[misterp266]

This thread is getting so long I can't remember if this one's been posted yet!

[Old Man Taylor]

Originally Posted by misterp266

This thread is getting so long I can't remember if this one's been posted yet!

That looks like the Ernie's Camera "Shutter Bug" dragster. If so there is a good chance that I was a spectator at that race. It was at San Fernando Drag Strip ("the Pond"). Later he blew a right rear slick close to the finish lights and went through the beams in pieces at over 180 mph.

[Old Man Taylor]

Originally Posted by Old Man Taylor

That looks like the Ernie's Camera "Shutter Bug" dragster. If so there is a good chance that I was a spectator at that race. It was at San Fernando Drag Strip ("the Pond"). Later he blew a right rear slick close to the finish lights and went through the beams in pieces at over 180 mph.

I believe this is a picture of The Shudder Bug on the day of the accident. I definitely remember being there. At the time they said the engine blew up and a piece hit the right slick, which crashed the car. Later "Wild Bill" said they got the air pressure too low on the tire, causing it to blow out. The old engine is now in the recreated car.

[poison heart]

Damn that's a short wheel base

[misterp266]

Yes, OMT is correct! Here's another shot. 1963