any M to F on here do either ? I have been into it since 70s good thing is its open to both(all?) sexes
Err, H*ll yes ;D
I have a love of hot rods, and have a part built slingshot dragster in my garage, picture just out of the chassis builders shop.
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Davina what is you style, likes?
Laura
Me to. Here is some of my handy (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170403/0381c519dd95d3be0e9de2d4dcd603c6.jpg)work!
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Nikki,
Nice looking cobra, is that a BMW bike I see on the right as well?
I have an all original J spec TT JZA80 i was planning to take to the strip when I get the chance, just to get some numbers.
Dunno about modding her though as she is all original...
Cool to see your work. Speed is an exhilarating thing, I think both Girls and Guys can get addicted
Had a go at run what ya brung in my 69 Pymouth Barracuda( 340 4 barrel lowered diff.Scary fast & drank pterol for fun). Also had a go of my first boyfriend's 68 Mercury Cougar (302 4 barrel)
Tempted to take the saddlebags off my Harley Sportster & have a go at the Bulldog Bash (883R Stage 1)
Christine,
Oh a modern Jap car, to much electronics for me lol. I know some very fast girls and boys ;-)
Kim,
You better pull your bags off soon with the looming threat of closure to Shakey. I did some RWYB with my old 66 Pontiac LeMans :-)
She is complicated alright.... But aren't we all? :'3
Quote from: Laura_Ann on April 03, 2017, 07:36:29 AM
Nikki,
Nice looking cobra, is that a BMW bike I see on the right as well?
Yes! Guilty as charged. Was one of two bikes, the other being a Ducati Panigale but unfortunately I had to let it go.
N x
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We ll had a 340 RT challenger then built a full tube Austin Devon with the Dodge engine (runs 11.5 at 120 ) a slingshot dragster 383 mopar powered with my friend and my daughter races a vw beetle that runs 14.00 with a 1679 cc lump. For the bikers out there my youngest is the first one to have junior drag bike RD125 twin powered that was evil on expansion boxes (bleeding ears!!!) and have built him a GS500 as a drag bike . Its a bugger about Shakey been going there since 79 .Well making the most of this year and watch out for Halloween as Davina will be going not my alter ego
Quote from: Laura_Ann on April 03, 2017, 06:59:56 AM
Err, H*ll yes ;D
I have a love of hot rods, and have a part built slingshot dragster in my garage, picture just out of the chassis builders shop.
(https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12109064_10153276134072399_828636653577465384_n.jpg?oh=64e8d4976eca267aafd400f8bb97bd2c&oe=596107BE)
Davina what is you style, likes?
Laura
Loving the dragster! Hots rods and american V8s are the best!
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+1 on American V8s. Haven't had a car for 15 years since I got free transport when I was a bus driver. Muscle cars are CEO & rock star prices now.
Used to go a lot to Shakey (think it was Long Marston then Avon Park), York raceway & Santa Pod in the 70s & 80s. Remember Dad taking me to the bike sprints at Little Bispham as a kid in the 60s & being fascinated by the weird & wonderful bikes.Did a bit of spannering on a work mates very fast Honda 4 with an 812 big bore kit & another mates Triumph Bonneville
Now what I have noticed is we are all in the UK none of our sisters over the Pond?!
Love the Cobra N! 289/427? or a Chevy. LOL ::) My first ride in HS was a '65 stang. My latest stang in storage is a '91 5.0 that I purchased new! I did heads/cam/upper and lower gt40 intake. Rear disk brakes because it came with drums. New drive shaft. Rear gears to 3:25. Transmission work. lowered the car 1 1/2 with progressive springs. New front disks that are vented etc.. From the other side of the pond ladies!
Well the beetle ran 14.3 @94 mph on third shake down run, weather was hot so that slows it but have cured bump steer.
Greetings, fellow lady gear heads from here in the colony's. Yes there are many of us here who also who enjoy the adrenaline rush generated by speed. Past history includes lots of two wheeled antics, road racing, flat track, and ice racing in the winter time. As age marched on, the two wheels have been replaced with go fast boats, and cars. Running over 100 mph on the water is a rush, trust me! Present boat is a 26 ft. DCB catamaran, that is comfortable cruising at 50-60 mph but when the need for speed arises, oh boy! Built a 1934 Ford coupe pro street with a blown big block Chevy that was an absolute blast to drive, building vintage looking C1 and C2 Corvettes now with late model power and suspension. Looking into a vintage Formula Ford and road racing again, only on four wheels this time around. Whoever mentioned in the past that adrenaline is the most powerful drug known to mankind was so accurate.
Christine, Oh a Pony girl, I do love the early 60's and the current version.
Davina, Good to hear the shakedown went well. Have fun at the Pod.
Denni, WOW a real petrolhead, sounds like you have your hands full.
I love me some Subaru WRX or WRX STI. :D My goal is to eventually own one, but I loved getting the chance to drive one. Very fun to drop the clutch at 3K on those cars. I didn't have a powerful car in the states, but my Subaru Legacy 2.5i was very fun to drive, and hugged the roads very well with a good set of sports tires. Even won a street race at one point with it at about 110 mph.
Laura _Ann I sure am a pony girl. My first was a restored '65 stang. Midnight black with a little red stripping on the sides. I have a pony tat on my shoulder to prove it. Love the old blue oval rides!
one of my hotrod club members runs a full tube glass bodied stang ,460 motor . Went to watch qualifying today (have to work tomorrow) and he ran a 9.8 . My ears arnt burning so maybe no one noticed my plum nails and rings and ankle boots with 2" heels but there again?
Davina a 460 nice and a 9.8 sweet. I'm sure you looked amazing and dressed the place up!
Love Christine
Well They Arn't Exactly Drag Cars but here are 2 of my toys.
The Evo will do Mid 11's and with practice (or a better driver) I could probably get that down but it puts to much stress on the rally gearbox. (Which is currently broken LOL)
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Can be a bit fragile if not on the loose stuff, seen a few scubys launch there boxes on the strip, started restoring my 67. built 68 model year VW panel van. Forgot how much of a pain grinding spot welds is , grinder rash rules.
I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy. I'm really not worthy.
I'm not really into racing (or rather "my guy" isn't, I'm a cd and he does the car stuff), and he's been slowed down considerably since we've become somewhat mature. And he's a "road" sports car kind of person, not a "drag" person (well, at least in terms of automobiles) since we live in the hills. But we've both always wanted a late '50's, very early "60's hi po vette. But the insurance. But the worry. But the tickets.
So he's been working on a "stealth" vette (for way too many years now). He's got a '65 cuda. It was an old lady's car, slant 6/auto which have been removed now. Sitting underneath it is a "62 chevy iron 4 speed with gearvendor od, waiting to be eased up into the tunnel (Ah, and what did you do yesterday? Cut the tunnel open so the shifter can poke up and through when the >-bleeped-< is eased up). And then sitting over in the corner is a '56 265, bored out to a 283, with a double hump heads and roller rockers, a dundov 097, and an edelbrock thunder on a high rise with very good set of exhaust manifords.
("Infidel!" cry the Mopar Heads. And to think he turned down a never started 273 replacement engine someone once offered me. What can I say? He likes the sbc.)
So the weight is about the same as a late '50s vette, the power/transmission is pretty much the same, the handling will be pretty much the same. (And, yes, the rear axle has been swapped out to a ford ranger posi, the front brakes to disks and the torsion bars upped to 273's and a new fast ratio power steering box has been installed. And I've got a spare back window hidden away in the big metal building.)
So its engine/trans swap fabrication issues that I've been (worrying about, avoiding, fighting, cussing) trying to accomplish. But he's not in a hurry. Its been a 15 year project at this point and -- like I said -- he opened up the transmission hump yesterday.
Carolina
Reminds me to go to irwindale drag strip, in California, live within 20 mile of it.
Get the oil pumping in my veins again[emoji41][emoji849]
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Do it I am missing the strip. Ch**y in a Mopar sacrilege!!!!! Just ordered some drop spindles for my panel van, they will need modding as the disc brake kit I have got wont bolt on. Its the calliper mountings but no probs for me. Given up trying to get the ones that brake kit fit as person that sells them has been impossible to get in touch with for 3 months .
I am missing the track so much, wish I had the car up and running :'(