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Dusty corners of the NHRA Classification Guide
What are some cars that are tucked away in the NHRA Classification Guide that no one seems to race any more, if they ever were? Some are holdovers from decades ago that are now too expensive or rare to build. Some are weakly powered economy cars or barges that were largely ignored. There are also a few unexpected foreign imports.
Here is one that I was surprised to find in the guide. Feel free to add more of your own. 1956 Cadillac El Dorado Barritz Convertible 365/305hp 2x4bbl - Manual: N-O-P/S, Auto: O-P-Q/SA 365/285hp 1x4bbl - Manual: O-P-Q/S, Auto: P-Q-R/SA (Reference: Stock-SS Class Tool at classracerinfo.com) |
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Re: Dusty corners of the NHRA Classification Guide
Cool car! Even IF you could find one and even IF you could afford to buy it why would you cut it up?
There's lots of cool combos in the "dusty corners" of the guide. Most of them have moved on to collectible status though.
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Re: Dusty corners of the NHRA Classification Guide
” Tons a fun”
Got me interested to look for the blueprint specs....where are they by the way?
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Re: Dusty corners of the NHRA Classification Guide
That Caddy is just waiting for a roll bar to be welded in ;-)
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Re: Dusty corners of the NHRA Classification Guide
Hey.... there's even a couple of Caddy Limosines in the guide too. I see the '57 Cadillac "Imperal Limosine" 4 door would have to weigh a paltry 5,695 (Yikes!) to run in Q/SA.... I can just hear a crew cab dually groan when one one of those things gets loaded in the extra long trailer (heavy duty tri-axle I'm guessing)....L-O-L You'd need an axle concession at the least.
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Re: Dusty corners of the NHRA Classification Guide
that caddy convert is worth $30-50,000 to start and cut it up oops
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Love to see someone run that caddy as a stick car LOL!
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https://classics.autotrader.com/clas...ille/100824728 This looks cool! Last edited by SSDiv6; 09-19-2020 at 10:07 PM. |
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Re: Dusty corners of the NHRA Classification Guide
I have a Buick fireball 8, air cleaner to pan, if they want to put the car in GT.
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