Custom Made

Custom Made in More American Graffiti, Movie, 1979

Class: Cars, Racecar

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
francisharley ◊ 2008-01-24 20:54
atom ◊ 2008-01-24 22:13	So should this be called "Beckwith Sling shot dragster"? Or is the team made up for the movie? BTW: I guess you don't want to experience a rearaxel breakdown in this car, as you sits on the diff
Buc84 ◊ 2008-01-25 02:11	atom wrote BTW: I guess you don't want to experience a rearaxel breakdown in this car, as you sits on the diff Or a clutch/pressure plate explosion.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2008-01-25 10:15	That is why the quick cars went to rear engine in the late 1960s.
firebird86 ◊ 2008-01-25 23:07	Don Garlits suffered the loss of his heel in a flywheel/pressure plate /clutch explosion in 1970. He introduced the rear engine dragster successfully in 1971 -- Last edit: 2008-01-25 23:14:01
Buc84 ◊ 2008-01-26 03:32	That's why I said what I said,though I somehow thought "Big Daddy" lost the front part of his foot? (I think he wears a special shoe?) There was one guy that DID have a rear diff seize up in one of these type("Slingshot")cars,about 1968,at I think Bakersfield? He didn't survive it.