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Post by frankj3 on Nov 13, 2009 21:43:34 GMT -5
I beleive this one requires more than the MSC to drive..... in any state!!!Photo of a vintage drag racing motorcycle - late 50's or early 60's One of the things that made the sport of drag racing so appealing in the '50s and '60s was that you never knew what would show up next. The rules were wide open. This is one of the cars that was nonconforming in just about every aspect. It was a rear-engine sidewinder, three-wheeler, using air jacks to launch the car ... all with a fuel-burning small Dodge Hemi. It had a body but was not used much. The car had a short life and crashed at 'the Beach.' The driver got out of it, but it rearranged his nose. I can't imagine how today's tech guys would react if this car were to show up again."
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Post by medman1952 on Nov 14, 2009 0:52:59 GMT -5
looks like it would have been very hard to keep the nose down on this thing
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Post by motoverde on Nov 14, 2009 14:20:48 GMT -5
What nose?!? That's two wheels with a training wheel in front!
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Post by eagle150 on Nov 15, 2009 2:13:01 GMT -5
I actually saw that thing run once "back in the day"... Direct drive, air-jacks lifted the rear slicks off the ground. At the green light, the jacks dropped and the slicks (probably turning near 200 mph) would hit the asphalt.
Pretty exciting!
Sure would open eyes at the local Wally World!
No problem keeping the front wheel down, as the rears were spinning with little traction. By the time the speed of the trike approached the speed of the wheels, all was settled! Very WILD!!!
A vintage eye-witness report from an old geezer... This thing was another of those amazing "answers to questions nobody was asking"! Sure made the old days more fun though!
Leo in Texas
PS: Anybody out there remember the "Turbonique" drag axle? A whole 'nuther level of craziness! It replaced the banjo cover on the auto differential. It resembled an aluminum basketball with an exhaust... Pull the pin, and a rocket motor turned a piniion gear meshed into the stock ring gear. Once fired, it could NOT be turned off! Ran until fuel was gone (like 5 seconds or so). It would push a heavy sedan to 10 second quarter-mile times, at 150+ mph! It was also sold as a "Nifty passing gear" for your street car... Wonder what THAT would do for insurance liability these days? Good grief, would the "tuner" kids LOVE that thing today!
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