1960 gasser wars books

Its the 1960s gasser wars all over again at the 2015. Nhra rules of the 60s nostalgia gassers racing association. This is a 1964 chevrolet malibu ss gasser built like an old school 1960 s drag car. You will find a mix of nationally famous cars as well as regional and local cars from around the. Before there were funny cars, these were the baddest doorslammers in the land. In the 60s it was much more a sport than a business. Five willys gassers that left their mark on drag racing. Perhaps a more significant problem is that wars appear more expensive over time as the sophistication and cost of technology advances, both for wars and for civilian activities. It was a competitor in the gasser wars of the sixties and there was nothing cold about drag racings gasser wars. Having grown up in ohio and witnessing the midwest gasser wars this book was an extreme letdown. This book tells the tales of the days of racing and the friendship of the crews when they were on the road. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. Moroso, commonly called dick, was an american hot rodder, drag racer, and businessman moroso grew up in old greenwich ct and started selling speed parts out of his familys basement in the early 1960s under the name speed associates.

Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. If the ads were nothing but fluff, the gasser craze would have died. Personally, ive always liked the early stuff better, when a gasser drag car was built out of a production car, with a hopped up engine, and before the gassers were built. Gasser wars magazine the number one gasser magazine in. Most important and influential gassers of all time brent august 16, 2012 at 7. In gasser wars especially its described how most of the teams worked together, sharing parts, tools and often their homes. Ford road 75th anniversary ford motor company 19031978. Nine minute promo from the full length 105 min video available through jim amos bee on video. The term gasser references a type of drag race car from the 1950s and 60s a period in time referred to as the gasser war years. Stoking the fires were those villainous camshaft manufacturers. Scottrods aagassers brings back drag racings grudge.

This was before the willys and the mini cars became the goto style of gassers. In the 1960s, the wild and colorful willys gassers were among the most popular cars in drag racing. Perhaps more importantly, they were heightened by the awesome racing and rivalries on the track. Cars with names like the flintstone flyer and cat skinner settled grudges on the hot asphalt in the infamous gasser wars. Built to the specs of the 1967 nhra rule book, these cars are accurate representations of one of drag racings most popular classes 50 years. Gassers were as much a part of the culture of drag racing as a racing class, and the classic tales of gasser heroes define much of drag racing during the 1950s, 60s. From 1933 through 1942, the struggling willysoverland company of toledo, ohio manufactured a series of light, small economy cars with fourcylinder engines and minimal features. If you lived in this time in drag racing history, this is your book. Unless you to only read about the california gassers especially irwindale raceway dont waste your money. Check it out right here at or the july 2012 isssue of hot rod magazine. When category rules were revised ohio george introduced the sleek new mustang to the gasser wars. It was the early 1960s and the height of the gasser wars.

Its a good book, lots of period pictures, and explains the whole evolution of gassers. They openly exchanged jabs, fueling track rivalries that lasted through a good part of the decade. Books gasser wars drag racing usa history 1955 to 1970 hot rods. As described by the seller, the 1964 chevrolet malibu ss gasser features a 671 blown 355 cubic inch small block chevrolet engine with holley carburetors, a joe hunt.

As the racers got more serious, these cars were street legal in appearance only. Northern ohiobased scottrods aa gassers is determined to make sure this piece of drag racing history does not fade away. Using 1964 and 1965 as my primary build era what paint themes were used. See more ideas about drag cars, drag racing and cars. In the 1960s, the gas coupe and sedan categories featured some of the coolest and most colorful race cars ever seen on a drag strip. Great shot get this one up in the race shop measures 14 x 20 on 15pt. Taken from the 1965, official nhra rule book pertaing to the gas coupesedan class aka gas class or gassers for short. I know you included ohio georges mustang, but i think his willys was more important for the development of the class as well as the mid west vs west coast gasser rivalry, thats just my take on it. Pictures and movies that i took at the us nationals at indianapolis raceway park in the late 60s. Et wheels are reminiscent of the rare gusseted american torque thrusts of the mid 1960s. They mention ohio george montgomery and other than that the gassers of the rest of the country are ignored as if they didnt exist. Hot cars, hot engines, hot tyres and people who were fiercely competitive, but who still made time for the camaraderie that true sportsmanship requires. Pittman are nearly as famous as when they campaigned in the gasser wars.

Larry davis was a hobby drag racer between 1960 and 1970, competing in various. In the drag racing rule books, the formal title was the gas coupe and sedan category, but everyone called them gassers. The 37 and 38 chevys were a popular body style for gassers in the 1950s and early 1960 s. Cars of that era would be fashioned from derelict willys americar coupes, ford anglias, trifive chevys, and even the 48 plymouth. The infamous gasser wars of the mid to late 1960s were fueled by provocative advertising in magazines and drag news papers of the day. The gasser wars of the 1960s were a huge staple in drag racing. In the late 1950s, thousands of street legal hot rods participated in organized drag races across the country they ran in three major classes. Relaxed rules allowed more modifications to the gasser coupe clan as the sixties began. Vintage reproduction racing poster gasser wars drag racing. California onepiece bumpers and bluetint windows harken back to the west coast gasser wars. They ran on gasoline instead of race fuel that is, fuel containing methanol or nitromethane this difference spurred a split, a division of drag racing. Many tri5 chevy gassers seen in modern magazines have been built using this package.

See more ideas about drag cars, drag racing and hot rods. The corvette gassers of two generations chevy hardcore. Thousands of spectators flocked to events where the top gassers in the country would face off in grudge matches. The wars part of it was really a promotional campaign pushed mainly by the competing camshaft grinders. I mean all i see is red, orange, white, black, yellow, didnt anyone do any custom work like flames or lace or. List of books and articles about vietnam antiwar movement. Courtesy greg sharp, nhra motorsports museum stock interior appointments also disappeared in a hurry during the gasser wars of the early sixties. Drag racings street classes, 19551968 by larry davis 2003, hardcover at the. Here are five examples that are still fondly remembered today. Do the words willys, anglia, henry j, austin make your heart beat a little faster. Spotlighting great old shots from the 1960 s and 70s. Gasser wars magazine has many contributors who regularly send us articles on the latest happenings in our gasser world. Unfollow gasser photos to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.

Larry davis presents a history of drag racings street classes, such as gas, gas supercharged, street roadsters, modified sports, and modified production dragsters from 19551968. It left its mark on the record books and went down as the first gasser to top 150 mph. The 1957 chevrolet bel air we are featuring was one of those. Back in drag racings golden days of the 1960s, jackedup, smallwheelbase hot rods called gassers ruled the nations drag strips. The swindler ii willys was rechristened swindler b and both willys received new candy blue paint jobs for 1965. See thousands of photos of gassers from the 1950s, 1960 s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, up to todays alky burning 6second. Hot rod takes a look back at how those straightaxle gassers from the 1960s were really built. Its the 1960s gasser wars all over again at the 2015 meltdown drags scene at the meltdown drags. It was during the era of the gasser wars of the 1960s that george. Ohio georges book, king of the gassers, is a tell all of how a young. Pittman squares off against another legend of the gasser wars, john mazmanian, at the winternationals. Larry davis was a hobby drag racer between 1960 and 1970, competing in.

They had headlights, taillights, and interiors, but they were fullon race cars, with huge blown hemi engines, wide racing. Willys, anglias, austins, chevys and more are featured. Vintage reproduction racing posters brings another print from that great era in drag racing gasser wars. Guys like big john mazmanian and doug cookie cook had the best of the best at the time. The woodys gasser chassis can also be used under original trifive chevy bodies, of. Gasser wars magazine po box 309 snohomish, wa 982910309. A gasser is a type of hot rod originating on the dragstrips of the united states in the late 1950s.