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The Cuss and Ashley Ratcatcher car seen at Blackbushe without its distinctive Competition Coupe bodywork which consisted of a much modified Fiat Topolino bodyshell. |
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This is obviously the ex-Ratcatcher car but now being run as a plain dragster. Charlie Draper assures me that the car was being run by him and his brothers Jim and Dave at the time this picture of it was taken. |
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My thanks to John Hennessey for getting in
touch and telling me that this car was Brian Cook's Breaker on which he
crewed. |
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Rick Fielding with one of his prolific series of competition altereds and dragsters all of which were named Imagination. |
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Andy Barrack has been hard at work going through his old programmes and tells me that this car is either Brian Ringsell's Taxi or the same car called The Rattler when campaigned by Peter Jones. Blackbushe is the venue again. |
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Rod George's The Creeper was featured on page 3 and I had no hesitation including a second picture of this immaculate little car here. |
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This is another of Steve Johnson's Motor Mouse cars, it was pictured on page 3 pulling a wheelie and has had the chassis lengthened since then. |
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I had absolutely no information about this unusually styled Jaguar-powered rail which is pictured sitting on its trailer at Santa Pod, until that is, Jon Spoard of UKDRN came up with the answer. The car was called Wee Willie and it was driven by Michael Rose. |
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Neil Roberts' Comet sits on its minimalist trailer in the late afternoon sunshine at Snetterton. |
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The Santa Pod marshal ensures that Dave Burdett's Boston Straggler does not run until the strip is clear. Thanks again to Andy Barrack for identifying this car. |
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Chain Reaction was another example of the huge variety of cars which abounded in the '70s and '80s. The car was originally built by Roger Sinclair when it was driven by Colin Mitson. By the time this picture was taken on a very wet day at Blackbushe the car was owned and driven by Roy Cockerill. My thanks to Dave Watling for supplying information on this car. To read yet further information supplied by Phil Brown, click here. |
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More variety and, unfortunately, another example of my non-existent record taking so therefore no credit to the owner of ED 64 at the moment. Fortunately ex-NDRC start line marshal Phil Brown knows something about this car, click here to read this further info. |
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Malcolm Beken's highly individual Fusion dragster has also been featured before (see page 4) albeit with a different paint job. It is well worth a second look, this is Blackbushe once again. |
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My thanks to Andy Burfitt for providing information on this car which was called Croftshaw Equipe and was owned by Tony Beadle. The car was an NDRC class record holder and is believed to have run a best of 9.29 seconds at 147mph with nitrous assistance. The chassis was from Rex Sluggett's Tudor Rose. This picture was taken at Long Marston. |
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Nick Lewin's Solex Power sponsored dragster pictured on its trailer at Santa Pod Raceway. The car was powered by a 302 inch Chevy sporting two 660 Holleys, its best performance was 9.44 seconds at 142mph. The chassis was built by Pat Cuss and was Alan Ritmeisters' first Pro Comp/Top Fuel car. Andy Burfitt and Ian Coote kindly provided all the information on this car. |
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There seem to be a lot of shots of cars on their trailers on this page. This one is of John Whitmore's famous Drag'n'Fly rear engined dragster powered by a supercharged 1300cc 4 cylinder engine. This shot was taken at Snetterton. |
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Another picture of Drag'n'Fly now with added sponsorship from Leyland Cars. In the background is Norm Wheeldon's The Wheel Thing altered. This was taken at Santa Pod. |
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Drag'n'Fly has changed hands (but to who?) and is now called Inspiration. In the background is the blown 2.5 litre Daimler V8 powered Beautiful Noise. |
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John Whitmore went on to build a new Drag'n'Fly this time featuring a supercharged 2.5 litre Daimler V8 engine. This picture was taken at the Pod. |
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A re-painted blown Daimler-powered Drag'n'Fly also seen at Santa Pod. |
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