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AHotRod said:↑View attachment 3346033Click to expand...From left to right: Brent Pilkington, Ray Harper and Brian Hutchesson's second generation topolinos at Brooksfield Dragway, South Australia. Photo by me from around 1967/8.Roo
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John "Crazyman" Taylor, Castlereagh International Dragway, Sydney, Australia circa 1970/71.Roo
Pete Lodge's Baloo from New Zealand. Photo originally posted here:http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/baloo-pete-lodges-fiat-altered.541201/ by Kiwi Kev and most likely originally from New Zealand Hot Rod Magazine.Roo
DDDenny said:↑View attachment 3346220Click to expand...Mondello and Matsubara Version 1.2 (early big block days)Roo
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fiat g***er said:↑Where is this car out of? Never seen it before.Sent from my SM-G900V usingThe H.A.M.B. mobile appClick to expand...The Fiat is out of Nampa, Idaho. Owners wife drives this fine Sedan Delivery.
Where is this car out of? Never seen it before.Sent from my SM-G900V usingThe H.A.M.B. mobile appClick to expand...
Hot Rod Jan,'59
DDDenny said:↑They had to start somewhere, right@Marty StrodeView attachment 3346244Click to expand...Doug, If I didn't have all of the fenders and hood, I might entertain building something like Carl Grimes car from the 50's, one of my favorites.
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Calvert Automotive Fiat.
My Rod & Race fibergl*** Fiat. I filled the roof and cut doors in it. Don't look at the wheels if you are easily offended.
A friend of mine took these shots at Woodburn, Oregon in the mid -60s. As he remembers, the car was brand new, what a loss !
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Bluegr*** dragway late 60s
In process.
For the guys that were there, were any of these (as racecars) run hardtail? I p***ed on a decent roller in the 70s that was set up that way, for pretty cheap. I always wondered if it was just a throw-together deal for swapmeet fodder.
mad mikey said:↑View attachment 3350015Click to expand...Wow that is a keeper for sure never saw any photos of the tow car with matching paint job.
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slowmotion said:↑For the guys that were there, were any of these (as racecars) run hardtail? I p***ed on a decent roller in the 70s that was set up that way, for pretty cheap. I always wondered if it was just a throw-together deal for swapmeet fodder.Click to expand...If by hard tail you mean the rear end mounted solid to the frame, yes, most were. The Ronnie Scrima ch***is in the Mondello-Matsubara Fiat was built with coil overs. Sush tried hard to make it work, but it would not go straight. He removed the coil overs, and bolded in solid struts and the car ran about as straight as any fuel altered can.
For the guys that were there, were any of these (as racecars) run hardtail? I p***ed on a decent roller in the 70s that was set up that way, for pretty cheap. I always wondered if it was just a throw-together deal for swapmeet fodder.Click to expand...
Dean Lowe said:↑the rear end mounted solid to the frame, yes, most were.Click to expand...Thanks Dean. I kinda figured as much. They were just a hair before my time so I never really got to see 'em run when they were aplenty.
the rear end mounted solid to the frame, yes, most were.Click to expand...
Here are a few !
Runs with us, fastest street car last year, in the 9's if I remember right. [/ATTACH]
Before he began his long ***ociation with Joe Pisano in the Funny Car ranks, Sush Matsubara was well-known for his wheelwork on the Mondello & Matsubara Fiat Fuel Altered with car owner Joe Mondello.Funny Car legend “Big Jim” Dunn rose to national prominence in the early 1960s with the Dunn-Merritt-Velasco Fiat Topolino. The car originally ran blown on gas but switched to nitro in mid-1963.
Crazy Man Taylor again, Australia mid 70's
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