Nostalgia Funny Cars
Discussion
There aren't any plans that I know of at the moment, it looks like the Garlick/Antoniou car is close, Doc Stinger is hoping to have his car ready for Dragstalgia/Mopars. There are a few more out there as well being readied but no certain date of completion. Shame to see the Kirks selling up. For those on facebook search 'European Nostalgia Funny Cars' for the latest news, a regular website is in the making and should be live soon.
eurodragpics said:
There aren't any plans that I know of at the moment, it looks like the Garlick/Antoniou car is close, Doc Stinger is hoping to have his car ready for Dragstalgia/Mopars. There are a few more out there as well being readied but no certain date of completion. Shame to see the Kirks selling up. For those on facebook search 'European Nostalgia Funny Cars' for the latest news, a regular website is in the making and should be live soon.
Doc Stinger? Tell me more! Shame we can't get the Tre Kronor and Bifrost cars over as well, and is the Uni-Fit Trans-Am in Germany a show piece or planned to run in anger?The Uni Fit Trans Am is a lovely looking car, it is fitted with a Chevy motor and on board starter, Roger (the owner) has run it at a bike show in Germany, I think it is a fun car for him but I don't think he has plans to run it in competition.
Doc Stinger (real name Michael Mugrauer) has run a Dodge Coronet with an ex Joe Bond engine in it. He has purchased an old Sarte chassis, beleived to be an old Tom Hoover car. It is currently being updated to fit Doc and to make it class legal with regards to overhang etc. The chassis is being set as a nitro chassis though doc will run the alky motor until he is comfy with it then make the switch. I think the chassis came with a load of nitro spares so the change may be sooner rather than later.
Doc Stinger (real name Michael Mugrauer) has run a Dodge Coronet with an ex Joe Bond engine in it. He has purchased an old Sarte chassis, beleived to be an old Tom Hoover car. It is currently being updated to fit Doc and to make it class legal with regards to overhang etc. The chassis is being set as a nitro chassis though doc will run the alky motor until he is comfy with it then make the switch. I think the chassis came with a load of nitro spares so the change may be sooner rather than later.
Doc is a great guy and just loves his Mopars. It's worth a few minutes checking out his website at http://www.mopars.at/
AutoManics said:
What makes a car a 'nostalgia' car?
Is It just old/outdated kit or does it have to be a car that competed 30/40 years ago?
Ha good question, someone once told me my old car didn't fit in at a race meeting cos it had a jap engine in even though it had a 37 body on it, they went quiet when I asked how much of their car was aroud in the 20s despite having a 23t body on it!Is It just old/outdated kit or does it have to be a car that competed 30/40 years ago?
There's the great debate in historic circuit racing about replicas/ recreations. I think the general consensus is that if its a recreation ie it was built from the original moulds in the original way with time appropriate parts then its ok. If its a replica ie it looks similar but has nothing to do with the original car then it's not.
Bottom line though is who really cares! If its loud, fast and looks cool, how many people on the outside are that picky so gripe whether its got the right blower on it or not!
The trouble with this "originality" stuff is that dragsters {and circuit cars} used in competition are forever being uprated, damaged, repaired etc so none are truly original unless they have been used once or twice then stuck into a museum. The move to restoring old dragsters is fairly recent but old circuit competition cars have been worth big money for 20 or 30 years so you have all sorts of funny things there {eg I think they built about 70 Jaguar D type/XKSS cars of which 90 originals still exist !}.
A lot of old funny cars ended up moving down the classes {I can remember for example the original Stardust with petrol engines}and bits will have been sold off or modified as rules changed. I think although they may have a few original bits they are better regarded as recreations especially if they are being raced rather than just used as a static display. Mind you as somebody who used to go to the Pod in the 70s I love seeing them and if something really historic like Mr Six was to run again it would be fantastic.
Bill
A lot of old funny cars ended up moving down the classes {I can remember for example the original Stardust with petrol engines}and bits will have been sold off or modified as rules changed. I think although they may have a few original bits they are better regarded as recreations especially if they are being raced rather than just used as a static display. Mind you as somebody who used to go to the Pod in the 70s I love seeing them and if something really historic like Mr Six was to run again it would be fantastic.
Bill
My interpretation of nostalgia is 'in the spirit of back in the day' fair enough if you are using new off the shelf equipment on your car/bike providing it was run in the era that you are trying to emmulate.
As for safety, anything that makes driving a 200+mph car safer then surely its a no brainer to use it, regardless of whether its "nostalgia" or not?
As for safety, anything that makes driving a 200+mph car safer then surely its a no brainer to use it, regardless of whether its "nostalgia" or not?
eurodragpics said:
As for safety, anything that makes driving a 200+mph car safer then surely its a no brainer to use it, regardless of whether its "nostalgia" or not?
How long till we see a front engined 4 second pass?
My point/question was more about what is regarded as 'back in the day' (a very over used and fairly meaningless term at the best of times) is it 20, 30 years ago or just a case of something that still looks like the car it was based on and not an aerodynamic jelly mould?
Seeing as it only seems to be the body shape that's old.
To some it could be 10 years ago, to others 40, is there a cut off point?
Seeing as it only seems to be the body shape that's old.
To some it could be 10 years ago, to others 40, is there a cut off point?
AutoManics said:
My point/question was more about what is regarded as 'back in the day' (a very over used and fairly meaningless term at the best of times) is it 20, 30 years ago or just a case of something that still looks like the car it was based on and not an aerodynamic jelly mould?
Seeing as it only seems to be the body shape that's old.
To some it could be 10 years ago, to others 40, is there a cut off point?
If you don't get an answer by next Sunday, I'll ask a crew chief on one.Seeing as it only seems to be the body shape that's old.
To some it could be 10 years ago, to others 40, is there a cut off point?
what is a N FC depends on the builders perception,
the NHRA Heritage series is the place the big guns go and they have very strict rules,
we over here have no class and no rules,
there are some that would like to see that change and adopt a pure nostalgia NITRO class and there are others who want to be in a class like that with no interest in running nitro,
and would prefer alky and nitro running together,
for the record my preference is for the former,
as it stands there is NOTHING outside demo runs
the NHRA Heritage series is the place the big guns go and they have very strict rules,
we over here have no class and no rules,
there are some that would like to see that change and adopt a pure nostalgia NITRO class and there are others who want to be in a class like that with no interest in running nitro,
and would prefer alky and nitro running together,
for the record my preference is for the former,
as it stands there is NOTHING outside demo runs
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