Project Austin street gasser.

[Deaf Bob]

Are you still planning on going to the Cruizin at Mac on Saturday?
I shagged a ride in a 2 door malibu wagon with a tunnel rammed 2X4 377
Primer black...

[1946Austin]

Are you still planning on going to the Cruizin at Mac on Saturday?
I shagged a ride in a 2 door malibu wagon with a tunnel rammed 2X4 377
Primer black...

There are 3-4 of us driving our cars down Sat. for the cruise, then headed to the Billetproof drags to run on Sunday at Toutle, Wa. I have to leave around 8:00 pm Sat to get home and get the car on the trailer for Sunday.

[Beagle]

Paint turned out nice, it's really shiney in that pic. Great picture!

That's not a modern plastic flower pot is it? (yeah, I did. haha)

[Deaf Bob]

There are 3-4 of us driving our cars down Sat. for the cruise, then headed to the Billetproof drags to run on Sunday at Toutle, Wa. I have to leave around 8:00 pm Sat to get home and get the car on the trailer for Sunday.

Nice meeting you, Vall!
Love the mouse trap!
That car is so nice in person!
Have fun at the drags!
We left about 11... Snagged several parking spots by the " biker bar" and watched the cops clear it out!

[1946Austin]

Nice meeting you and your son too Bob! We had a ball, but left early to go home and get things ready for the drags today!

[1946Austin]

Went to the Billetproof Drags at Toutle, Wa. and ran the Austin down the strip for it's maiden voyage! 23 yrs. since I ran the strip, and a calendar could judge my reaction times! Still I had way too much fun, and will go back next year again!
The Austin did well, and could improve with a better driver! Ended up in the mid 8 sec. time on the Riverdale 1/8 mile track. I really am rusty with every part of racing from the burnout, to the launch, and especially reaction times! But boy was it still a blast!
Got staged against a twin engine dragster for one pass, and if he hadn't smoked the tires the whole 1/8 mile he'd have left me at the starting line!

[cal67ss396]

Is that toymaker's dragster.

[1946Austin]

Is that toymaker's dragster.

Yes, that's Toymaker's rail! He turned 110 mph to my 85 mph in the 1/8th! Here's another shot somebody took from the other side that shows his great rail better!

[BOOOGHAR]

as long as youre having fun is all that matters, wish i was there to snap that pic, thats epic right there

[Deaf Bob]

as long as youre having fun is all that matters, wish i was there to snap that pic, thats epic right there

Wish you could snap the mouse trap.. It is an awsome car... So simple.. Functional.. He drives that thing.. Where I met him is about 45-60 miles from his home... Single lanes alot of the way! It really needs a good photog to snap it!

[1946Austin]

as long as youre having fun is all that matters, wish i was there to snap that pic, thats epic right there

Yep, that's kinda what these type o races are all about; the old school drags.

[1946Austin]

Wish you could snap the mouse trap.. It is an awsome car... So simple.. Functional.. He drives that thing.. Where I met him is about 45-60 miles from his home... Single lanes alot of the way! It really needs a good photog to snap it!

Thanks Bob! I've got about 4500 miles on her this year so far, and 7500 miles total the last two years!

[Beagle]

Yes, that's Toymaker's rail! He turned 110 mph to my 85 mph in the 1/8th! Here's another shot somebody took from the other side that shows his great rail better!

Neato! Good to see both of them lined up!

[1946Austin]

Here's the Youtube video of the race!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3jpxPKDSEU&feature=player_embedded

[racingsnake440]

Awesome!! Cool that you got it to the track - and that you're putting a bunch of miles on it