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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Austin Bantam 60's dragster... wow

in the staging lanes at the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion
This sixties-built dragster was at one time a thirties-built Austin. Washington’s Duke Cornell first constructed this Bantam bodied drag coupe in 1961. Duke claims he ran 10-second quarters at the drag strip with alarming regularity using an injected small block Chevrolet for power.

Grand National Roadster show odds and ends






1932 Ford Phaeton by Paul Gommi, believed to be one of about 50 still existing, but even more unique because it's believed to be the only SCOT supercharged 21 stud flathead ever built. All the work was done recently, but only parts and techniques that were available pre-1950















Below: Tom Leib's 1923 Wills Saint Clair, a Best in Class winner at Pebble Beach, one of 10 known to exist


Above by Brad Leisure


American Bantam roadster, ain't that cool?!


















Above 1950 Chevy Tin woody, found on EBay as a 4 dr before a lot of custom work was done






Michael Moal's 1929 Roadster, Moal bomber gauges




Boyd Coddington's French Connection 1939 Lincoln coach built