Street Legal Dragsters

Regarding per week ago I was wondering what would create a extremely cool and terribly distinctive Hot Rod. What did my wondering return up with? A Street Legal Dragsters! I realized this was a cool idea but I  additionally thought someone had to have designed one before right?There needs to be one that has been engineered, is driven and makes weekend passes at the drag strip. Thus I embarked on looking for a street legal dragster and here is the story and what I even have found.

One factor I did find out is that street legal dragsters are rare and VERY VERY HARD TO REALIZE! I figured they were visiting be rare but their extremely may only be five or vi rear dragsters in  existence and one street legal funny automobile and one street legal sprint car which’s it!

So here are a number of the street legal dragsters (they'll be the sole street legal dragsters) that I have found.

The Stragster
The Stragster is owned by Vince Spretnjak of Calumet Collision Hot Rod Shop. The idea behind the Stragster was meant to be a Hot Rod that was part Pro Street and part Slingshot Dragster (if you raise me, I say they got both components down extremely well). The Stragster is powered by a Blown Mopar 354 Hemi, with old school vogue Hillborn Fuel Injection, aluminum heads, and Vertex Magneto for ignition. All of this is often hooked up to a Tremec five speed transmission.

The engine and five speed are hooked up to a 9? Ford rear with a coil over suspension. 4 disc brakes are used to prevent this monster in a hurry (you know for once you racing driving in the street). The great issue regarding the stragster though is it is truly driven on the road!

 The Super Mustang

Drag Racer Tom McEwen is more known for being Don “The Snake” Prudhomme’s drag racing rival in there famous Snake vs Moongoose races in the early 70s racing in there Mopar Funny Cars. Before this but Tom McEwen was a Ford guy and with Fords help, he designed a street legal dragster in 1967 named the Super Mustang.

The Super Mustang could not seem like the opposite Mustangs however I guess you can say its what the Mustang would look like if the Mustang was a slingshot. The automotive is said to possess been a publicity stunt between Ford and McEwen to attract additional attention to Fords drag racing and Fords cars.

The Super Mustang is powered by the famous Ford 427 SOHC “Cammer” engine, the body is a Fiberglass/Plexiglass body designed to look like a Slingshot Dragster (technically it's a Slingshot Dragster).

The Super Mustang has solely ever made a few Appearances, the foremost famous one at the 1967 NHRA Winternationals where Tom McEwen got it to run 8.sixty @ 180 MPH that was an incredible time and speed for the era. The automotive was conjointly featured on the cover of a 1967 Issue of Automotive Craft. The Super Mustang disappeared (expect as a Hot Wheels car) largely as a result of it remained in Mickey Thompsons Private Collection till his death in 1988. It wouldn’t be seen once more until the late 2000s when it absolutely was spotted at a few automotive shows and later sold for $154,00zero at Gooding & Company Monterey Auction in 2009.

Here are some of the opposite Street Legal Dragsters I have found. Sadly these don’t have as giant of a Back Ground story like the Stragster and also the Super Mustang but they're cool.

I Found this one on the HAMB, its done during a late 50s, early 60s vogue T-Bucket Slingshot

I believe this is the road Legal Slingshot that was featured in the 1968 Issue of Automotive Craft

The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues isn’t a Street Legal Dragster but a Street Legal Funny Automotive. The Moody Blues could be a 1970 Opel Street Legal Funny Automobile.

I am not positive the present standing of the Moody Blues however back in 2010 the car kept introduction for sale on ebay, as a Street Legal Funny Automotive. The Moody Blues is powered by a blown 392 Hemi connected to a 2 speed transmission. The Moody Blues was also featured many years ago in Hot Rod Magazine.

Even though they were a Hard Realize, there are Street Legal Dragsters out there. Street Legal Dragster has to be one among the best hot rods a man might own, they're unique, look cool and build nice head turners for when you're driving on the road.