Bushwacker (dragster)

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Bushwacker
Overview
Designer Pete Ogden
Body and chassis
Class Top Fuel
Body style Front-engined streamliner dragster
Powertrain
Engine Supercharged 392 cu in (6,420 cc) hemi
Dimensions
Wheelbase 156 in (4,000 mm)
Chronology
SuccessorGoldfinger

Bushwacker is a pioneering streamliner slingshot dragster. [1]

Originally built by Pete Ogden as Goldfinger, the car had a 156 in (4,000 mm) wheelbase with dropped front axle and bicycle wheels, and an aluminum body (hammered by Arnie Roberts) which left the engine exposed but fendered the slicks. [1]

The car was acquired by Don Honstein in 1965, repainted, and renamed Bushwacker. [1] Driven by Ron Welty, who built the car's supercharged 392 cu in (6,420 cc) Chrysler hemi, Bushwacker competed at three NHRA March Meets (at Bakersfield, California [2] ) and at local races before being sold again. [1]

In 2006, it was restored. [1]

Goldfinger

Goldfinger was a pioneering streamliner slingshot dragster. [1]

Built by Pete Ogden to promote Tognotti's Speed Shop (Sacramento, California), the car debuted at the NHRA March Meet in 1964. [1] It had a 156 in (4,000 mm) wheelbase, with dropped front axle and bicycle wheels, and a gold-painted aluminum body (hammered by Arnie Roberts) which left the engine exposed but fendered the slicks. [1]

Power came from a supercharged 392 cu in (6,420 cc) Chrysler hemi built by Ron Welty. [1] The car was driven by Lyle Kelly, and turned in low-8s e.t.s at over 196 mph (315 km/h). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Taylor, Thom. "Tognotti's Goldfinger/Bushwacker", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p.31.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Thom. "Roddin' @Random: Take 5 with Shirley Shahan" in Hot Rod, April 2017, p. 16.


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