This Is the Chuckles Garage "Strange Bird" 1962 Ford Falcon Futura A/GS drag car.
The car is powered by a Littlefield Supercharged 401 Buick Nailhead that was originally in a 1960's drag boat. The motor sports a custom blower manifold made here at the shop, custom pistons, custom rods, wild Comp cam, Comp lifters, custom valve springs, custom hi-flow valves, mild port work, custom pushrods, custom headers made in-house,vintage Weiand valve covers, dual Buick Wildcat Rochester 4 Jets that were modified for use with the blower with custom non-progressive linkage, Nicson front cover/engine mount, custom motor plate, custom oil pan, and its backed by a built switch pitch ST400 transmission that is from a 65 Riviera. Front suspension is a Speedway straight axle kit with custom made two position shackles, and custom panhard. Rear suspension is stock leaf springs with custom 66" long heavy wall ladder bars. Rear axle is a Lincoln Versailles unit with 4.56 gears. Tires are Hurst Racing Super Cushions in the front, and Hurst 30x10 Piecrust slicks in the back. Wheels are Vintage American Racing Magnesium spindle mounts up front (no front brakes) and vintage Shelby Cal 500's out back. Seats are set back almost to the rear seat. Gauges are a Sun Super tach, and vintage Stewart Warner oil, temp, amp. This is a period exhibition car, so it will not conform to current NHRA spec. The car is being built to the 1966 NHRA rule book. It has the maximum crank center height of 25", and near the maximum amount of engine set back as well. Maximum setback was determined by the wheelbase. You are allowed 10% of the wheelbase measured from the axle centerline to the first sparkplug hole. This engine is set back 10" The car sports a fUll .120 wall frame that will be tied in to the .120 wall roll cage. It's very sturdy. All work on the Strange bird is being done at Chuckles Garage.
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Nailhead Hot Rod
By popular demand, I was asked to put it back up...here it is...1931 Ford, 1932 frame, Buick nailhead, four speed Hot rod
61' Ford Falcon The "High Life" Fire Up.3gp
Short video of The "High Life" 61' Falcon Gasser getting backed off the trailer for the first show of the year.
514ci Big Block Ford
Blown Galaxie
ford Galaxie with a 427 high riser with a custom blower and custom made lines for the carbs and the nos!
1955 Buick Nailhead. Original, first time ran in 25 yrs.
This is a short video of what it took for us to get an original 41,000 mile motor running after sitting for approx 25 years. It runs like it was rebuilt yesterday but the motor appears to have never been taken apart, never rebuilt and it is out of a documented 41,000 mile car.
1961 Buick Skylark 8-71 Blown SBC
1961 Buick Skylark walk around at idle. Blown SBC 388ci Don Hampton 8-71 blower, two holley 750DP's, th400 transmission with gear vendor overdrive, 4.11 rear gears in a 9" housing, 4 link rear suspension, 325/50/15 drag radials. This is a pump gas car runs on 91 octane.
GASSERS OF THE '50's '60's '70's
Nine minute promo from the full length (105 min) video available through Jim Amos' Bee On Video. You will find a mix of nationally famous cars as well as regional and local cars from around the country. We have included footage from thirty-eight different tracks in the USA and Canada. Real car sounds fully narrated. The full length video is fully narrated unlike this promo clip which only includes car sounds.
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Cockroach Idle
Buick nailhead idling with header caps off. '31 ford roadster.
480HP 55 chevy gasser 2
puting the 55 chevy gasser up at the shop..yes it has mufflers..its not open headers!! its a 383 ported and polished.. msd... fenderwell headers with dinomax race mufflers...3 speed with trans break...dana 44 rear end with 4:10 gears (was 6:10's) high rise intake from the 60's with 2 holly four's..high lift cam..around 450hp
Solid Axle Drag Falcon starts up at March Meet 2009
My business partner's original drag Falcon at March Meet 2009. The engine is a 355 Chevy (350 .30 over, 14.5 to 1) with a .700 lift solid roller cam, and he shifts it at 9,500 rpm. Transmission is a big shaft Ford Top-Loader.
Strange Bird 62 Ford falcon Gasser by Chuckles Garage Shakedown #2
This Is the Chuckles Garage "Strange Bird" 1962 Ford Falcon Futura A/GS drag car.
The car is powered by a Littlefield Supercharged 401 Buick Nailhead that was originally in a 1960's drag boat. The motor sports a custom blower manifold made here at the shop, custom pistons, custom rods, wild Comp cam, Comp lifters, custom valve springs, custom hi-flow valves, mild port work, custom pushrods, custom headers made in-house,vintage Weiand valve covers, dual Buick Wildcat Rochester 4 Jets that were modified for use with the blower with custom non-progressive linkage, Nicson front cover/engine mount, custom motor plate, custom oil pan, and its backed by a built switch pitch ST400 transmission that has TH400 internals, custom Art Carr convertor, and a Coan Racing transbrake . Front suspension is a Speedway straight axle kit with custom made two position shackles, and custom panhard bar. Rear suspension is stock leaf springs with custom 66" long heavy wall ladder bars. Rear axle is a Lincoln Versailles unit with 3.89 gears and a Richmond Spool. Tires are Hurst Racing Super Cushions in the front, and Hurst 30x10 Piecrust slicks in the back. Wheels are Vintage American Racing Magnesium spindle mounts up front (no front brakes) and vintage Shelby Cal 500's out back. Seats are set back almost to the rear seat. Gauges are a Sun Super tach, and vintage Stewart Warner oil, temp, amp. This is a period exhibition car, so it will not conform to current NHRA spec. The car is being built to the 1965 NHRA rule book. It has the maximum crank center height of 25", and near the maximum amount of engine set back as well. Maximum setback was determined by the wheelbase. You are allowed 10% of the wheelbase measured from the axle centerline to the first sparkplug hole. This engine is set back 10" The car sports a full .120 wall frame that will be tied in to the .120 wall roll cage. It's very sturdy. All work on the Strange bird is being done at Chuckles Garage.
www.chucklesgarage.com
www.chucklesgarage.blogspot.com
