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A
look at what we used to do
Drag Racing/Street
Rod - A little blast from the past
My first Ford Pop at Santa Pod Raceway June 1981
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Hot Rod &
Custom Magazine September 1981
It's
nice to see street rods on the strip
especially when they're laying down some rubber
This is real show 'n' go |
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Powered
by Ford 4.7 litre small block V8
As the engine was going to take a lot of punishment,
I replaced and blueprinted most of the parts
TRW pistons, mild hydraulic cam, boss con rods, GT40
spec
heads, mallory distributor, holley 600cfm carb plus
home made headers
For the drive train, I used a Ford 4 speed top loader gearbox
with Jaguar S type independent rear suspension |
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Later
replaced the body shell for a better one from an abandoned project
I sprayed it American red candy apple over a gold base
Waiting to hit the road
Burnout's Brighton front Racing at Santa
Pod
  
Eventually sold the
second one to build a third
Bought the third one from a guy running a pub in London
Although the car had been
standing for over a year, we primed the pump
cleaned the plugs and points and drove it back to Brighton
Waiting at a bus stop after attacking it with a blow torch. No road tax
 
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Chassis
built from 3x2 10g and aircraft tubing
Front suspension is home grown.
Eddie Wimble drop tube axle.
Radiator was later changed for a custom one
to handle the heat
This is the 4.7 V8 engine I blueprinted from
my previous pop while working as a Jag
mechanic at Moores of Brighton
Thanks must go to Pat Church of Gold Rush
fame for supplying parts and advise while
running Brighton Speed & Custom
Although still a street car, I wanted the drag
race look at the time using 15" rear wheels
and 13" slimline fronts, flip body.
Full roll cage, prop loop etc. to RAC
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SOUND
and Video FILES - click on 
buttons
Santa Pod
Raceway burnout (RealPlayer)
Santa Pod Raceway 1/4 mile run
(RealPlayer)
Santa Pod Video
Windows Media player
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These were fantastic days and although I no longer
race, the memories linger on
Nothing quite like the
burble and acceleration of a well tuned V8, and out of all the
exotic cars i've driven, nothing matches up to the fun,
excitement and sheer buzz of drag racing, and the people that I shared these times with
Always glad to hear from anyone reading this page who knows what I mean or has a
project of interest
FOR SALE:
Still some race parts left,
please contact me with your requirements
Build to win
under construction
Please send emails to:
RonTurnercars@aztecbs.co.uk
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