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I have gone back to the beginning of the Archive to bring you some more shots of the earlier cars. This is Clive Skilton burning out at Silverstone in his Third Revolution fueller. |
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Third Revolution in the pits at Blackbushe. |
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You might be excused for thinking this is a dead ringer for the picture vertically above it. However, notice that the space between the engine and the rollcage has been increased. This was done when Clive drove the car to take the Top Fuel title at the first meeting attended by the great Don 'Big Daddy' Garlits. This picture was taken at Snetterton. |
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A nice low level shot of Third Revolution in the pits at Blackbushe. 'Skilton Motors' logos have been added to the car. You certainly could say that Skilton motored! |
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Clive Skilton again, this time on board the ex-Kuhl & Olsen fueller at Santa Pod. The fact that the crew are pushing the car indicates that this was before reversers were fitted. Note also the bar behind the rear wheels, in those far off days the cars were push started down the fire up road, the bar was removed before the run. |
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Castrol Revolution in the new colours for
1974 pictured in the pits at Blackbushe. |
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Mike Hutcherson performs a hazy burn out in Nobby Hills' Houndog 6 slingshot dragster at Santa Pod Raceway. |
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Houndog 6 again, this time at speed on the strip at Santa Pod. |
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The late Allan 'Bootsie' Herridge's Firefly slingshot seen in the pits at Santa Pod. The straight front axle was a unique feature of the car. |
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Bootsie turns the Firefly dragster at the bottom of the fire up road. This shot shows the unique styling of the rear of the bodywork. |
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Compare this to the picture vertically above and you can see that Firefly has been fitted with a dropped front axle. The car handled notoriously badly and it was hoped that this would improve things - I am not sure that it did. |
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A fine burn out from Firefly seen from the spectator grandstand on the pit side. The seats must have been free that day! |
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Another shot of the car on the strip again seen from the grandstand. |
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Another shot accentuating the unique styling of the bodywork created by Fibreglass Repairs Ltd. |
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In contrast to Firefly, Dennis Priddle's ex-Norm Wilcox car was state of the art at the time for a slingshot fuel dragster. It is pictured here at Santa Pod. |
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Here I am back in the cheap seats on the spectator banking ready to snap Dennis burning out the Mr Revell fueller. |
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As mentioned before in these pages, the Blackbushe surface lacked traction and was therefore difficult for the larger cars. This is Mr Revell demonstrating the point as it rooster tails its way down the quarter mile. |
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Sadly this is the only picture I have of the famous old Ford-powered Commuter dragster which fortunately has been restored. This picture was taken in about 1984 and the car stayed on its trailer. In its heyday it was driven by Tony Densham cousin of Gary Densham who used to drive one of John Force's funny cars in the USA. |
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Originally built by the John Woolfe Racing team and driven by Dennis Priddle, this car was the first top fuel dragster outside of the USA to run under 7 seconds. Not surprisingly he called it Mr Six - it is seen here having passed to Ros Prior and been re-named The Fast Lady. I wonder if that is Nobby Hills with the cowboy hat on? |
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A nice shot of The Fast Lady burning out in the pit lane at Santa Pod, the car now features Revell sponsorship. |
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This picture was taken at Long Marston, probably around 1983 or '84 and shows Doug Bond's Shoestring fueller. Doug is better known for his Shell sponsored top methanol dragster which probably out-performed this car considerably. |
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Another shot of the Shoestring car at Long Marston. In those days the pits were on the left hand side of the strip, this bit of ground is probably covered by several metres of earth at the moment. |
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