Drag Strip Oddities

[Jerzy Woking]

This is at North Weald today with many other AS type cars (photos will be loaded tonight), but this must be the slowest car in the line waiting to run. Bog standard, no mods whatsoever.

 

 

[eddyramrod]

My parents had one of those in the early 70s when I was 11-13.  Slow doesn't even begin to cover it.  Unless of course what you've papped is a really excellent sleeper running a Zetec or some such.

[danthecapriman]

Slow it may be, but it looks good!

[Jerzy Woking]

58.16 seconds to do the quarter mile. Looks totally untouched by time or the two young owners.

 

There is of course some much modified stuff here including a Norton with a home built V8 engine. Two Reliant engines are used but looks very, very compact.

[michael1703]

Normally when you weld two engines together, you put the induction side in to the v, you can then have a shared air box and your hot exhausts can be routed better

 

The plus side with the above configuration is heated knees in winter

[Jerzy Woking]

A few more from Sunday, now I've managed to download them:

 

Fiat powered perhaps?

 

 

 

 

Very quick Toyota-no idea what was under the bonnet, but bloody hell, it was fast

 

 

The dash on a Celica with rusty arches and cills.

[sierraman]

Has anyone ever seen the old Escort Van in the Royal Mail colours but instead says 'royal nail'?

[bub2006]

^^ is that the old mk4 from a few years back with a cosworth lump?

[bub2006]

^^ is that the old mk4 from a few years back with a cosworth lump?

[fordperv]

The royal nail is a legend yes that is the one Bub2006

 

[danthecapriman]

That SD1 looks evil!

[Jerzy Woking]

That SD1 is a proper period piece-sunroof sealed up with mastic, weld patches along both sides, crumbling dashboard, ill fitting panels, etc.

 

And the V8 motor sounds absolutely glorious, with proper big burnouts and decent times achieved too.

 

Just love the Toyota so much

 

Very nice 105E

 

And a 4.6ltr Rover 75 with, erm, "individual" paintwork

[twosmoke300]

There used to be a Sierra 1.8 lx round here in burgundy . Looked std even down to steel wheels and no trims . Underneath it was 440hp 4wd cossie ! Surprised a few people that one . He used to leave the child seat in the back when he raced it too

[sheffcortinacentre]

royal nail is 4wd too I believe.

 

look up mick rogers mk3 Cortina cosworth

[jakebullet]

Curses, just lost yonks to youtube.

 

What about this silly fiesta?

http://youtu.be/DvkQTHKlOKI