[patneal]

Hi Herb..Nice shot..The bike was a handful, it ran about mid 11's at 130 in private testing [the m11 !],not actually timed but it would pace my pro stocker thro the quarter,just above 130 it would start to oscillate and use up lanes..I re braced the frame and put in more caster but basically had bitten off more than I could chew.. The Dealer and Aurthur O'hares 1265 Suzuki and the business had me stretched out and when Steve spoke to TC and found he had brought a spare transmission and clutch to England I sold the laydown to help pay for the tranny [and a divorce !]..We were blowing tranny's out of the Dealer on 60% so this was the next obvious step..
The bike is on you/tube..go rear engine dragbike... with the new owner on a test pass at Pod...
Jay Upton also built one of these with a blown Lotus 2ltr in the ass but by now tech were getting nervous....
The bike served one purpose in that it brought a lot of race business to our shop.....pat

[muddytalker]

Two fine examples of Lee Anders Hasslestrom's Datsun bodies nitro Funny Car.

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Photo by Doug McDiarmid

[muddytalker]

Just been scanning up a few images from Doug's collection from a box labelled up Oct 10th/11th from Santa Pod. But I can't find which year that was as all my programmes from 1978 to 1982 are either a couple of days or a week out but I guess these were taken at one of the Pod's Winternationals events. Right here we go.

Wheels up for Pete Goddard's Liquidator Ford Pop

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Austin Bromley's Wind Up B/Modified Camaro

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The DTV Turbo Chevette altered of Steve Maltby

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Steve Turner's Jag altered Straight Shooter

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The Reliant bodied Jag altered The Stripper of Robert Brooke

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Steve Clark shoe horned into the Frontline Video Model T Altered

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Richard Dawson's Enforcer slingshot dragster

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[muddytalker]

The Page Bros Panic Monza at the 1982 Cannonball.

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Jerry Cookson Collection

[muddytalker]

Its not just the ACAG boys who wear the period white overalls today. Back in 1982 the Pod's Vampire Jet Dragster crew were all seen around the start line dressed in white boiler suits.

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[razor]

Early eighties action from Long Marston

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Ray Andrews

[eraider]

Great pics.

[laurieshaw]

A few pictures from the September 1980 Santa Pod meeting

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[laurieshaw]

And a few more

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[eraider]

Great pics and look at the crowd, I'm in there somewhere