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'59 Nationals Cool Video

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Have you guys seen this video about a group of guys going to the '59 NHRA nationals? Very cool:

https://youtu.be/2x9IsKy_M5w
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the mrs and I were there in our new 59 corvette. we had just gotten married and I wanted her to know what the rest of her life would be like on weekends. :D
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Yeah Dave i enjoyed it, a lot of smiles on my face. Mark H.
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FE Ford in that top eliminator... Art Arfons, Dode Martin, the Dragmasters old Plymouth biz coupe... what's not to like?
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I own that DVD and a few others like it. Watching that video makes me wish I was born in the 1940's instead of 1971. Everything was a little different back then and nobody seemed to have racing 99% figured out like they do now.
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Krooser wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:19 pm FE Ford in that top eliminator... Art Arfons, Dode Martin, the Dragmasters old Plymouth biz coupe... what's not to like?
If it was '59, wasn't the TE rail powered by a MEL?
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Keith Morganstein wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 6:46 am image.jpg
Looks like an FE valve cover. The FE was out in 1958.
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Keith Morganstein wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 6:51 am
Keith Morganstein wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 6:46 am image.jpg
Looks like an FE valve cover. The FE was out in 1958.
I think its an MEL look at the spacing of the exhaust ports vs the spark plug locations vs an FE.

I thought it was really neat. Question is what technology from today would be the most disruptive if it could be brought back in time? I'd say tires and traction compounds..
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Thats a MEL , 3 valve cover bolts along the outside , quik giveaway!
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