friend's vintage dirt race car build "Bringing Back an Old Friend" ( dial up death )

'73 H1 Triple · 01-25-2009, 10:12 AM

Here we are with our friend Jerry (my neighbor and body man) and his vintage dragster. What a great neighbor!

3 years later and life is good once again! Mission accomplished! This car came out so close to the original that the original rubrail hole in the door lined up with the tube in the cage… on both sides! I had an original door hanging on the wall to use as a template and to match the paint. When I drive this car I honestly can’t tell that this is not the original car except the brakes work! Lol! I will never, ever sell this car… you can count on that. I was really amazed how many hours it took to fabricate everything and how late I had to work at night… and hardly being able to get up in the morning to go to work! I’m tired just thinking about it, that’s where the passion came in handy! I finally have my car, my old friend back and have no regrets for selling the first one. Now I can go to the races again! Life is good!

(Leslie Spurlin photo at Bridgeport Speedway)

MikeSP1 · 01-25-2009, 10:29 AM

BADASS!!!!!!!

That beast looks amazing!

was92v · 01-25-2009, 10:52 AM

That is a great story! I loved watching dirt coupes and short track coupes back in the day.
In the 70's the dirt dobbers were still running them aound here. I missed them when they went away. The outlaw mods remind me of them, but different.

HRCNICK11 · 01-25-2009, 02:33 PM

That looks like a old Gary Fedewa car right color and number.

My father is good friends with Gary Fedewa, I got to drive one of Garys vintage supermods last sumer. Its a old Sammy Sessions indy roadster made into a supermod. It was insanely fast 740hp and 1500 pounds. I was thinking it would be like a fast gokart. It was like trying to ride a busa on ice if you touched the gas the tires spun like crazy.

My father is working on a 60s supermod that he just bought. I can't wait till its done and I get to drive it.

OneSickPsycho · 01-25-2009, 04:56 PM

Should plate and street it.

Quick281 · 01-25-2009, 07:02 PM

Great story, thanks for sharing. It is always fun to see people go way out of their way to make up for lost time after selling something they never should had sold.

Glad he wasn't in the garage when DUI dude came flying in. That would have just been tragic.

Adeptus_Minor · 01-25-2009, 08:20 PM

What an amazing job.

I envy people with the time, money, tools, space, and skills to build something like that.

Gas Man · 01-25-2009, 10:20 PM

2 words

BAD ASS

01-25-2009, 10:29 AM	#2
MikeSP1 Perpetual trouble Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: at the base of the Alps Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR Posts: 715	BADASS!!!!!!! That beast looks amazing! __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"

01-25-2009, 07:02 PM	#6
Quick281 Victim of Blazer Rapage Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Talkeetna, AK Moto: 06 GSXR 600 Posts: 1,707	Great story, thanks for sharing. It is always fun to see people go way out of their way to make up for lost time after selling something they never should had sold. Glad he wasn't in the garage when DUI dude came flying in. That would have just been tragic. __________________ -Alex- Resident TWFix Noob. My 06 GSXR 600 <-- Its Clickable Fools.

01-25-2009, 08:20 PM	#7
Adeptus_Minor Hopster Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: 2009 Buell 1125R Posts: 4,743	What an amazing job. I envy people with the time, money, tools, space, and skills to build something like that. __________________ “Well, obviously before; after was all gendarmes and dick stitches.”

01-25-2009, 10:20 PM	#8
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	2 words BAD ASS __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

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01-25-2009, 10:12 AM	#1
'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	Here we are with our friend Jerry (my neighbor and body man) and his vintage dragster. What a great neighbor! 3 years later and life is good once again! Mission accomplished! This car came out so close to the original that the original rubrail hole in the door lined up with the tube in the cage… on both sides! I had an original door hanging on the wall to use as a template and to match the paint. When I drive this car I honestly can’t tell that this is not the original car except the brakes work! Lol! I will never, ever sell this car… you can count on that. I was really amazed how many hours it took to fabricate everything and how late I had to work at night… and hardly being able to get up in the morning to go to work! I’m tired just thinking about it, that’s where the passion came in handy! I finally have my car, my old friend back and have no regrets for selling the first one. Now I can go to the races again! Life is good! (Leslie Spurlin photo at Bridgeport Speedway)

01-25-2009, 10:52 AM	#3
was92v Nowhere Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 558	That is a great story! I loved watching dirt coupes and short track coupes back in the day. In the 70's the dirt dobbers were still running them aound here. I missed them when they went away. The outlaw mods remind me of them, but different.

01-25-2009, 02:33 PM	#4
HRCNICK11 Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 429	That looks like a old Gary Fedewa car right color and number. My father is good friends with Gary Fedewa, I got to drive one of Garys vintage supermods last sumer. Its a old Sammy Sessions indy roadster made into a supermod. It was insanely fast 740hp and 1500 pounds. I was thinking it would be like a fast gokart. It was like trying to ride a busa on ice if you touched the gas the tires spun like crazy. My father is working on a 60s supermod that he just bought. I can't wait till its done and I get to drive it.

01-25-2009, 04:56 PM	#5
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	Should plate and street it.