[Shiny]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

Here is a NHRA National Record Holder. You will notice by the class it ran Gas and you will also notice it is not nose high.

I noticed the tow vehicle

[Jay S]

Jim oddy’s car is definetly an epic gasser. I did not see the tow car, cool!

The Austin idling..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrb54FudHy0


To my knowledge my neighbors 55 never went to a track, it was a street car. LOL, Now I am wondering if he still has the 55 and I was looking in the wrong barn.

Enjoying the “Gasser” education
Jay

[Steve C.]

https://www.speedwaymotors.com/featured/gasser

Linked within the above website....

GASSER AXLE SALES INFORMATION
https://static.speedwaymotors.com/pd...les%20Info.pdf

More....

https://www.musclecardiy.com/perform...traight-axles/

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...iscuss.325165/

( I make no endorsement of, nor suggest, the subject material presented is correct, as the norm the majority of information I post is just meant as tid bits for interest )


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[geeteeohguy]

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

Did all Gassers run a straight axle? No one has touched on that yet.

These guys never got the memo.
http://www.nostalgiadragworld.com/ol...g-finals-2.php

Pretty much all of the '56-'62 Corvette gassers I've seen run their stock front axle, with 2-4" blocks mounted between it and the frame to raise the car. No tube or straight axle needed with this style of front end, which unbolts as a complete unit.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by Shiny

I noticed the tow vehicle

Jimmy liked his Pontiacs even though he is a hardcore Hemi guy. If you look at a lot of old drag photos you will notice a lot of Pontiacs in the pits from tow vehicles to push cars to drag cars. Sometimes I wonder if Pontiac wagons were a preferred tow vehicle.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by Jay S

Jim oddy’s car is definetly an epic gasser. I did not see the tow car, cool!

The Austin idling..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrb54FudHy0


To my knowledge my neighbors 55 never went to a track, it was a street car. LOL, Now I am wondering if he still has the 55 and I was looking in the wrong barn.

Enjoying the “Gasser” education
Jay

Here is a better one. That is my buddy Double A Al doing the "adjustments".

By the way... TURN IT UP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOVNC9-72Us

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by geeteeohguy

Pretty much all of the '56-'62 Corvette gassers I've seen run their stock front axle, with 2-4" blocks mounted between it and the frame to raise the car. No tube or straight axle needed with this style of front end, which unbolts as a complete unit.

Back around 2010, there was an original straight axle '62 Vette Gasser barn find in the car corral at the NHRA Reunion in Bowling Green. Someone in the 70's pulled the HiPo Chevy engine out and put in what looked to be a stock 400 Pontiac that hasn't run in a long time. The chassis was pretty rusty and some parts were missing but if I would have had the $10,000.00 the guy wanted on me it would have been part of my collection right now.