Econoline Wheelie

[RednBlack]

It took me so long to find a picture of this critter, I forgot what thread I first mentioned it in! Can this be called a FWD? My brother actually has an 8mm movie of it from the late 60s, taken at the old Pacific Missouri Dragstrip. American ingenuity at it's best! Picture quality is bad, but this was taken with film. Remember that stuff? Here's the site I pulled it from, for those into nostalgia. http://www.autohobbies.com/drags There was also a car called "The Terrifying Toronado" 4 engine, 4 wheel burnout specialist. Didn't go too fast, but was impressive! If anyone gets a pic, or vid would be better, post it!

[Lyle's GTP]

Man, you are so old-school! But that's fuckin' awesome!

Lyle

[RednBlack]

I don't feel old. But, my first car was a 54 Chevy. And it wasn't an antique when I owned it! Matter of fact, a lot of the cars I owned are now antiques!Wish I had 'em back! My worst regret was selling a 63 Pontiac Catalina 4 door hardtop for 50 bucks to a crusher. 20-20 hindsight.

[pocket-rocket]

I don't feel old. But, my first car was a 54 Chevy. And it wasn't an antique when I owned it! Matter of fact, a lot of the cars I owned are now antiques!Wish I had 'em back! My worst regret was selling a 63 Pontiac Catalina 4 door hardtop for 50 bucks to a crusher. 20-20 hindsight.

When I was younger growing up living with my grandparents, my grampa had a 63 Catalina 2 door, red w/ white hardtop that I got my first automotive wrenching skills on. It had a 2 bbl on a 389, but my aunts/uncles toasted the tranny when they started driving when it got stuck in the snow. The shop that did the tranny work had taken the reverse shift pattern 2 speed Powerglide(!!!) out and put in a Hydromatic 375 w/ the reverse shift pattern in. Then they toasted the 1st/reverse bands in that one, lol. I wanted so bad to restore that car when I got older, but my grampa had to send it to the big junkyard in the sky. Man that would have been a nice car to have now! I thought that car was so cool with all of the little details that they did to cars back in it's time. Thinks like the little red Indian head that lit up when the high beam was on.

[RednBlack]

I shoulda posted this as "How do you race?" I just drink a lot and drive backwards! And the chrome on the instrument cluster on the Pontiac was priceless!