[JerseyGTO]

Found these over on the 'mater and had to share. Great Hot Rod Magazine stuff from the 50s - "Ingenuity in Action"

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

 

[NYTIGER]

Real cool!

 

[EngineChauffer]

Just watched all three parts, really cool! Thanks for sharing.

 

[lastc4]

Great vids! Love those front-drive superchargers with the Potvin manifolds. The DragMaster chassis was the prototype for the AMT "Double Dragster" kit that was one of my favorites as a kid. What was that top ET of the meet, something like a 9.12? And Arfons Allison powered "Green Monster" set a speed record somewhere in the 170's! Ya gotta love 1959. And a Bat-wing El Camino as prize for Top Eliminator.

Everybody ought to watch all 3 vids to see how far we've come. And maybe somebody can explain to me what a "twisted cam lifter" is (end of Part 2).

Thanks for posting these.

 

[Tschanne]

Really cool nostalgia

Not car related but after watching this and really any films from that era it's obvious we have become an obese nation.