Vintage Drag Car Haulers or Tow Rigs.

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Nice shot of Stuart McDade's Billy the Kid sponsored Challenger.
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One more Melrose Missile shot, nice 60/61 Shortbox w/ sideswipe.
Anyone know the '65 GTO...Accurate Automotive Hayward?:hmmm:
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Another of King Richard's Haulers, yet one more in the background too.
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Here's a shot of the Rettig Bros. rig, it's existing today and still haulin'!
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~ Pete

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Surprised this Hauler pic hasn't landed here yet w/ Harrell's 427 Bill Thomas Retribution 2.
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Here's a cool Hauler load, the '68 Hemi Super Stock Mule!:headbang:
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A few rigs in this cool pit shot of Dennis Ferrara's Motion Camaro before its famous Ribbon paint job.
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Here's sweet Linda, two points for l:eek2::eek2:king s:drool: good!
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This guy's doing Ok w/ '67 Ragtop and '71 Cuda drag car!:headbang:
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A few rigs in this cool pit shot of Dennis Ferrara's Motion Camaro before its famous Ribbon paint job.
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~ Pete

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the red ribbon paint job was first, then white, then the yellow

this car is under restoration by Dennis Ferrara and is almost done
restored as the white version

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Thanks for the Motion car updates Joe, I had it backwards also didn't know of the car existing today.
Here's a few more pics including two of Grady Bryant's Harrell powered Z16 w/ '65 Chev tow car.
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~ Pete

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Jim Glenn's '73 Duster Funny piloted by Pat Foster.
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Here's a couple of Harrell's '69 on the Fred Gibb trailer as posted in past threads.
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Grump makes a Burger King pit stop, '69 Wagon w/ '67 Toy in tow.
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Cool Hauler shot of Roger Lindamood's 'Color me Gone' '68 Charger Funny w/ different than usual paint?.:hmmm:
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Russ Funk's RO23 Hemi '67 Coronet sponsored by Ray Rixman Dodge St. Louis.
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[JoeC]

I'm not sure if Dennis is restoring the original 70 Motion car or building a new one to race

found these pics on his FB with partial tow rigs

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Thanks for the great pics Joe and love to hear whether it's the original Motion car or not.
Dennis' FB page indicates his '57 Delivery is a replica but I didn't see anything of the Camaro provenance?:hmmm:
Here's another Mopar Hauler w/ Eckard and Kirk's Rod Shop Challenger Funny sponsored by Northland Dodge.
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~ Pete

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Mr. Norm's Grand Spaulding Hauler w/ Gary Dyer's S/FX1 '65 Coronet.
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[JoeC]

Think Pink
Donna Mae Mims Stinger
partial view of her pink trailer

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Thanks for the Motion car updates Joe, I had it backwards also didn't know of the car existing today.
Here's a few more pics including two of Grady Bryant's Harrell powered Z16 w/ '65 Chev tow car.
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I don't think this is a Z-16....it has Mailbu trim and wrong emblem placement for a Z-16
ThanX
Brian

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You're exactly right and looks like the 396 added to a SB car.
Here's a few Fred Goeske pics w/ both his Chevy also Dodge Haulers before his rocket car years.
First two are w/ the Chevy Hauler and balance appear to be the Dodge which sold on eBay a few years back.
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A couple more Fearless Fred Goeske shots w/ his Dodge Hauler.
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Pat Foster's Red Mickey Thompson Mach 1 Funny, one of two John Buttera built incl. Danny Ongais' Blue car.
First pic is earlier, sadly this Red car was later destroyed in the fatal Gerry Schwartz NHRA Dallas '69 accident.
Both cars as page 40 post 395 also one possibly in front of the 69/70 GP in the B&W Fred Goeske pic above?:hmmm:
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[JoeC]

This is the 67 Motion Camaro race car when Joe Mason raced it

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Great one Joe and unlike the Mason Bros. '67 Motion Chevelle, the fate of this Mason Camaro is still unknown isn't it?:hmmm:
Here's a great Sox/Martin Hauler pic also a few more.
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Longmont Colorado's Lloyd Fisher's Custom T-Hauler and '29 DOHC Fronty-T Racer, both existing today.
The Truck sports a Fronty Head motor too but SOHC also modified chassis w/ Touring body cab.
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Jim Clark's Hemi Express A990 '65 Coronet.
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Great pic of Jungle Jim's Blue Monza and Revell paint Hauler.
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Bill Maverick Golden's BIG Red Wagon w/ Little Wagon in tow.
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Cool Hauler shot w/ one of Steve Bovin's Blair's Speed Shop Camaros on board.
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Hurst Truck w/ Linda and some lucky bastard, anyone here?
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Here's a great NIC>|EY Hauler pic w/ Harrell '66.
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Don Grother's ProStock Hauler in Plymouth paint but later '73 w/ new Ford Pinto.
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Here's another of Jungle's Revell Paint rig w/ Red Funny Vega.
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[Lynn]

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Cool Hauler shot w/ one of Steve Bovin's Blair's Speed Shop Camaros on board.
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Guessing something broke here. That LR tire and wheel is WAAAAAY to far forward.

[muscle_collector]

heres one from here in tulsa

[TomP]

Guessing something broke here. That LR tire and wheel is WAAAAAY to far forward.No, it is just a side effect of putting the new Camaro body on the existing chassis and needing the get the roll bar to clear the back window. They made a big notch ahead of the wheel opening for the tire to clear.

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Longmont Colorado's Lloyd Fisher's Custom T-Hauler and '29 DOHC Fronty-T Racer, both existing today.
The Truck sports a Fronty Head motor too but SOHC also modified chassis w/ Touring body cab.
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Do these exist near Seattle? About a dozen or more years ago there was a ramp truck and Fronty race car that came in to the Bellevue College June Ford show on top of a big rollback. The vintage tools were still scattered in the trays and it looked like the car hadn't been off the back in fifty years. Just awesome.

[m22mike]

Another Arlen ride. Aikey was in Akron OH. Do not remember it. Bill S, ever see this car ?

[olredalert]

----Yup! Forgot all about that one. Love the backwards "K"! Don't remember the dealer, but I wasn't much for trolling dealerships other than Chevy. Do any of you Ohio guys remember Heintzleman Chevrolet just north of Medina? A fair number of hot Chevy's came thru there. Dated his daughter for awhile. She had a 65 Vette convert for a summer. It was loaded with options and had the base 250hp engine. When I drove it I swear the car slowed down when the AC was turned on!......Bill S

[m22mike]

Knafel

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[67 Nova Boy]

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Love those old LARGE racing decals!

Dave
67 Nova Boy

[JoeC]

check out 12:35 to 12:45 on this youtube vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbCOSSUc7jA

[bwag]

This is the slant bed car hauler we used from 71 to 74 , It had a 402 automatic , air conditioning , a custom sleeper cab and winch , air compressor on board.

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I posted another shot of this same Hauler back on Pg. #33, here again below.
Do you have this one already also know who it is in the pic?
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[bwag]

Hey Pete Im Bob Wagoner BWAG and the Camaro is Jersey Jeffs SS427COPO, 69 that we bought new and raced around NW Ohio. The 2 pics were taken about a week apart in 1972, the rear shot with my trusty Instamatic and the front shot with me standing next to the rig with my Dads Polaroid. I would be 22 in that shot,and I just turned 70 back in December. Wouldnt it be great to be back doing it all over again?

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Awesome stuff Bob and thanks for the great updates also so cool it's you in the picture!
You guys truly were living the dream, what a world we left behind and so much for progress.
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[tom406]

Landy, Petty, Garner

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Drag Racer Tom Jacobson who worked at Gledhill Chevrolet ended up w/ the Crew Cab Ramp Truck above, using it for years also reportedly still has it, more pics etc back on Pg.#28 of this thread.
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[tom406]

Dodge Boys Hemi Super Stocker

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Another shot of Tom Jacobson’s Gledhill Hauler and Camaro also Dandy Dick’s rig.
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[FTC]

Still looking for this old Chevy,.....I know who has the red one behind it,........trail has gone cold on the green one.

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One more of Tom Jacobson’s Gledhill Hauler also close up shot of his Camaro.
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Here’s a few more old Hauler pics, some well known but anyone please speak up w/ any you recognize.
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[Keith Seymore]

Man - those last few batches were AWESOME!

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[Hrdlx62]

Just want to thank everyone for posting on this thread, THANKS. This is a fantastic thread!

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Sorry for any duplicates also some are a bit fuzzy but just too cool not to share.
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[randy27]

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Sorry for any duplicates also some are a bit fuzzy but just too cool not to share.
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Awesome!

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[SMS]

My nostalgia tow setup. 86 truck 88 Chaparral. Modern pic edited to look period.

Taking it to the NDRL race in Indy May 18.

[dykstra]

Great pics Pete!!! You’re on a roll!!

[68camaroz28]

Can anyone imagine if today we were using open trailers and trucks like Professional Racers were using back in the day? Oh my, the cars would be stripped clean or stollen in a heartbeat.

[Dave Rifkin]

Can anyone imagine if today we were using open trailers and trucks like Professional Racers were using back in the day? Oh my, the cars would be stripped clean or stollen in a heartbeat.

Sad but true.

[Lynn]

Damn thieves. Need to go medieval on them and start cutting hands off.

[Daverde]

I like the crew cab dodge…

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Note Pink Graeber Dodge CrewCab also in Post 565 B&W pic but likely later w/ Rooftop AC?:hmmm:
Here’s a few more, sorry for any duplicates also some pics are fuzzy but still worth sharing.
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[turbo69bird]

Not quite as vintage as all those but I think still pretty cool. My tow rig back in the day.

Have pictures w that car and its tow rig ( same thing before chop ) back in 1970 also
15 k on the car still . Sold the truck sadly. Miss it dearly. 402 Big block.

[turbo69bird]

Same car and truck 1970 before extensive modification on the truck (side note I didn’t know the same truck had been used to build my tow vehicle til after I’d sold it).
Paint in the car was done by the same person who painted Paul Newman’s race cars BTW

Truck was done by Gary’s of Bristol auto body in the 70s
Paint in the car was done in 69 and 70 by “woody” Wayne wood who panted many famous race cars.

Thought you guys would enjoy the paint part of the story.

[earntaz]

From Amarillo Dragway in the early 70s ... Chadwick had gotten to the track late and was pressed for time. We were parked next to his pit and when he started unloading the car, crap it the rotating oscillator. He had taken the chutes to the cleaners and when he started unpacked the chutes were in a balled mess. A friend of mine and I told him we could straighten them out and he said OK.

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Here comes more including a few Fred Gibb pics first, sorry again for the fuzzy ones.
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[dykstra]

These pics are soooo cool!! Thanks for posting.

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[Too Many Projects]

You are truly amazing, Pete !!

[olredalert]

----Check out that can of Coke. Thanks from me as well, Pete!....Bill S

[BCreekDave]

----Check out that can of Coke. Thanks from me as well, Pete!....Bill S

That's cool. I wonder if the door had a pull tab.

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[FTC]

Love this thread.

[TimG]

Great stuff.

[Too Many Projects]

The pictures that Pete, and others, manage to pull out of sources on the internet is astounding. I guess we need to thank the people who took those pics, saved them all these years, and posted them on a public forum.

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You’re right Mitch, thanks to those who took and saved such great pics!
Forgot to mention, note the ‘68 ‘Vert w/ Linda as last post is a GT0, not Cutlass.
Here’s a few more, from the good old world most of us here were so lucky to have lived…
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[Lynn]

Love the one of the guy towing an early Corvette race car with a 57 Nomad.

[olredalert]

Love the one of the guy towing an early Corvette race car with a 57 Nomad.

----Lynn,,,Did you notice the T-Bird hoodscoop on the Vette too? Got a laugh out of that!....Bill S

[396 SS/RS]

Although not a drag hauler, my family was into circle track racing and this is an old family photo.

[Lynn]

----Lynn,,,Did you notice the T-Bird hoodscoop on the Vette too? Got a laugh out of that!....Bill S

I did Bill... along with the luggage rack (sacrilege) on the Nomad to carry extra tires. One would think they would fit in the back of that car.

You just have to wonder where some of these rigs ended up.

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[dykstra]

Man these pics are great! That white/red ‘62 fuelie looks way cool!!

[Pro Stock John]

Local buddy 'bout a dozen years ago was selling an enclosed ramp truck, nice (stained wood?) deck, winch, the deck was angled), GMC front. I had nowhere to keep it. I think was a a early mid 80s cab.

Here is a pic of my buddy hauling my street/strip car for an alingnment check, '96 model, BB and 4L80E.

[Daverde]

Awesome!! Combination.

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Here’s another batch including more Yenko rig pics also others, from the good ol’ world…:burnout:
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[67 442]

Hairy Hauler

[dykstra]

These pics are GREAT!! Thanks for posting!!

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A bit of free time over the holidays so a chance to update this also other threads.
Again, some pics a bit fuzzy or show little of the rigs/trailers but just too cool not to post.
Here’s a few now + more to come over the next few days, anyone please feel free to speak up w/ relevant comments or add any pics you may have.
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[turbo69bird]

The trailer for my yellow RAIV car in 69 and many other GTOs backed by dealers nemesis as well had these yellow mastercraft trailers.
Idk if Pontiac had a deal with them
Or what. I originally thought it was just the Stephen Pontiac cars w the yellow and mastercraft because they were made in CT and Stephens signs were yellow too . But I kept finding pics of 69 judges on yellow mastercraft trailers as well so IDK Or maybe the dealers just talked to eachother.

[turbo69bird]

Couldn’t find the picture of nemesis on its trailer . bTW it was wrecked in a trailering accident.

My car on its trailer. Master craft made different styles and often were painted yellow

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Sorry again for the fuzzy ones but check out some of the Racer also Sponsor/Dealer names.
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[turbo69bird]

Couldn’t find the picture of nemesis on its trailer . bTW it was wrecked in a trailering accident.

My car on its trailer. Master craft made different styles and often were painted yellow

Finally found the nemesis pictures on the yellow master craft trailer.

[FTC]

This is the 62 Chevy ramp truck that hauled my car back when it was raced between 1972 and 1977. It was last known to be in CT through the 80s, maybe early 90s. I'm hoping to find it since the original MO 302 was installed in it when the 6 cylinder blew.

[turbo69bird]

I’m
In CT I’ll keep my eyes open for it. Any idea where in CT?

[FTC]

I’m
In CT I’ll keep my eyes open for it. Any idea where in CT?

I heard the Hartford area. I also heard once that it went out west....who knows. I can't imagine that 302 is still in it but, stranger things have happened.

[tom406]

Bud’s Boss Hauler

[tom406]

Love the modded side bed on the Ford pickup to allow access when the trailer blocks the tailgate access.

[dykstra]

Love the modded side bed on the Ford pickup to allow access when the trailer blocks the tailgate access.

Man, that Camaro looks evil!:flag:

[SMS]

Chaparral history

[tom406]

W30 Vista Cruisin'

[JoeC]

The Hemi Bug Wheelstander driver could not stop himself from doing a wheelie with the ramp truck

from FB page - Blast from the Past Drag Racing

[napa68]

W30 Vista Cruisin'

You can just hear a version of the story in the parking lot.......

"We broke the race car last night. Just to have something to do, we ran the tow rig today......... into the mid 14's":grin:

[Too Many Projects]

You can just hear a version of the story in the parking lot.......

"We broke the race car last night. Just to have something to do, we ran the tow rig today......... into the mid 14's":grin:
Was more common in bracket than you might think. Saw this a number of times at North Star Drag Strip in the 70's. Break the race car, dial the tow vehicle in for mid 15's and get a 3 second head start. Drove the competition nuts sitting that long and a fair amount pulled an impatient red light.

[Keith Seymore]

Was more common in bracket than you might think. Saw this a number of times at North Star Drag Strip in the 70's. Break the race car, dial the tow vehicle in for mid 15's and get a 3 second head start. Drove the competition nuts sitting that long and a fair amount pulled an impatient red light.

Dad used to do that.

The 64 LeMans tow car had a 421 in it and was quicker than the 64 GTO race car.

If anybody gave him crap he would say "shoot – I can beat you with my tow car!" and then proceed to do it.

K

[Keith Seymore]

'68 GTO with a 400 was a good runner, too.


Just a few ticks off the NHRA record right out of the box.

K