I have always admired nostalgia drag racing and I have learnt of many fast four banger powered dragsters. Here in New Zealand the closest thing to that off the wall different attitude is the dragster of Gary "Grease" Martin & Andrew Rea. Its a Ford flathead powered dragster that has run low eights with a blower, intercooler and injection on alcohol.
These guys are very talented and when it comes to serious flathead Ford V8 ingenuity - they wrote the book! A few years ago they started to build ideas to fabricate an all new car to NHRA spec so they could run on nitro. I pitched the idea to them that I would be interested in buying the car for a father and son project nostalgia front engine dragster. We talked some more over time and it was agreed that we could purchase it. I had no idea on price but the hook was set. We kept in touch and followed their progress and both Gary & Andrew were suggesting things for our configuration - VERY HELPFUL.
As their car progressed we ended up with a more complete car and after a little while we got the call that it could be delivered to us. Both me and Dad have a few projects and things to go thru before any thing major is started upon but its great to have the car there and mock it up and think about this or that. Its a chrome moly frame car that Brian Thexton imported to NZ in the sixties, Geoff Mitford Taylor, Tony Marsh and Paul Tollinson have owned the car also.
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