Munsters drag racing
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munsters-dragula www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvcjs0D3ZFA 
nitromaniac said:
munsters-dragula www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvcjs0D3ZFA
l couldn't find any info on Dragula but l found info on The Munster's Koach that Dragula is racing: Designed and built by George Barris.
The Koach was made from 3 Model T bodies and is 18 feet long. The 133" frame was made by hand.
It has a four speed manual transmission and a power rear end. The brass radiator and fenders were hand formed. In 1964, the cost to build the first one was $18,000.00. It had "blood red" velvet interior. It took 500 hours to hand form the ornate rolled steel scrollwork. It had Gloss Black Pearl paint. The front end had a dropped axle, split radius rods and T springs. The studio gave George Barris 21 days to complete the car. Powered by a 289 Ford Cobra engine from a 1966 Mustang GT. Built with Jahns high compression pistons, ten chrome plated Stromberg carburators, an Isky cam, and had a set of Bobby Barr racing headers
Built by Barris Kustom Cars
A coffin on wheels it was created for a cost of $10,800.
This dragster goes from 0 to over 180 mph in a matter of seconds with a parachute for brakes.
An ornate Owens-Corning Fiberglass casket, trimmed in royal purple velvet silk and embodying a very lively 350 H.P. Ford Mustang engine with a 12 volt Autolite electrical system.
The exterior of the casket, which rests on a tube chassis has a quiet antique gold finish with sedate Italian gold leaf.
Appropriately, the dragster accommodates one person. He is positioned in the rear of the dragster behind the engine and under a clear plastic bubble which allows greater speed through streamlining.
At his command is a four on the floor speed shift which diverts the power of the 360 cubic inch engine to the rear wheels, 11 inch Firestone racing slicks mounted on specially made 10 inch deep Rader drag Reynolds aluminum wheels.
Up front are imported Speedsport English buggy wire wheels with 4 inch Italian tires.
The radiator is a casket in a casket solid brass by Radiator Dynamics, and the grille is a marble gravestone with the following inscription: Born 1367, Died ?
The Drag-u-la has dual 4 barrel carburetors with a Ram-thrust MT manifold and bat-shaped forced-air scoops.
Gas is consumed at a rate of 4 gallons per mile of EMBALMING FLUID
pushed by the high powered Dupree Chrome Dome electric fuel pump.
Antique head and tail lights with solid silver spiders on the hub caps carry out the funeral motif.
Spouting out of the side of the coffin almost like a cluster of flowers, is the engine Huth exhaust system ala metal organ tubes that are tuned.
The original car is hanging in Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City, NJI oversaw all the work on all the cars. #2 is in Atlantic City in a museum. #3 is in Gatlinburg, Tennessee at a museum, and there is no motor or trans or rear end in that car. #4 is owned by Ricky DeBanardo in New York. He is opening a museum some time next year. He is using it at car shows all the time as he loves to drive it.
A coffin on wheels it was created for a cost of $10,800.
This dragster goes from 0 to over 180 mph in a matter of seconds with a parachute for brakes.
An ornate Owens-Corning Fiberglass casket, trimmed in royal purple velvet silk and embodying a very lively 350 H.P. Ford Mustang engine with a 12 volt Autolite electrical system.
The exterior of the casket, which rests on a tube chassis has a quiet antique gold finish with sedate Italian gold leaf.
Appropriately, the dragster accommodates one person. He is positioned in the rear of the dragster behind the engine and under a clear plastic bubble which allows greater speed through streamlining.
At his command is a four on the floor speed shift which diverts the power of the 360 cubic inch engine to the rear wheels, 11 inch Firestone racing slicks mounted on specially made 10 inch deep Rader drag Reynolds aluminum wheels.
Up front are imported Speedsport English buggy wire wheels with 4 inch Italian tires.
The radiator is a casket in a casket solid brass by Radiator Dynamics, and the grille is a marble gravestone with the following inscription: Born 1367, Died ?
The Drag-u-la has dual 4 barrel carburetors with a Ram-thrust MT manifold and bat-shaped forced-air scoops.
Gas is consumed at a rate of 4 gallons per mile of EMBALMING FLUID
pushed by the high powered Dupree Chrome Dome electric fuel pump. Antique head and tail lights with solid silver spiders on the hub caps carry out the funeral motif.
Spouting out of the side of the coffin almost like a cluster of flowers, is the engine Huth exhaust system ala metal organ tubes that are tuned.
The original car is hanging in Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City, NJI oversaw all the work on all the cars. #2 is in Atlantic City in a museum. #3 is in Gatlinburg, Tennessee at a museum, and there is no motor or trans or rear end in that car. #4 is owned by Ricky DeBanardo in New York. He is opening a museum some time next year. He is using it at car shows all the time as he loves to drive it.
I posted it on classicfunnycarboard first where more of my loyalty currently lies. 
I found it on the profile of the person who posted this video while doing my halfway regular Youtube "funny car" keyword search. Like a friend of mine who's been building funny cars since the 60s (and who can quote you every dimension of a Logghe chassis) told me the other day: "We ALL copied each other!"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=t2dmAOKniv
I found it on the profile of the person who posted this video while doing my halfway regular Youtube "funny car" keyword search. Like a friend of mine who's been building funny cars since the 60s (and who can quote you every dimension of a Logghe chassis) told me the other day: "We ALL copied each other!"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=t2dmAOKniv
Yeah, I can't believe the replies I got to posting it on classicfunnycarboard. I'd thought it would be lucky if anyone even REMEMBERED the episode. There's people over there saying that it was their first exposure to drag racing. One guy even remembers that he first saw it in November of 1976.
If I ever saw it as a kid, I certainly didn't remember the story. They're saying that one of Eddie's classmate's dad with an FED was bragging, so Herman ran him for pinks and lost. The video is of grandpa winning the family car back.
If I ever saw it as a kid, I certainly didn't remember the story. They're saying that one of Eddie's classmate's dad with an FED was bragging, so Herman ran him for pinks and lost. The video is of grandpa winning the family car back.
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