Remember when.....

[veryoldfart]

Every race car had a name?

Which takes you back the most?

GraveDigger
Go Go Gone
Hemi hunter
Methdrinker
Helzapoppin
Aaardvark
Devon Cream
Tender trap
Money Hungry (aint we all!)

never actually saw the "Heavies" run cos i seem to recall thier transmissions were sometimes legal, sometimes not (was it cost or political in Pro-Stock?)

[steve y]

Don't open that can of worms regarding the "Heavies" I remember riders and drivers meetings around that time getting VERY HEATED! best left alone as for early car names, well Pubcrawler and Whiskey Pedler always stick in my mind but that could be because of a theme developing and how about Rocky, Mr O'connor early ride towed to the races on a Ford Pilot!

[Barry B]

A favourite of mine was 'Stage Fright'

[Lee@LA]

Helzapoppin

Shalimar camaro from the states. i think it was vito andragna

Edited by Lee@LA on Friday 16th January 17:56

[herb andrews]

Lee@LA said:

i think it was vito andragna

We were talking about Vito, the US fighter pilot only the other night. Is anybody still in contact with him?

Herb

Edited by herb andrews on Friday 16th January 18:59

[anonymous-user]

Rat Fink

[Benni]

What takes me back ?
The "Maffia Mouse" of Willi Hestermann,
imported from Sweden in ´69 and raced for about 10 years,
454 BBC with Hilborn injectors, did an 8.6 in Silverstone (?).

http://www.autohaus-hestermann.de/index.php?site=d...

scroll down & click "weiter zu Seite 2,3,...." for more pix.

Willi did his last (show) run in the "Mouse" 2 Years ago in Hockenheim.

Regards,
Benni

P.S.: in recent years, I chuckeled at "Grounds for Divorce" ,
"Torque of the Devil" was also good.

[Barry B]

Another really clever one was a doorslammer called Myonli Vice, the lettering was an exact copy of the Miami Vice logo......

[veryoldfart]

You dont see clubman circuit racers or GT cars naming thier cars



bit of a worry really..............lol



as for sticking pound note on a car, well.............

i mean, only a looney would do that, wouldnt they?

[anonymous-user]

Not as loony as $100 bills!...

[veryoldfart]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

Not as loony as $100 bills!...

thats inflation for you

[Hartge210]

Liquidator
Stormbringer, was this the 1st TF outside the states to run 5 sec?
Stardust
Houndog
Stripteaser

[deafoldfart]

THE DEVIL
TRE KRONER
MR 6
RAIN CITY WARRIOR
DEX
BIFROST

[veryoldfart]

who had "flygpt vapnet" on a AAFC was it?

Edited by veryoldfart on Sunday 18th January 18:22

[deafoldfart]

THAT WAS LEE ANDERS HASSLESTROM [spelling may be wrong]

[BB-Q]

I know you're deaf, but there's no need to shout.

I SAID: I KNOW YOU'RE DEAF, BUT THERE'S NO NEED TO...oh, never mind.

[Jon C]

veryoldfart said:

who had "flygpt vapnet" on a AAFC was it?

Edited by veryoldfart on Sunday 18th January 18:22

Lee Anders Hasslestrom. Was sponsored by the Swedish Air Force.

[boyzee]

[Tony Morris]

For me when I was growing up in England it has to be the Bond Bug Metronome.

Tony

[Andrew Kitson]

Tony Morris said:

For me when I was growing up in England it has to be the Bond Bug Metronome.

Tony

I had a Corgi model of that one! ..and the Commuter rail.