, a current picture, she still stops traffic but in a different way.
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| Silverback51 |
12-23-2008 06:20 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by terry251
(Post 907261)
Me tooo! Remember Jungle Pam and Linda Vaughn. I wonder how many "dreams" could be attributed to those two women!
Terry:D
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What a pair they had, I mean were.;):D |
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