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Picture perfect early 1960's Drag Scene
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The photos have made their rounds about the web, but here is the backround info from a 1966 issue of Cycle World. A early custom made big bore cyilinder block and some very trick engine building making for a 10 second machine!
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The early version before the frame stretch and tube tanks. Show quality.
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Need to stretch those legs! New tube tanks and blue frame.
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The frame stretch is clearly visable here before paint. From blue back to silver.
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Unintended destretch for sure...
The frame was never stretch,it was being repaired after the motor torch pulled the rear wheel forward.The frame had a V welded in the rear to make it stronger.Rear wheel was a loner off Boris murrey's twin and was just to wide.Bike was painted blue to match the Triumph 750 triple for a car show in AZ.Triumph put a stock triumph 750 next to it to promote the line.The bike stayed blue til I lost the bike around 1977.I still have the helmet that was painted the same color
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Son of Chuck Adams
I bought the bike from Chuck almost 35 years ago and it stayed in storage until last year when I brought it out of my storage garage.Chuck had machined a 1000cc barrel for the bike with new fordgetrue pistons.A lot of the engine parts Chuck had machined himself,the bike had evolved over a period of years from a real pristine street bike to a full on Top Fueler.It is a beautifull example of and early style 50s,60s Top Fuel bike,and it had also been a show bike for many years.It still wears the metalflake blue paint job that Chuck had given it with "Edgy One" painted on the tanks.It is a great example of Hot Rod History,as I saw so many of these bikes run at Lions Drag strip in the 60s,Clem Johnson,Borris Murray,Dick Rios,C.T.Christensen,Joe Smith,Russ Collins,so many other greats,it was a great period in those years with so many Drag Strips to run at.
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