I like these better than top fuel today

@ew332

3 жыл бұрын

Real dragster...

@michaelprosperity3420

3 жыл бұрын

Amen. Just balls to the walls power.

@ahmedlahlou8123

3 жыл бұрын

For some reason it has more soul...

@haventthoughtofanameyet6364

2 жыл бұрын

See that smoke? Don't wanna breathe that. See that engine? When it explodes, and it will eventually as any drag racer will tell you, You'd much rather have all of that happening beind you than infront of you. 3 feet from your face. These drag racers might seem cooler, but they're far more dangerous and way slower lol

@haventthoughtofanameyet6364

2 жыл бұрын

@@ew332 guess you haven't felt a throttle whack in about 40 years eh? 🙄 got v8s out here running 14,000 rpm making 11,000 horsepower and you wanna talk about "real dragster" Lolol I love old school muscle cars, I hate tesla, escalades and the Carolina lean. But these drag cars here are dumpster fires waiting to happen

What a beautiful restoration. And actually running it, not treating it like a museum piece. Major props to Mr. Sandifer. Noting, absolutely NOTHING sounds as good as an early top fuel engine cackling away on nitro. I'm getting chills. Thanks for posting this.

Beauty! How many remember when this was the norm and Don Garlits' new rear-engine beast was the wildest thing ever?

@stevensons78

3 жыл бұрын

Doggeslife You said it!.. I was very young ...Parents ran “Rails”Front engine’s 63-68 Moms got stories bout Big Daddy Don G. Have a ton of great photos and programs And still have the mags.. Take it Easy dad...👍

@RHAMBO293

3 жыл бұрын

My best friends father ran 1 of those in the 60's when it was tip of spear technology and dangerous as hell! Sign me up!

@ironmonkey1512

3 жыл бұрын

putting gas under tires and doing real burn outs

@kevintucker3354

3 жыл бұрын

I only know it from history! And I’m 52

@kevintucker3354

3 жыл бұрын

There’s nothing better that hearing Don Garlits tell the story of tuning his first 426 hemi and adding timing until it was popping and still set records!

In 69 being a young boy I remember that era ... I thought all kids grew up at the track ... Kid sister in a wooden play pen. You knew all the drivers and they knew you.

I love seeing these ol Race cars run.

This is and will always be my number one bucket list item; to own and drive a front engine fuel dragster. This is truly a beautiful piece of art, WELL DONE!!!

Good to see a proper restore, looks amazing

Beautiful. Can you imagine driving that digger on a full pass? Sign me up...

@NitroUnion

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto, I'm jealous haha. He's having a blast with it

Excellent restoration - what an accomplishment. Hats off to everyone involved!

I'd choose a Hemi over a BBC anytime! Awesome car!

That is one nice looking dragster. Well done!

Always great to see the vintage history found and restored or put on display in it’s original state for the younger generation to see!

Beautiful restoration.......damn I miss these.......as a 11 year old at York US 30 dragway in 71 memories tend to last forever. AWESOME CAR !!

Had one of those motors in my drag boat. No blower, just 10.5:1 comp, Crower drag cam, dual quadrabogs. Quite wicked sitting in a 17' flat bottomed Hull. Revved like a two stroke.

great and heart warming = 1968 i was 13 yo , got my first levis - went and saw drag racing and a petrol station down the road had a drag car similar to that = hemi front mounted big pipes , supercharger ! i saw them start it up one saturday afternoon push cared it down the street bag it fired up = i nearly died with shock at the engine sound and force !

First cackle dragster that i have seen taken for a hit...Bravo Sandefer

As kids me and my buddy would ride our bikes up to the drag strip, sneak in and watch these things run. Loved it.

Thanks for bringing that beast back to life! Great job!

Absolutely beautiful slingshot Top Fueler. The cackle and header flames are so cool. Hope to see video of this car making a full pass.

Golden Rule #1 never run it without somebody in the drivers seat!

@david54106

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly ... here in Australia we get in big trouble for that and rightly so... bloody dangerous...

@shaunsiz.itsbetterbytube2858

3 жыл бұрын

Very dangerous

@teamdrama6251

3 жыл бұрын

I was 16 watching a guy set the timing on a 632 cubic inch mud dragster .they must not have the shifter adjusted right or whatever. He reved it up and that thing jumped into gear .lucky it was behind the trailer were it couldn't get away to bad but it ran the guy over and those big super scooper paddle tires skined the guy from his head to his feet ripped out part of his scalp ran down his back and legs and just skinned him .it took the top layer of skin right off him .craziest thing i ever seen .always make sure someone is in the car .

@richb.4374

3 жыл бұрын

And NEVER make a pass without a blower blanket. Especially on a front engine car. Just running it sitting on stands without a blower blanket is asking for it. I have seen nitro burning Hemi's explode a blower while the crew chief tunes it. It's literally a bomb because it's full of fuel. This guy is flirting with death or a bad accident.

@david54106

3 жыл бұрын

@@LS_Jo The night time fire up were referring to...

Just rolled into the burnout a bit wuick. He'll get the hang of it. Stunning car. And there is nothing like when you turn the fuel pump on and the nitro strats flowing. The motor takes a complete 180 and transforms into the beast that we love.

Man that was awesome. Thanks a bunch for sharing. I can imagine getting that dragster took a lot of work and money. 👍👍👍

Nothing like the fire breathing hemi. Simply a work of art.

I think I heard my paycheck go through that right bank when he cranked it up.

Talk about Nostalgic! Doesn't get any better than that. Old Skool is Kool!!

Wow! That is a seriously aggressive sound. I've seen lots of modern top fuels race in-person, but this thing is wild!

Nice to see someone racing an old famous dragster instead of ut sitting in a museum

Thank you sir for Restoring this nitro burner ! You have yourself surrounded by those who built it and ran ! Always follow their rules of Saftey ! They know! They lived to tell the story!

perfect! Thanks! I got a start in late 60' I was there. Your car is really done nice! "Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end!" To bad politics and greed killed it. We where having fun!

@club1453

2 ай бұрын

What sort of times were these types of cars getting in the 60s ?

Still love seeing front engine dragsters. It's just something about those machines and throw in a Willy's gasser like Big John or Stone, Woods and Cook ran, heaven pure heaven! Thanks for the video, guys!

Now that's what I'm talking about!. What a dream to have a old sling shot dragster it would not get any better then that. Love the old school stuff. Thanks for sharing brother👍

@NitroUnion

3 жыл бұрын

He’s living the dream for sure. One day I’d like to have one. Thanks for tuning in as always!

She looks and sounds so sweet!! That night time shot is sublime!!

Way cool! Never realized that the driver sat with the rear axel in the crook of his legs where his knees bent!

I love when the nitro hits the motor thats when it starts to cackle and spit flames Love it! ❤

Beyond cool. Just love the old style sling shots. Sitting over the differential, wow.

Looks and sounds great, true period piece. Now you just have to learn to drive it!

very sweet,love it,thanks!

I love that he is still using the M&H RACEMASTERS .... what a beautiful old rail .... They just don't make em like they used to , unfortunately. .... Thanks for letting us see it , NITRO UNION is the BEST👍😁👍

I have no words.....just awesome!

Sounds like an 8-cylinder Howitzer... totally awesome.

Stylin' with Old School 392 fueler. My first dragster had a flathead ford with 3 strombergs. The Lead Sled. Old schoolers called it old school way back in '70. 😂

Awesome video. Love the vintage Nitro cars.

Thanks for saving it ☺️

Now if only "Moonbeam" could be done the same way. Was found in its original trailer in the desert. Hoarder has it.

Great job..really well done and a great back story. Respect from Australia 💪🏻👍🏻

@NitroUnion

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

That thing sounds good!Pipes be a kickin!

That thing is squarely! AWESOME!!!!!!

It is like having 5 lbs of tnt sitting in your lap and you're holding a piece of metal with your hands to protect yourself lol

Expertise is exciting to hear......thank you!

Fire breathing monster! Love it!

Awesome, 😎 he looks like a kid in the candy shop.

Beautiful man!!!!!!

Way to go Ronnie you done a hell of a job with that drag car

Who'd a thought the most deadly drag car in history, the digger, would be so loved, so many years later. my stepfather raced, and is good friends with, don garlits. They raced together in the 60s and 70s. You had to have balls of steel, to drive one. My favorite drag car, and in second, is of course, the gasser.

Don Garlits has got to be rolling his eye over this. This is like skydiving without a reserve parachute, or SCUBA diving and not knowing how much air is in your air tank.

Back in the day, we used to stand right next to the push start road at Fremont, and when they dropped the clutch and lit it up, the whole car would kind of leap up and surge forward as these beasts came to life....it was the best of top fuel !

Proper restoration and not a cackle only car? Winner!!!!

THANK YOU THIS VIDEO HAS MADE MY DAY TAKE CARE

@NitroUnion

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you dig it!

Well you certainly have an awesome piece of History that's an incredible car to say the very least now you need to find a driver❤️😅

God bless these swap meets!!!!

Man that car is super cool!

my parents used to take me to watch the rails in calif as a young boy omg that bring tears to my eyes

Love the old school rails!

Very good work.

Outstanding.

In high school in 60s our friends cousin raced his dragster at Woodburn Oregon drag strip, where we all went nuts when he was first to break 200 miles per hours!

Good lord this is RAW

Great job

Super cool!

Beautiful car. Cacklin' Nitro, Luv it......I've got an injected alcohol 412 inch small block Chevy FED.

NICE!

Bravo!!

I always loved to looks if those old school dragsters. I understand the benefits of the mid-rear engine, but even the F1 and Indycars from back in he day just had a look to them.

One day twin turbo nitromethane injected streetcar! Blower cars have always been the king at the car shows!

Frikkin badass. 🤘

Wow! Nuth'n on this planet compares to NITRO!

Beautiful

Whatta beautiful CAR .

Never ran the mix nitro cars ran but I've done fuel mixing with nitromethane it's incredible and I didn't burn anything up! With nitromethane engine would start without the choke in the wintertime.

Boogie and Ronnie's shops are not from my house about 5 miles to boggies and 10 to Ronnie's that's something else . I met boggie about 35 or 40 years ago he was a hell of a race car builder

Hemi and nitro. What else is there. Love it.

hearing it idle then revved up should make you giggle

beautiful 392 semi

I love Ronnie's Dodge Coronet that thing is bad and the the old slingshot with the Hemi Nothing like the sights and sound of a cackling Blown Hemi I just love Nitromethane!!

How freaking awsome

Got a sub from us in the UK just for the rail video.......what a find.Live half hr from Santa Pod so get to see the Nostalgia finals & the awesome show The Wild Bunch put on,well worth finding on the net for some uk nut jobs.

Nice 👍

Love the sound nothing like it

That was BAD ASS! Not only a Cackle car, but, a burnout as well! Beautiful car. Check out Bill Pitts channel. He owns the Winkle and Trappe, Magicar.

Is that what they called a "slingshot". Keep them rolling. Have a good day.

@NitroUnion

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, this is pretty much the final evolution of the Slingshot dragster, a few years after this car was built everyone went to the rear engine style

My ears are ringing and I wasn't even there.

I used to watch this car run in back in 68 down at LaPlace ,La , bout 20 mi. North of New Orleans almost every other week end it was on of my fav's ,Hell I was only 12 , I still have a few pics I took in the pits of this ride , my mom would drop me off earl;y a.m . and pick up at dark ,12 and under got in free and Id save my lunch money to get a pit pass

What a violent display of vintage american horsepower!

I would love to drive that beast

Those slinghots are cool, but deadly. There's a few reasons why the motor was moved to behind the driver. Great restoration, though. Beautiful car!

Try wheeling a early 30's chassis with a 393 hemi ,loads of excitement!

Saw it run MANY times at Southland dragways in Houma, La. from '68 to the early 70s.

@NitroUnion

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! What I'd give to walk around the pits in those days.

@meauxjeaux431

3 жыл бұрын

@@NitroUnion Yeah, it was great. It was Candies and Hughes hometown track, so during the same years, I watched them run there MANY times also.

love that

Like rebirthing a Legend. 👍❤️😵😯😍😍🥰❤️👍

Wow!