4-ΑΩ TIN GOD! WHEELS UP BURNOUT! CRAZY PASS! 100% ORIG! 120" SLINGSHOT DRAGSTER!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- John Metler's 100% all original "4-ΑΩ Tin God" Jr. Fuel Dragster is a survivor that was put away in 1972, only to be resurrected some 40 years later! The 120" wheelbase dragster with a Hilborn Injected 301ci with original rear gear, along with the original '67 El Camino push car that was also stored until this year, made an appearance at the Hunnert Car Heads Up Inaugural Event at Byron Dragway 9-12-15. First and only pass, straight off the trailer, results in a chassis flexing, wheels off the ground burnout and an insane wheel hopping pass, harkening back to the 60's with a 9.93@143.09mph!
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That's most fun you're ever going to have with your clothes still on and still be conscious.
Man!! Love the old-style slingshot dragsters! Takes me back to my teens!
Love the push back after the burnout. That's how it was back in the day.
I have to marvel at guys who are willing to sit their rear end over the rear end of the sling shot, and then uncork all that power into the final drive gear set. I did like/enjoy the video, especially when the thing hopped clear off of the ground on the start of the burn out. Thanks.
In my humble opinion , the most pure and beautiful race car ever built .
Thx for the upload !
Yes
Agreed
shanepinfist......I have to agree....just a small guy ...having fun. Very cool...not everything in life has do with major corporate money and major sponsors
An Econorail! Thanks for bringing back memories of my early dragracing day. The rail for the regular people
Even though the run was not very fast, it's still way more entertaining to watch than a modern front engine carbureted big block dragster. It'll be killer once the bugs are out and its dialed in.
Vintage cars and racing is a fav of mine...being there then and still here now is a blast.
Looks like the car was pointed a bit wrong and immediately drove straight out of the groove. I ran one of these cars for about 10 years back in the day and there is nothing more fun! Great job!
I give it to those early drivers of these rails. I have done some crazy things but sitting over the rear differential in a open rail with both tires at your side is just too much for me. Nice car. Prayers for nothing but safe runs for you.
In this car it appears your legs slide in under the axle. Which some slingshots were designed for. And that’s even worse. You now have the differential sitting directly in your lap with zero room to spare. I’d have never done it.
At least I’ll add I’ve seen pictures of slingshots with the drivers legs under the axles. I was not around in the heyday of slingshots.
Just beautiful. I love slingshots.
Yes that brings back of my drag racing that's when drag racing was drag racing your life was on the line not a whole lot of safety equipment back then I still love the slingshots the best
Absolutely Love the Nostalgic Front Engine Dragster! Awesome Car, Awesome Burnout! Oh' did I mention the Car is Awesome! Thanks for Posting! Long Live the Slingshot, the Grand Daddy of All Dragsters!
+Texas Muddog Thanks, watch for more to come
I'll be looking out, and a Big Thanks for the Reply! Good Day Mate!
+Texas Muddog Thanks you too!
its nice to see that people are still crazy to run slingshot rigs
I used to own a 125" wheelbase, 1962 FED, Ran a small block Chevy 355 ci. That car was SO much fun to run! I miss those days!
Michael Copeland. nice!!
I love it! Finally a direct drive front engine dragster with a clutch not a powerglide. I love it the real deal!!
He was using a Powerglide that's why he did his burn through in low gear what makes anybody think that is a clutch car
@@ernestsomereve1555 it's a clutch car! Chevy Corvette manual with first and reverse removed. Real deal not fooling anyone. They didn't use powerglide back then!
Watching dragsters do their thing is pure joy.
I enjoyed your video, cool car! I also read the comments below and realize that youngsters today really don't have a clue. First of all, any concern about driving that 301" Small Block Chevy with maybe 350 hp, in a car weighing maybe 1400 lbs including driver, is totally unfounded. The cars that were blowing up transmissions, clutches and converters "back in the day" were blown Nitro burning beasts. There is no comparison between the two. The bumps downtrack do make for a pain in the ass ride. I put a well used ZZ4 crate engine (355 hp) on pump gas into my 186" car weighing 1435 lbs with me in it and it went 5.90 eighth mile. I added a small air compressor on top and it goes 4.80's with ease. There is no safer or cheaper way to go moderately fast and it's a lot of fun.
Air compressor?
I can smell the 'testors glue' just looking at it !!!
Nothing beats Nostalgia
Mr.Gasser edlt xfusd
Quintessential dragster classic. Nice job on the build Holy cow.
So cool to see this! My family lived in Niles, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago, from 1956-1960, the early years when this care would have been active! Thanks!
Impressive run. It looked like because of the oscillation of chassis he had to pedal about half way down the track but still ended up under 10.00. Lots more potential there if you could get it to handle a little better.
I was just amazed by Del Worsham's 10,000 horsepower nitro funny car making a 4 second quarter mile pass...and yet, this gave me a bigger rush and a bigger smile.
These slingshots were just too cool....real racing...no big corporate sponsors...true aficionados..
I'm old enough to remember when cars like that were the vanguard of drag racing... I liked the sport better then...
In those days... you got together with your buddies and actually created something by the seat of your pants... you went up to the line with both your works and your ideas... A hot rod was a hot rod and no two of them were alike... you had to love that... Creativity was alive and well and the drag racing scene was a world onto itself. Most people don't know this but several of the Detroit exec's and engineers were quietly involved for the love and appreciation of it but kept a low profile simply because it would create a bad PR image as hot rodders were looked upon in the same way as motorcycle gangs... but they were in truth among the most creative people ever... those days are gone for good. I know... I was there... and I loved it...! Look up these names: Herman Mosser, Tommy Ivo, Don Garlits, George Montgomery. Learn.
Yep. I remember when there were dozens of these slingshots lined up in the staging lanes. They ran them off two by two all day long. But no burnouts in those days. And no wrinkle walls, only hard case slicks. They just pulled up to the lights and stabbed it. Thick tire smoke halfway down the quarter and front wheels hangin' in the air sometimes the same distance. Now THAT was exciting drag racing.
Yes... and we had the push start and the flag starter. The real action was at Bakersfield's Famoso Raceway at the infamous "March Meet"
I still have my ticket stubs for the 1966 Fuel and Gas Championships at Bakersfield. I also have trophies from Lions. Drag racing was fun in those days. My humble opinion NHRA ruined it. @@ThomasDeLello
My brother and his driver competed in the 1966 Bakersfield March Meet with his AA/FD and DNQ's with a low 7 second 200 mph + run. Paul Gommi was on the crew.
That was fun to watch!
Thanks, Guys.
I made a few mistakes on that run. I did my burnout in low gear instead of direct. that was the first time running those slicks and they were too big.
Jason Metler nice rail though my man!
Jason Metler Very cool jason, I'm from Dixon Il. and my uncle has raced at Byron for years I am 52 an have been going to that track since I was 5. my uncle had a fed in 1970 after he sold his fiat topalino big block hilborn injection in my opinion the coolest thing ever out on top of a motor. Thanks im.considering buying one myself, just love them.
Lord I'd love to see when you make a full pass that thing was moving
very serious balls of titanium to both of you to be able to drive one of these beasts very nice cars well taken care of!!
@@miketammie
I see the trailer hitch on back for the trailer to haul them.
What a raw machine.
THis is absolutely mental. A metal coffin with the diff in your crouch. So rad!
the golden age of drag racing
At 2:54, it's so loud he needs his sunglasses on.
Superbracey Fuck yeah
snapped those motherfuckers on real quick
I think it’s cos the alcohol fuel makes ur eyes burn real quick
Lmao
@@stevenroth5424 iiuuiddd
Quite some R's for the old girl! So great to see stuff that is amazingly 100% original, thank you!
The main take away for me was how extremely dangerous those old rails were, watch the video and you can see how difficult to control that thing was, it did not want to go in a straight line at all! The chassis and "suspension" were all conspiring against a straight line.
That's how it was back then ....
I'd be more concerned about having a bomb next to my johnson.
If you'll look closely you see that the track was terrible too and that does make a difference.
You are right, I have watched some other videos of similar old rails recently, and most of them do not jump and squirm around on the track like that one!
I frequently run Byron Dragway and I will personally testify that the track is far from "terrible" at any time of the year. BJ ( guy is grey hoodie) is the owner and does an extremely good job prepping and maintaining that track. the rail in the video is jumping around because that's just what they did back in those days.
I grew up in the 90's reading Hot Rod mag, and there were plenty of articles about 60's racing and plenty of black and white pics. This video was awesome, to hear the engine and see car car in color, not to mention actually see it run.
nuts!! i would be terrified to drive that!! it's freaking awesome though!!!!
That was old school cool
In the UK, many years ago, 2 cars stood out, 1 had a 2.5ltr blown Daimler hemi on nitro (Russ Carpenter) and ran with the big boys the other ran a BMC A series engine 1275cc on nitro (John Whitmore)
Thanks for posting. The guys that drove those old sling shots - had some big ones!
Until the rear diff let go?? Ouch!
the dudes that piloted these front engine rails had balls of steel. especially if the drive train blew up in their lap....better men than me I'd be to chicken shit to even try that...lol....thats a real driver..
wicked cool video. love the slow motion. nice job.
Thank you!
So cool and that you showed in normal speed also unlike most videos …
beautiful oldtimer and that elky too ;-)
My dad & his friends ran a BB/GD w/a 392 Hemi & a 6-71 blower til' 73' (Bernier & Hoyt). It was a cast iron 392, not a Donovan, & they were running low 7's at over 180mph when they quit. Man I miss those days. Still remember push starting it up the track.
Now thats an 'Old Shcool' Dragster! Killer video.
+Mac B Thanks, have some more videos coming from this event and Meltdown Drags
victoryredcolorado
NICE!!! Cant wait - Lookin' forward to it. :)
Small block injected slingshot dragsters winding out down the strip have thrilled me since the mid '60s... Keeping it simple and going as fast as you can on a small budget kind of thing...
When you launched you scared 8 of the 9 lives out of my cat who was sitting on my lap, never seen him move so fast. lmao
Lol I bet that was funny
Cat's spook quick. My cat at times just "Spooked" about little things. That burnout sounded like 8000 rpm
So, let me get this right, 🤔
Jason's dragster does the burnout and your cat's drivetrain ends up all over your junk.
Makes sense somehow.
He actually let me sit in the car this last fall. I'm 5'6 and I couldn't have been more comfortable. It's a truly amazing car.
Bombed out with that one speed Transmission!!!!
John Milner comes to mind;American Graffiti 2
Man, that thing is out of control! Very cool!
i drove one of those back in the 80's for Betz Automotive in Mendota il. what a wild ride. great memories, thanks for the video.
This is the second video this week I have seen where the nostalgia FED car has a Ford "Banjo" rear end. This amazes me because the first old dragster I purchased (1975) had one as well. i thought it was a one-off. I got almost two seasons out of it.
Cool!
It's amazing how the differential was in between the legs and the clutch by the feet. Garlits got the tip of his toes cut off when the clutch exploded in his front engine dragster.
No, he lost most of his right foot.
Brings back memories of Thunder valley in South Dakota. Looks like a good time..
Beautiful car!
These a nostalgic. Dude you gotta have balls to sit with the differential between your legs like that . That's crazy !!!!!!!!!!
Cool thing about these cars is, it only takes around 550hp to run low 8s at 1300lbs..
9.93 in a bath tub lol that is crazy as hell.
Old dragsters look the best !!!
I made the injection cover on that stack injection! ! Awesome
+Robbie Robbins Nice job!
+victoryredcolorado thank you for posting up this awesome video
Robbie Robbins Your welcome!
for an old survivor dragster - it is still a small beast. Wish I had something like to learn with.
Definitely not a good 1 2 'learn with'
nothing like having a drivetrain explode all over your junk.
Captain Howdy I came here for this a rear end up your rear end
no shit
Have you ever looked at the position that a funny car driver sits in it is pretty much the same one.
Captain Howdy i
I'd much sooner have my junk explode all over the drivetrain...
Great dragster Great video Great quality
Thanks!👊
Yeah no problem man
Wow, with those motorcycle wheels up front, it's amazing you get enough grip to steer it, especially as the torque from the rear wheels is taking most of the weight off the front...
Glad to see an old car. That wall reminds me of a jet blast deflector on an aircraft carrier.
Anyone else think that’s amazing
Such a nice looking car ...
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Absolutely love the sound of that engine at full song during burnout.
Real racing....wheelstands n full pass burnouts , and nitro in ya eyes
Big BALLS Man !!!!! : D
My dad and his friends used to build this kind of rail cars back in the early 70s
car is running on alky. it has a two speed box for trans. for this run we changed tires from the original goodyears on Halibrand wheels Tires dated 1967. I prefer the goodyears. Go on google and punch in Metler Racing .There is another vidieo with the car running the goodyears. There is nothing like the ride in a front engine dragster time was slow due to missed shift
...and rough track....
I had a 112 in. slingshot with a 331c.i. 1st gen. Hemi I was building. The car was built in 63 and never assembled til I bought it. Ran out of money and found a more affordable project and sold the chassis. Big mistake I should have never let it go. it was fitted with a sb chevy and the chassis was designed for a Hemi and it ended up burning to the ground in a shop fire, breaks my heart. You have a rare thing in a F.E.D. that short these days. Cherish it. I kept my Hemi and maybe someday ... ya never know....
Buy an old vehicle and stick the Hemi in it. Dare to be different. Find an old '50's or '60's International. Nobody wants them. They're cheap. I've owned 18 in the last 41 years and twice have driven away in them for $200...each. One was a 1960 Metro van, the second a 1950 one ton pickup with a 9 and a half foot bed. Not a speck of rust or one single dent on that one! Still had the crank behind the seat for emergency starting. I'll sell you a rust free and straight 1959 1/2 ton with a sweet (stock) 152hp 264 inch six and 4 speed. I never drive it anymore. Maybe once every 3 years for dump runs. Located I So. Oregon.
i'v located a 57 fairlane 2 dr hardtop that would make a great gasser with the Hemi and 8 port Hilborns stickin thru the hood and straight axled. even thought abot puttin a mopar blue m on the doors and n small print under it in parinthesis (Henry would just shit!) LMAO I can get it cheap and theres a donor 57 ranchero it has a title the fairlane doesnt , so perfect drag car. I can sell the Ranchero for more than I have to give for the pr.. The car is very solid and not been hit and has alot of good and new trim.
So I have thought of some other options. even a 49 ford tow truck rat rod .
or a 72 Dart swinger gasser. LOL If I had the money Id clone me a early A/FX car.
I havent gave up on the old elephant just yet.
But my 69 Barracuda commands all the money for toys and attention. Her name is Wanda. you know Jamie Lee Curtis movie about 30 yrs,ago "A Fish Called Wanda". Take care man.
Jason Metler /
holy shit thats scary man.... you sir have big balls
It takes an absolute madman to go face first into that "plant". I don't care if you're a Cheevy boy, Mo-man, or FoMoco..... Dude is insane........
ALL MOTOR! LOVE IT.
Man, that was awesome!
That's soooooo cool !!!!!!
Live near Byron hope to see this next time if you guys are there
That was badass!!!
Old school "Slingshot" rail job.
very very cool
One of my dreams before I shuffle off this mortal coil is to at least sit in an AA/FD while it's running at a "cackle fest" if not actually drive one. My physical condition might make ingress & egress a tad difficult but damn it'd be well worth it.
Wow these guys back thin where crazy drag in death trap crazy.
Hell yeah!!! Great video
Love the short wheel base FEDs but that's the shortest one I've ever seen...
I love that El Comino too!
Everything is fine and dandy until the diff blows up and those gigantic balls these guys have, are, well let's say this nicely, Chopped to Shreds....... These guys are crazy, but I love it. Totally cool cars back in the day.
R.I.P. Mr. RON LEEK
Race In Peace ✌
Yes brother!! RIP!
Wow , back to basics !
She is a beauty.
Nice 👍😎
Balls of steel
Lovely sound!
surprised his big steel balls fit in that thing!!!!! crazy!!!!
dig the digger and the cool camino tow truck...
Yeah. That El Camino was sweet!
a pity there were so few fans
That must've been the end of the event. The place packed friday and Saturday.
The driver is so wedged into the machine that I would dare call him a drag racing cyborg.
doooood look at the car is cool
Watched the front engine Swamp Fox by Mel Hoye at U.S. 131 Dragway in Martin,Mi in Aug. 2017. What a rush to hear that old Hemi purr!