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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: mark williams dragster

« on: October 17, 2015, 02:50:12 PM »

Thanks Mr. Froggy. I`ll give him a call. I wish I was going to the CHRR at Bakersfield this year, surely someone there would remember this car.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: mark williams dragster

« on: October 10, 2015, 09:43:24 AM »

Here is a photo I found on the Web of the Otis Campbell Sugar Cane car out of Boulder Colorado. Draglist shows a Sugar Cane car from 1969 to 1972, with Howard Ditzel as crew chief. Also states the chassis builder as unknown. Looks pretty close to my car, I`d say! Does anybody know more about this car ? It would have been a NHRA division 5 car. Photo by Steve Reyes from his Slingshot Spectacular, the front-engine dragster era book. Thanks, Tommy

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: mark williams dragster

« on: October 03, 2015, 11:15:39 AM »

I am hoping someone might remember this car from back in the day. The strip photos were taken about 5 years ago at Thunder Valley, Marion, South Dakota, when it had the BBC in it. I`d love to find out about its original owners and crew, and how it did in the Top Fuel wars.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: mark williams dragster

« on: September 02, 2015, 04:08:31 PM »

It was an ebay find, don`t know what it was for. Haven`t tried it yet, hope it works.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: mark williams dragster

« on: August 12, 2015, 01:53:36 PM »

I was told the SEMA style of tagging was changed sometime in the mid seventies, but don`t know the details. I don`t know  if they changed the manufactures ID numbers or what ?

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: mark williams dragster

« on: August 11, 2015, 03:17:25 PM »

Thanks sknopp for the info.  Mine is a 210 inch wheelbase. I`m only guessing it`s a 1971 due to the side wings and billboards. I have the sema tag under right side rollbar uprite, a small 1/2 inch square numbered 18 with sema underneath it. Pretty scary about the "L" link! I`ll take it off and have it checked for stress cracks before it gets back on the track. The front caster is at 45 degrees now, but I`d like to change it to something closer to 20. It looks like I`ll run out of adjustment on the clevis ends, and don`t want to change the radius rods. Did you have to make some kind of spacer? I really don`t want to cut and reweld the brackets. Thanks, Tommy

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / mark williams dragster

« on: August 06, 2015, 06:41:11 PM »

I have an update my mark Williams dragster I bought a couple of years ago out of Minnesota. I`ve finally have the sbc  and shorty powerglide in, and plumbed and wired. I got it to fire-up and roll under it`s own power. My only outing with it was at the local summer car show. It`s fun to see the young kids reactions to seeing and hearing this 24 foot long vintage race car. It`s not quite race worthy yet, but someday it will be on the track again. , Thanks Glenn !

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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / Re: Oil tank

« on: January 08, 2014, 05:19:34 PM »

I hope this question doesn`t sound foolish. If your running Donovan valve covers on a early Chrysler hemi and run burn down tubes in place of the front set of breathers, do you block off the rear set of breathers? I know the engine needs to breathe, is the puke tank alone enough?

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Transmission Tunnel

« on: October 22, 2013, 01:46:39 PM »

Good questions. I too `am wondering about this. The complete SFI-20 suit, pants, jacket, gloves, boots ,helmet, underwear, etc. is big bucks. The plan for my rail will be starting at the 10+ second range. Is putting in flooring just to contain fire and fluids? What is required to completely seal the needed area? Do the altered guys get by because their legs aren`t wraped around the pumpkin?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Dragster dyno

« on: July 05, 2013, 02:28:51 PM »

Lions had one before the starting line, OCIR had one by the pit road close to the finish line. Sorry no pics.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Greetings from the Empire

« on: June 19, 2013, 08:06:17 PM »

Welcome from the sandhills of Nebraska.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: New Guy Here Hello

« on: June 18, 2013, 01:50:10 AM »

Beautiful rail Hotrodhoodlum. I`ve always liked the full bodied cars. Classy. Do you know the history of it or the original owners/drivers ?

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: The" Fugitive Dragster" build

« on: June 10, 2013, 08:16:24 PM »

I like the wide 5 rims and hubs. Not traditional but neat and a very cool idea. I don`t think I`ve seen that before at the drag strip. Looks sharp.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady

« on: June 03, 2013, 09:49:57 PM »

The engine turning looks outstanding, as does the rest of the car. Nice work!

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Roo Man's Room / Re: protecting tubing during build

« on: May 22, 2013, 10:51:54 PM »

I have read about a protective spray called GIBBS. There is a write-up about it at http:/roadsters.com/gibbs/  I`ve never used it, but have heard it`s good. Its also listed at that auction site.