Posts Tagged ‘Gasser’
What are the Best Spindles
When people are into hot rods, they always seem to go back to the simple things. After a long time of adapting different types of independent front suspensions to pre-1948 cars, rodders are once again going back to solid-axle, transverse leaf spring front suspensions. Many muscle cars from the 1950s and ’60s are now being…
Read MoreGassers are a “Gas”
The name “gasser” is a play on the National Hot Rod Association‘s old “gas” classes. Long before bracket racing and Stock Eliminator/Super Stock index racing, participants with gasoline-powered street machines raced in the gas classes. The rules generally required that these cars be street-style, with parity determined by pounds-per-cubic-inch. The classes were ranked alphabetically, and…
Read MorePost War Hot Rods (Part 2)
Oldsmobile Super 88 1955 Purchased Rodding Domestic automakers became embroiled in a series of “horsepower wars” beginning in 1949. Manufacturers who offered perhaps two engine options in the 1950s were supplying a multitude of engines with outputs up to 400 horsepower by 1957. Fuel injection, supercharging, and multiple carburetors were no longer exclusively associated with…
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