Hi everyone, I'm Wayne and i've got a 55 Hudson Rambler wagon that used to be my daily intil the front suspension wore out which started a rebuild as a mild custom (on the outside anyway!) it's now got a narrowed jaguar front suspension (70's XJ6) and a Ford 9" rear, wide whites and painted smoothie wheels with trim rings , i'm building a 383 stroker chevy which will either end up in the rambler or my suburban , which is a 1958 and will become a gasser over the winter and both my wagons will be doing duty as tow cars for my dragster, I look forward to being part of your forum Cheers Wayne
Welcome to the forum. Do you have any pictures of your Nash? I found this picture on line, does your car look like this? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nash_Rambler_Cross_Country_1955.jpg
thats a sweet pair of toys Wayne so what are you towing to the track?? from the other side of the marble
Hi Everyone ! sorry been offline for a bit, Here are a couple of pics of my cars and one of my drag splitty, Glad you like the youtube video John !
thats a hilarious shot...looks like it would fit in the back of the Burb love the VW man!!...what class do you run and whats the E/T-MPH??
Ha ha, Thanks Rev ,I'm still testing the splitty dragster and have only done licensing runs so far, The chassis is tagged 6.29 and quicker (don't know whether i want to go that fast in it ! or do I ?) It's got a 14-71 blown Keith Black hemi on alcohol and a 3 speed lenco , it'll be next year before i run it again but i'll let you know, Oh the little car is a 1973 Fiat 500 that belongs to my girlfriend Jen, I used to have a '69 suburban and we'd park them together at shows ,made the fiat look smaller and the 'burb look HUGE ha ha
I think that little car is SO COOL! I love that little car....I mean....that is LITTLE! I would love to have one.
It is tiny , 10ft long and probably about 4 ft wide, 500cc 2 cylinder aircooled engine but loads of fun , especially with 4 people in there !! Here's a USA model, they look even better with the mad googley headlights http://bringatrailer.com/2009/09/14/original-us-spec-1959-fiat-500/
Well it's been a while since i posted on here but it's been a strange couple of years with Family losses ,house moves etc but i've finally got my arse into gear and started my Rambler , in the last couple of weeks i've built a new chassis with a narrowed 9" ,narrowed Jaguar XJ6 front subframe , airbags , and the dummy chevy and 'glide are sat in the engine bay , for anyone interested we Ran the splitty dragster this year and it did a 7.60 sec 1/4 @170mph on it's first full pass , I sold my '58 suburban as a '38 lincoln zephyr came along at the right price ! it will be a traditional tail dragger and i've fired up the flathead V12 and it sounds good !, here are a couple of pics oh i bought a dead A108 and we now use it for towing and camping