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Some became very succesful by converting them to Funny Cars. '60s model AA/GS gassers just didn't get it. They still were classified as "gassers" but were not accepted by their fans and soon went away. Some "gasser" teams built new model cars but used the engine/trans combo out of their '30s, '40s cars. In the late '60s "Gassers" fell out of favor with some drag racing fans because of the Funny Car revolution. The term for them is "altered" simply because they were originally manufactured before the Funny Car revolution. Only cars originally manufactured from say '62-66 qualify. If you say "factory" altered wheelbase only a few qualify but if you say awb to me I include any simular car that was altered in '65 or '66, really the only two years it was popular back then or simular cars that have been built lately to again capture that era. Mopar offered full size AWB blueprints for Mopar racers to use. There are 10 pages of great pictures here of about all makes. There were only a few of each built, 11 total I believe, by the factory but dozens more built by teams that got one and teams that didn't including Mopar, GM and Ford Motor Company racers. They were called Altered Wheelbase Cars before they were called Funny Cars. The '65 year model Dodges and Plymouths were of course the cars that were so "wildly" altered that the moniker "Funny Car" was born. Here is my opinion on the altered wheelbase term and I was going to drag races almost every weekend in '65. It so happens in '65 there were 45 cars running in B/Altered and Ditmars won the final round against Dick Brannan's factory-backed Mustang which had its wheelbase altered by the rear wheels being moved 3" forward. Posts: 431 Re: Altered Wheelbase Picture ThreadĬalling the "High & Mighty" and the #813 cars that had pics posted an AWB car is not correct." ->Only someone who crawled out from under a rock would call Ditmar's Lil' Screamer the #813 carīy the way, Ditmar's Lil' Screamer won B/A at the same '65 NHRA Nationals where many of the AWB cars ran in a variety of non-A/FX classes. Feel free to keep on believing you know something. In essence, trying to equate a particular modification (altered wheelbase) with a particular class and era of cars (A/FX of mid '60s) is just as naive as the newb's who call everything with a straight axle a "gasser". They became match race and exhibition cars. In fact the AWB cars were banned by NHRA from A/FX and many later ran at NHRA events I attended as altereds, some even in dragster classes. Mazooma and Maxwell are trying to equate a modification with a particular class and era. He did all the structural & Sheetmetal work on my car, in my opinion he’s the best on the East Coast.There was never an Altered Wheelbase class in NHRA, AHRA, etc. Latest picture is Bill Atwood, racing his altered wheelbase, that he built from scratch. On Jun-17-19 at 15:46:12 PDT, seller added the following information: I can send pictures of specific areas if anyone wants, also have many pictures of Mr McJury racing at different tracks. The car can be test driven weather permitting. The altered fenders are all steel as My intention was to street drive the car and be 100% reliable. The front end is entirely rebuilt, new shocks all around, electric fuel pump under the trunk, Battery relocated to the trunk, full size roadrunner fuel tank mounted under the flat sheet metal trunk, all new 11" heavy duty rear drum brakes, JS 2 point racing seat belts, also Has a 66-67 Charger grill made to look like McJurys fury Fiberglass front end. The 413 Engine has a comp cams Thumper cam, or a great sound, headers, and a carter afb 4 barrel. Rear windows fixed, a-100 van seats & light weight super stock brackets, roll cage, no back seat as rear wheel wells are moved into the rear seat area. I built it to drive not race, 413 engine, 727 trans with a shift kit, 8-3/4 rear 3:55 posi, new paint, body seals, non power disc brakes, b & m ratchet shifter, all SS polished, very good chrome & trim much more. 1967 Dodge Coronet 440 Additional Info: Altered wheelbase tribute to Chuck McJurys Fury, aced out of Syracuse Ny.area built just like the original factory cars, long torsion bars, k-frame moved ahead and down, 100% old school build, torque thrust fronts & rear wheels, pie crust slicks, silver town fronts, old sun tach.
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