When the gasser craze hit in the 1960s, racers turned to all sorts of unlikely vehicles to transform into dragsters. All of a sudden, beefed-up Willys Americars, Chevrolet Bel Airs, and Ford Anglias ...

In 1960, Doug Cook returned to Detroit driving Howard's (cam grinder Howard Johansen) orange "eight-cycle" Special Forty Willys that blew off Sam Gellner's '55 Chevy to take class. Montgomery was a ...

When the gasser craze hit the U.S. in the 1960s, enthusiasts began prepping and racing production cars you wouldn't normally see at the drag strip. 1955 to 1957 Tri-Five Chevys were among them.

It’s those iconic images of the blown gassers built during the late ’50 through the late ’60s that seem to represent the good ol’ days of drag racing. With fenderwell headers intently dominating the ...