Slingshot Dragsters of the 1960s Photo Archive

by Lou Hart

In the early 60s, front-engine dragsters, or slingshots, featured tubular built chassis powered by a variety of power plants, consisting of small-block Chevrolets, Chrysler Hemi's, Ford, Pontiac, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Lincoln motors either fueled on Nitro Methane or pump gas. Wheelbases varied from 110 inches in 1962 to over 200 inches in 1969. During the early sixties, racing legend "Big Daddy" Don Garlits ran a series of "Swamp Rat" dragsters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583881484
• ISBN13: 9781583881484
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Enthusiast Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 8.9"