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Great Dragster trailers

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Must be some Jr Stock with great haulers.CR

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Here are some from my dad's box of old pictures.

http://inlinethumb43.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/46...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/32...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/23...600x600Q85.jpg

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Here's a great set-up from Mario, this is racing at it's best.

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[QUOTE=stanzig44;206499]Here are some from my dad's box of old pictures.

http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/46...600x600Q85.jpg

Any idea where and when this picture was taken? I own this car now and seeing this shot was a nice surprise!

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probably 1977-78. approximately.CR

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The Action Camaro was sold by Louis Desjardins in late 1976 or early '77 to Fred Thibeault of Nova Scotia. I have a copy of Louis' "For Sale" ad in a local racing paper from the Fall of 1976, and a picture of Fred racing the car in 1977 at PEI Dragway.

I'm guessing that this picture was from 1974-76. Thanks for the response though. Do you remember the car from when Louis raced it? Fred and I keep planning to go through his old photos but haven't got around to it yet.

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Bernie e-mail will you.

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Tom,

bonzaproducts@att.net

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Gotta love this minimalistic trailer...

http://www.prostockhemi.com/gallery2...g2_itemId=1493

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Yikes, those tiny little tires look like they are meant for a small tent trailer, not a 3000 lb + car! I have no idea what the load capacity of those tires would be, but I certainly would be worried going down the freeway at 60 MPH or more with them, the wheel speed must be very high.:eek:

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Its a dam boat trailer

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Could this picture provide evidence, the missing link if you will, perhaps the very origin of the 'altered wheelbase AFX'

"Too short a trailer? Naw, too long a wheel base... my guys can move that axle housing forward in a jiffy. Heck, it might even hook better so we can loose that 200lb lead-filled bumper at the same time!" :D


A couple of my favorites of the late 1970's early '80's Avery's hauler, built from an air-cooled VW single cab, unconventionally raised into the unload position with a single hydraulic ram... pretty innovative in my book!

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Tom,

I like your idea(ROFLMAO), I was thinking one guy says, "hey I got 2 boat trailer axles"....

Steve

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These two Peterbuilt pick up trucks where built from four junked Tractors. He built them to haul his 5th wheel trailer. Took him 5yrs each. patience.

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It's aluminum and it's light.Just the right size for my gremlin.
Check out picture #47 on that site.That's plain scary.

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Ed,

Is that close to your neighborhood.......Noo Joisey?

Steve

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If you mean Brooklyn,I don't know if the pic is NY or Brooklyn Mich.

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Ed,see ya on fountain avenue.....any body on this site from canarsie?...east new york?.......brownsville???(not texas!!-bklyn.,36 ny!)...if you cant make new york national in time...just go to islip!

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Gotcha-----From Howard Beach in 1970- 1989. Very short ride to Fountain Ave. You wouldn't recognize it now !

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That was a awesome rig he had there.Eight track player filled with Elvis of course, those were the days!!

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The D500 Dodge ramp truck we used in 1973 with one of Ed Hamburger's Cars, 318 4 speed with a sleeper.

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How people towed their vehicles before the great spending.lol http://youtu.be/79br00IHXVc

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:):):) Great video showing the good old days of drag racing. I still remember seeing the haulers, ramp trucks and open trailers sitting at various motels when the boys came to town. Somewhere I have a picture of Jerry Ruth's Pay 'n' Pak mustang funny car on a ramp truck at S.I.R. I believe it is 1971. I think Tommy Ivo did it the best, a showman always.
:(:( Like I have said before, I think drag racing lost something when enclosed trailers and semi's came into play. It was truly awesome to see all the various race cars on display while driving to each event, truly a road show. I total understand the need to secure the race cars and equipment at a race. Back in the day when you went to the pits, it was awesome to see hundreds of cars and haulers. Nowadays it looks more like a motorhome, RV, enclosed trailer sales lot.

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I liked the video too. Passenger cars hauling race cars? Folks on this board insist that an F 150 isn't enough to haul a racer these days. So what, other than the need for security, changed?

Any one recall the preferred method of getting to the races in the 60s as "Car in Toe"? For the younger people, that's not misspelled.

Dale

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I bought that van 14 years ago for $250. I put a crate motor in it with full length headers, bagged the rear suspension, rebuilt the steering and put a $300 paint job on it. I've used it to tow an open trailer for the last 10 years and I think I have about $2500 wrapped up in the whole thing over that 10 years.

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What was the last year you saw towing hubs at a national event ??? :confused:

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Cool video.

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Don't have any pictures of Allyn Armstrongs bus, but I do remember NHRA Today doing a piece on it!

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Loved the video..
Boy, that era went away fast...or did it?

General rule of thumb was ..tow vehicle weighed as much as the race car and trailer.
Some of them were pushing that limit.
The dealer sponsored cars liked to provide a nice station wagon for the team. They got advertising that way too.
Later on , the independent operators figured out how to split the expenses with a one ton or bigger hauler, and a trailer behind it .
We did that , coast to coast, more than once!
(Towards the end of the video, see the California teams of Neja and Dissette towing the Barkley / Ripes car out of Englishtown , I believe)

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Another old tow vehicle video showing Dave Turners "Keene Hill Hemi" challenger being towed by a Road Runner. He told me he used to tow with a SuperBird also!!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra4RQmftraE"]Superbird Challenger Cuda Road Runner Tow Rigs??? - YouTube[/ame]

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More,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79br00IHXVc

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Them guys one upped me, I flat towed from 1977 till well into the 80s. Graduated to an open trailer around 1990 then an 18' enclosed till I quit in 2010.

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One of the best videos I've run across that shows how it was in the "old days" is the one of the boys going across country to the U.S. Nationals in Detroit.
Go to www.youtube.com "Ingenuity in action 1959". It takes less than a 1/2 hour and is pretty entertaining.
Yes,, I've gone from flat towing with tow hubs in the '70s to an open trailer and pickup truck and now a motorhome with an enclosed trailer, so I guess I'm part of the problem, not the solution,, so sue me. My 2 cents
Danny Durham

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:):)Yes, that is one of the best videos out there. Pretty amazing what was used back then.

:confused: Danny, you have made the standard progression in getting to the races. I know there isn't a solution to this deal. I just think the earlier versions of getting a race car to the track was more "fun". Like I have said before, it was very exciting seeing the open trailers and ramp trucks parked at motels when the boys (and girls) came to town.

:D:D:D With all that being said, I would like to see more of the pictures of what racers used in the past. It would be a chance to look back to the glory days of this awesome sport.

:( It is truly a shame that part of the reason for enclosed trailers is to prevent theft of parts and pieces from the racers. I know, when helping racers locally, they would go to the lanes and I would lock up and meet them there.

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I wish I would have taken pictures in '95 with my '75 Pontiac Grand Safari Wagon towing my Skylark on a tow dolly. Graduating to the same open trailer I have now in '96 was a lot easier. Got rid of the Wagon and now use a '72 GMC pickup that looks like the "Farmtruck".

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Me and my friend were talking about your truck the other day.

Its a cool ride!:D

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Thanks Ross. Getting` some new rims and tires this Friday!

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I have that recorded on a vhs tape from about 1988 or so. I was based in Greenwood from 86-90 and while watching TNN in the barracks heard "coming up, Canadian sportsman Alan Armstrong caused a commotion in the pits with his rig, we'll be right back" I flicked on the recorder and got the whole thing. I just have to remember where it is, I packed it with all my mini-vhs tapes I took when I was in Yugoslavia during the war. (can't go to war without a cam-corder right?) LOL

I'll see if I can find it.

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Pictures when they are on!