I searched for this on bing. In the end, the number of altered wheelbase Coronets and Belvederes that were racing went far beyond the original 12 that were built. The front and rear wheels were moved far forward of their stock position, and the wheelbase itself was shortened by 5. Today, like everything else in life, all they need to do is to press a button. This may have looked funny, but their epic performances were very serious, with Landy and his compatriots playing to huge crowds at drag strips across America.
If you went off the track on your left, you went through some hay bails, a chain-link fence, and dropped about 30-feet into a drainage canal. The holes in the back of the fenders was for aerodynamics. Looks like this racer used an early Ford pick-up truck body, although there's not much left of it. He bought the team for his son. At first glance, the sedan in the far lane looks like it might be a Gasser, but note how far back the driver is located. After a serious clutch explosion, my old man pulled the Packard engine and installed a 354 cubic inch Chrysler. I lived for the weekends and it was Lions on Saturday and San Fernando on Sunday.
A huge collection of thousands of images of hotrods, hot rodding, drags, gassers, etc. Every car in a specific pro class today looks exactly like every other car in that specific class. Chrysler had gone too far. Anybody have any info on it? By the end of 1965, both Strickler and Jenkins were back with Chevrolet, ending their short two-year run with Chrysler. Five Dodge Coronets and five Plymouth Belvederes were allocated for the conversion, having their steel bodies acid dipped and then sent out to Amblewagon in Detroit for their altered wheelbase conversion before being delivered to factory team racers like Dick Landy, Ronnie Sox, and Al Eckstrand.
For this section, we are going to concentrate on the closed coupes, sedans, etc. A nasty looking Chrysler powered 5-window coupe. I can't give away the paint scheme at this time,but when it is done it will bring back some memories for sure. On his left were hay bales stacked up up against a chain link fence. Of all the drag strips in the greater L. Then Step Up With Some Guts and Hack Your Own Match Bash Ride.
Okay, it's not a drag strip, it's an aircraft landing strip, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Dual elliptical front springs help to get a lower stance in this case. Sadly, Strickler died in 1985 just before his 45th birthday while Jenkins lived on until 2012. Faith is obvious concerning the rear end stability. Faith is obvious concerning the rear end stability.
The center two cylinders shared a single exhaust port. . How to Build Altered Wheelbase Cars walks you through the history of altereds while providing you with the information needed to build these radical modifications. His premature passing left a void in the sport that wasn't replaced until Force's explosive personality emerged in the late 1980s. Big motors and not enough technology to handle them. Yes, I can see that the all steel Fiat is blue, but the sponsors logo was a red rocket.
Just like in the dragster classes, innovation was the name of the game in the Altered classes, too. The next frontier was weight transfer to optimize traction off the line. He did all this in about 2 months. He was a race oriented guy, he owned and raced speedboats and unlimited hydroplanes. He was a nice man. The rear wheels have been moved forward to aid in weight transfer.
This racer mitigated that problem by drilling hundreds of holes on the rear sloping area of the roof line. If you weren't sure about a part, throw it up in the air. My father made the intake manifold, I think from a Nash driveshaft. If the black '56 Chevy in the background was brand new on the day this photo was taken, it would have been 62 years ago. His premature passing left a void in the sport that wasn't replaced until Force's explosive personality emerged in the late 1980s. It looked like a Crower U-Fab manifold.
There were very rarely any place for the spectators to sit, usually had to be satisfied squatting in the weeds, like these guys did. In the early 60s, Gasser-class and altered wheelbase machines began to change the definition of what a hot rod was. Today, many racers aren't satisfied unless they get some cash even after losing in the first round. And if you look further, there is a lot of daylight showing through the front wheel wells, meaning that the engine has been moved rear ward, along with the driver. It looks like it's a small block Chevy, with a Latham Axial Flow Supercharger. Landy was more involved in these cars from the start then some people realize, and it was special modifications he did to this particular vehicle that helped it survive to the present.