[67dragtruck]

[QUOTE=PA-IndianRider;2837859][quote=67dragtruck;2836595]


"Now that I know what/who/why prompted me to quote and who said what ..... ha!!! .... I have to REPEAT what I have said to DJ in the past.... his C10 (formerly owned by HotRod80) is one of the nicest "setup for drag racing" C10's I have ever seen.... PLUS being a "step-side-guy" that "lil blue truck" has been in my dreams on many a night...."steps & all:....ha!!!"




I'm not sure you are getting it. I don't know if he has another C10 that was previously owned by HotRod80 or not, but since you are mentioning his current truck that used to be a blue stepside "setup for drag racing", that was MY truck not HotRod80's. I built it.

You've mentioned this thread:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ight=dragtruck

It is not a coincidence that the name of that truck and my handle on here are the same

Remember this thread:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=300066

DJ's truck, yep the way it left my house when he bought it.


As for drag racing. Accidents do happen, but when it comes to heads up racing, nobody goes out there and makes an easy test pass to see how the track feels. The first pass is the first full pass right off the trailer and that's how it goes if you want to qualify well and what it takes to win. A good driver does know his ride and knows when to lift. You mention experience to know it will hook up. Well I made hundreds upon hundreds of passes in that truck on all kinds of tracks and tweaked on it till it would go down the slickest of tracks while others were spinning. Of all the vehicles on pass time, I KNEW that one would go down the track from experience.


Here's a couple of more pictures. The first one is from a limited street race and the second one is the picture of it in my office from years ago before the fat man fab front end and while it weighed 3850 lbs. The last pic is my favorite and the guy standing next to it during the burnout is my dad. He helped with every step of building that truck and helped at every race. Guess what, they are all the same truck.

Tom Durham