flatheadgary
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first let me say, i am mostly a drag racer and a street car guy second. i have always built street cars off and on, but i enjoy drag racing more than driving on the street. ok, now that that is out of the way, on to the topic. i was looking at some old car books and was noticing how many car clubs used to build drag cars back then. what happen? contrary to what most people think, drag cars can actually be cheaper to have than a street car. they eat less gas and no insurance or dmv. even my trailer is permanently licensed. i also, along these same lines, was wondering why more people don't build old hot rod type drag cars like their street rods and race them. we have a group called the ANRA here in socal and there is a "27 ford coupe rat rod that runs in my class to the tune of 10.9. it is rusted and no paint and he says it's the fastest rat rod running. oh yea, it's also NHRA legal too. if you want to see it, look at ANRA.com. i know rat rod guys dig the drags, look at all the hamb drags and the drag fest next month. yea i know, their the traditional guys, but i also know there are alot of rat rods that will go to these events too! getting back to the topic though, why don't more car clubs build drag cars? with that many people putting up the money and talent, they could build some way cool drag cars. it can get expensive for one guy to build sometimes, according to how much money he wants to put in it, but a group could do it easily. any one of the cars on this site can be a drag car. roll bars, 5 point harness, drive shaft loop, not much else and you would have a going concern!! if it breaks, leave it on the trailer and fix it when you can. you would still have your street car to get around in. i have asked this question on other sites and didn't get much response. is there really that much divide between street people and drag people?
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