(pics) Wild V-Drives

[HotWater]

Papaletch found this pic, had to share

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Damn, look at that dude!

[Eli]

Papaletch found this pic, had to share

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Wow! That's a fantastic picture! You should frame it!


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[JusTrouble]

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I was watching you do this. Looked like you were having fun out there (Crazy Old Man!)

[JusTrouble]

Papaletch found this pic, had to share

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What a GREAT PIC!

[GotHalos]

Irvine Lake.

[ptc]

We picked the Rambunctious after seeing early Gene Snow funny car pics (LONG before the revelations about his personal life were known). This boat was the first "Rambunctious". Yea I've run 519 since I started racing. My wife suggested the number when we first started racing. Like a dumbass, I asked her what the significance of that number was. She immediately started clouding up and I knew I stepped in it hard.... took a second until I realized our wedding anniversary is May 19th... What's worse is I started racing the same year we got married; 1984... doh!!! Been 30 years of her riding shotgun with me

Great Story - Loved Gene Snow!!! was the greatest of the old time funny car drivers, I wondered if there was anything connected to that... and even better is the anniversary date/number.... lol bet you never forget anymore!

[Sharp shooter]

[OhHondoGT]

Hello all, new to this forum but not new to dragboats. My dad raced flats from the late 60's to the 80's here in the mid west and then I ran the Hondo GT pictured above through the 90's. Sold the boat in 2000 and never thought I'd see it again, it sat in a barn for 13 years collecting dust till the guy who bought it from me called and asked if I wanted it back. She's going through a partial restoration to start her new life as a lake rod / part time bracket racer for fun. - Tim

[Sharp shooter]

Hello all, new to this forum but not new to dragboats. My dad raced flats from the late 60's to the 80's here in the mid west and then I ran the Hondo GT pictured above through the 90's. Sold the boat in 2000 and never thought I'd see it again, it sat in a barn for 13 years collecting dust till the guy who bought it from me called and asked if I wanted it back. She's going through a partial restoration to start her new life as a lake rod / part time bracket racer for fun. - Tim

Welcome to the site and great story! Post up a resto thread (if you're inclined) many of us would enjoy that! What are your engine and paint plans? What part of the Midwest are you from?

[OhHondoGT]

Welcome to the site and great story! Post up a resto thread (if you're inclined) many of us would enjoy that! What are your engine and paint plans? What part of the Midwest are you from?

Thanks SS, we are from Toledo Ohio and through the years have raced in the NDBA (Eastern Division), ADBA (when it was based here in Ohio), and SLDBA (St. Louis Drag Boat Association). In the pic above we were running an injected 468 Chevy that went a best of 9.29 @ 117, this time around it's getting a 525 pump gas Ford ( yea I know, a Ford?) so that it's easier to run at the lake and will hopefully be capable of 10's at the strip. I will definitely post a build thread, here's one pic of the floors while grinding all of the old glass out - really crappy job!