The body of our Nostalgia project is an original Della Woods shell, the same as the Budweiser King, Kenny Bernstein ran in the 1981. This is the motor we have planned for this future crowd pleaser. BBC 500 ci, Donavan Aluminum Block, Never Windowed, Dart Heads, Indy Intake, Littlefield Hi…
The chassis had enough weld to be unclamped from the Jig table and flipped over to finish off the TIG welds in those hard to reach places The finished chassis all welded up. Time to panel the sides, put up the last tabs and finalize steering. Ready for fuel tank…
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We started this project with an S&W chassis kit. We are trying to keep the funny car cage low. A handmade aluminum seat was required. Currently we are just putting up tubing and tacking up making sure it all fits!
Metal fabrication. . . Chassis fabrication is all in a days work. The project car below would not accept the standard oil tank available. . . so we built a custom one. Since the fuel tank has to match the oil tank. . . we built that too. Below is…
This shell is from a Della Woods funny car. Della Woods was the first female funny car driver to go to the semi finals at an NHRA national event. Della Woods held the record for almost 22 years. The shell has been stripped down and waiting to be re-born. This…
Eastcoast Drag Times Hall of Fame announced 2015 drag racing inductees to include Della Woods an AA/FC, NHRA pro driver from 1969 – late 1980’s. Della Woods was the first female driver in the 5 second bracket in the funny car class and the first female driver to go to…
