Funny Car Summer, documentary movie available from Netflix, follows Jim Dunn through the 1974 funny car races, and gives a good look at 1974

the car he raced was this rear engined Barracuda, one of only 2 rear engined funny cars racing in 1974

his ordinary job for 47 weeks a year was as a firefighter

the movie covers the drag strips in So Cal mostly, but also Oklahoma and Utah

and I've no idea why the races at El Mirage and Bonneville are in the movie, or even if they are from 1974

Carl and Veda Orr!

and no shit, they lit the back tire on fire to race bicycles with small chutes that were pulled in a parking lot race

a group of Bucker Jungmanns was out for a group flight yesterday, I happened to be at the same place at the same time

    

How to cram more gas into a race car... step one, innovation. Step two, dry ice 21 gallons of gas. Step 3, bring to the race track and cram into the Penske Camaro

that is a lot of frozen condensation on that drum

in the above you can see the can in the can, and below the drawing was found that gave dimensions

the above image image shows the car at the most recent Pebble Beach event, recreating the glory days of 1967 and the famous frozen gas trick

photos from http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=k0rdem8317u8nl330ji7usq3a7&topic=8309.15 and http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic=14660.75

Mercedes Sports cars from 1901 to 2004

1947 Mack firetruck

Found at the Motor Transport Museum

the last of the C cab Mack trucks, a 1939 model FG with a Quick Way crane

It was impossible to take a better photo of this huge truck in the building. The damn back lighting from the windows is frustrating too.. and all the clutter. But hell, it's still worth looking at the photo to get a glimpse of such an old workhorse.

I can't fit in much at close quarters

One of many impressive and cool rare old trucks at the Motor Transport museum in Campo, between Arizona and San Diego on the interstate 8