Showing posts with label Early Days of Drag Racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Early Days of Drag Racing. Show all posts
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Vintage Drag Bike Ressurection at Wheels Through Time

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  I 'm not sure just how this escaped my attention for so long, but I recently noticed a post on the FakeBook group for Mark Wang'...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Crazy Horse

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C razy Horse.   For most, the n ame immediately brings to mind the famous Native American warrior of the 19 th century, whom legend ...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Three Stooges and a Disappearing Act

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About a week ago my old friend and racing buddy, Uncle Aard, dropped by the shop.  I hadn't seen him for a number of years, and while ...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Harley Hot Shot

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Almost 2 months back I posted about an old Hot Rod magazine article featuring a Big Stroker.   As luck would have it, the same magazine fro...
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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Big Stroker from the Past

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I recently acquired a copy of a 1960 Hot Rod Magazine. I purchased it on-line because the description mentioned that it contained an articl...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Almost 30 Years Ago...

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Due to a series of unforeseen and insignificant events (too insignificant to mention here), I came upon a published class breakdown for the...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Another Drag Racing Pioneer Gone

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I received word about a week ago that Carl McClanahan had passed away. You may recall that I featured one of his last drag bikes here on th...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Vintage McClanahan Drag Bike Available

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Recently one of the members of the NVMDRA bulletin board contacted me with information about a vintage drag bike that is for sale.  T...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Stan Dishong; Drag Racing Legend

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There is an excellent post over at Electra Glide in Blue on drag racing legend Stan Dishong . If you have any interest in vintage motorcy...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Tool Box Pics

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OK , this is some pretty blatant filler material, but I've been too busy to write a serious post, so you will have to bear with me. I w...
Sunday, May 18, 2008

Nostalgia Drag Bike part 4

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I now have in my possession another original piece of the Gorilla, a Knucklehead dragbike from the early 1950's, that being the transmi...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

Vintage Drags Coming Soon

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It is beginning to look as though the time for nostalgia drag bike racing may be nearing. Most people are aware that nostalgia drag racing ...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Drag Racing 1964

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While doing a little research on early motorcycle drag racing I cam across this site with pictures from 1964 Lions Drag Strip. I thought i...
Sunday, April 6, 2008

Nostalgia Drag Bike part 3

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In a previous post regarding my interest in building a nostalgia dragbike, I told of my purchase of a blower that had been used on a Knuckl...
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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Nostalgia Drag Bike? part II

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Just to add a little more info on the blower I "won" on eBay. The gentleman I purchased the blower from tells me that it was on a...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Nostalgia Drag Bike?

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Nostalgia. Nearly everyone is infected with it to a certain degree. Whether it is a passion for the things from their childhood, or just an...
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