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Offline denverflatheader

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« on: February 02, 2013, 07:00:28 PM »
Hi.  My name is Alan.  I've been visiting this website for a few years. 
Here's picture of my first dragster, it's a Speed Improvement chassis
from 1960.  These were sold by a company in Long Beach.  I got this
from original owner/builder exactly 13 years ago and got it running
with his backup flathead after it had set with a blown motor for many
years.  His name was Mark Hopkins, and his two friends helping him
with the car was Poncho Beal and Dave Hollingshead.  Lions Drag Strip
"the Beach" was it's home track.  It has been sitting for awhile.  Here
is a picture of another dragster (I know, engine in the wrong location)
that I have been working on since January 2011.  It started as a set
of rails, alot of it just tacked together.  I got it in California in 2009.  If
you were at the LA Roadsters Father Day Show, maybe you saw it for
sale in the swap meet area.  It's also flathead powered.   

On another note, last year I ordered magneto coils, magneto wires,
magneto clamps from Spud-FIE.  If you have Mallory Magneto questions
he has answers, correct ones.  Thank you for this website.
   

 

Offline Blind Mule

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Re: intro
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 09:02:57 PM »
It never hurts to carry a spare engine ya never know when you might need it ;D

Offline GlennLever

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Re: intro
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2013, 09:34:37 PM »
Here is a picture of another dragster (I know, engine in the wrong location)

We have a rear engine board here also, we do not discriminate. Keep us up to date. Welcome aboard.
Glenn R. Lever
Rochester, New York 14617-2012
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Offline denverflatheader

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Re: intro
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2013, 06:23:00 AM »
Blind Mule - after seeing a picture of an early dragster with 2 flathead engines, I thought it would be fun to put one together.  Best part is all the junk I had been collecting over the years, now it has purpose as opposed to just cluttering up the garage...... 

Offline denverflatheader

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Re: intro
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2013, 06:30:01 AM »
GlennLever - thank you, will do, I'll post future stuff for 999 on the red category.

Offline Tim Jones

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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2013, 07:12:13 PM »
Nice lookin Cars Alan,,   Tim Jones

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Re: intro
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2013, 01:44:17 PM »
Sorry Alan, I'm slow;)
The cars are looking great allthough one has has a funny location of the driver ;).

Kjell Bluemountain-Syversen