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My 66 F100 towing my 1957 streamliner [ATTACH]
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Original early dragster from Ontario...from about 1957 build....the old Jack Smith car. [ATTACH]
I had a great time at the Summit Performance Parts IX Piston Powered Autorama in Cleveland with the old Purple People Eater being one of 12 Dirty...
Great to have the "Purple People Eater" in Toronto for the Motorama Show. Again, the old dragster had the original driver by it's side Andy Marsh...
It was very cool to have the original driver Andy Marsh with us on the Saturday of the Autorama. Here's a picture of Andy from 1958 at the Detroit...
We had a fun time at the Detroit Autorama this past weekend. Great to see new and old friends dropping by to say hi and check out the old...
Sorry about that dreracecar...... looks awesome :)
A late night picture at the shop....... just a FYI, I will have the old dragster at Detroit , Toronto and Cleveland this winter....... drop by and...
lol......the hood ended up being used as wall art :) [ATTACH]
Hello Ray....good to see your still going strong. Will you be in Detroit for Autorama this year? Here's a picture from almost 20 years ago...
[ATTACH] My old pal Danno Drouin did the stripping and letter work ....as with all good folks that love what they do, he makes it look easy when...
Best wishes to all for a very Merry Christmas and wonderful 2023. [ATTACH]
lol....that's definitely what Andy Marsh the original driver said to me when he saw it painted for the first time, that it never looked this good...
You do outstanding work dreracecar ....... the Ivo "Showboat" turned out fantastic. [ATTACH]
Hard to believe I built this 55 back in the late 1970's and I still today drive the wheels off it ....lol. Thanks stanlow69..... here's a few of...
Would that be a 194 Thrifty Fire ? I really like your vision dreracecar of using this tiny 4 cylinder motor supercharged. I actually have another...
Wishing the HAMB Family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very cool brother.......what's the history with your dragster or time period of the build? What are you running for power? I should say, nice work...
I'm happy to say, I have a well built 9inch with 31 inch axles, 4:11's and a spool from Forest & Forest Racing between my legs. Plus I'm only...
Pretty cool to see a two part story on the "Purple People Eater" on the pages of Canadian Hot Rod Magazine for the Feb/March 2023 issue. The...
Outstanding brother!!
Hello borntoloze....your story of that Willys coupe from your past is very cool brother........you have some keen eyes to pick up on those molded...
The weather has been great for October so it was the perfect time to do a photo shoot for a few of the magazines that have expressed interest in...
Looks like a cool time...is this going to be a annual event in the future? If so I'd like to bring my old 1957 dragster down for a few passes next...
I found a well used old 1970's Accel cabinet in pieces and took about a month of work to smooth, wire, paint and do decals to make a cool "Mr...
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