Front Engine Rail Dragster

The front-engine dragster was an evolution from earlier front-engine hot rods and initially was a car from which all non-essential parts, including the body, had been removed to reduce weight, making the earliest dragsters essentially a production car chassis with a quotsouped-upquot engine. These early dragsters were nicknamed quotrailsquot, due to the frame's longitudinal members rails being exposed

Eventually, big increases in dragster wheelbases got crazy. Where front-engine dragsters went to 225 inches, the rear-engine rails ramped up to 300 inches and also bigger rear wings before the

Thanks to the popularity of nostalgia events across the country, it's possible to build a vintage front engine dragster that keeps speeds and expenses down, but still captures the glory days of the 60's front engine dragster. We've seen front engine dragsters powered by everything from flathead Fords to late-model GM LS engines, with

Projects Front Engine Dragster FED Build Ideas. Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by MichiganFED, Sep 1, 2014. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next gt Joined Sep 1, 2014 Posts 4. Profile Page. MichiganFED. Hello Everyone, Long time viewer first time poster so please be gentle. I finally got the green light from the wife to start a life time dream

We take a look at the history of the front-engined dragster and the return of these slingshot dragsters in nostalgia drag racing at the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion - Hot Rod Magazine

Front-engine dragsters continued to held their own in 1971, with only Garlits who also won the Springnationals and, surprisingly, Arnie Behling Summernationals winning in rear-engine machines.

Native Californian and bracket racer David Hoisington began construction of his quotecono-railquot in January 2000 with the purchase of 120 feet of 1 58quot .134quot wall mild steel tubing, as well as a tubing bender and MIG welder from Home Depot. quotI sincerely wish there were more Front Engine Dragsters out there.quot With inspiration gleaned from David

Our chassis is new with the look of a traditional rail from the 60s. The chassis is built with all SFI specs to tech to 7.50 and up in NHRA. For an additional charge, we can build the car to run top fuel. We want to bring back the glory days of drag racing when front engine dragsters were KING and you don't need a second mortgage to go

In the early 1950's when drag racing was still something new, the media called the dragsters quotrail jobsquot. This was because the early dragsters were not much more than a car with an engine mounted in frame rails. Get a car, remove the body, fenders pretty much everything else, and you had a quotrail jobquot.

1950s Vintage Front Engine FED Rail Dragster. If you're into the Nostalgia Drags this is the one. Don't let this chance to own a piece of drag racing history pass you by. We have been told the car was probably built by Mike Sforza, a Drag Racing Hall of Famer, but we are still working to confirm this. This 1950s dragster was found behind a