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Blast from the Past #474 - Yellow Fang Dragster
« on: May 29, 2013, 05:13:07 AM »
Long a low, for show and go 8)

For one point: Identify this car, its designer, and its builders   

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« Last Edit: June 08, 2013, 03:27:22 AM by Otto Puzzell »
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Re: Blast from the Past #474
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2013, 01:32:11 PM »
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Re: Blast from the Past #474
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2013, 01:39:36 PM »
Ah, this takes me back to my youth, when I thought dragsters were the coolest cars in the world . . . this is Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's top fuel dragster, named Yellow Fang. Ed didn't actually own it, a drag racer named George Schreiber did. I seem to remember it from around 1964-65 or thereabouts.

I'll freely admit I had to go to the web to look up the builders. The fantastic body came from Tom Hanna’s shop in San Diego, the chassis was by Jim Davis.

« Last Edit: June 07, 2013, 01:41:44 PM by fyreline »
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Re: Blast from the Past #474
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2013, 03:22:15 AM »
Well-solved - you avoided the too easy conclusion!  :D
« Last Edit: June 08, 2013, 03:27:52 AM by Otto Puzzell »
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