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By Ted - 7 Years Ago
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Some questions came up regarding the Randy Gummelt Y-Block powered dragster. Here are some pictures.
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By MoonShadow - 7 Years Ago
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Will it ever run again? I know the chassis was wrong but it seems such a waste.
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By Daniel Jessup - 7 Years Ago
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MoonShadow (7/13/2017)
Will it ever run again? I know the chassis was wrong but it seems such a waste.
what happened? Give us the full story for those of us who could not make it.
EDIT: sorry, I think you mean that dragster has not run in quite some time, right?
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By MoonShadow - 7 Years Ago
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The dragster hasn't run in many years. There were some team problems that didn't give Randy the support he needed. And then sadly he passes away at way too young an age. He was a serious hot $hit and is missed. Ted may know what its status is but I hate the idea of it just rotting away. It was a Y world record holder for a little while.
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By Kahuna - 7 Years Ago
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Boy
I'd sure like to know the current status myself
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By MoonShadow - 7 Years Ago
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Ted Eaton may have some information. He was pretty involved with Randy.
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By Ted - 7 Years Ago
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Randy passed away almost three years ago. He was working on a blown Y powered drag car at the time of his passing. That car is running but still lacks some wiring cleanup and miscellaneous brackets to finish up the car before it would be ready to run on a drag strip. I’d call it about 95% complete at this point. The car itself is a fresh painted ’56 Ford Club Sedan which has been stripped of all its chrome and now has fiberglass fenders, hood, doors, trunk deck, and bumpers. The engine itself sounds stout and as an added bonus, it has nitrous oxide plumbed on top of the blower.
The Y powered dragster had been sitting in its trailer about six miles from me since Randy’s passing. With the property it was sitting on now being up for sale, I was asked to bring the trailer to my place a couple months ago. The dragster trailer hasn’t been registered since 2008 and with the keys to the various locks being missing, I cut off the padlocks to take a look inside. Looks like a time capsule with the car still intact with all the driving paraphernalia still hanging in the trailer. All the tools and spare parts and extra headers were there also. At this point, it would take quite a bit of work in getting the car running again. Besides the braided steel lines all needing to be replaced, all the SEMA date coded stuff (flywheel, belts, blower straps, etc) would all need to be updated.
The car will be taken early next month for display at the local museum at Baylor University. Beyond that, there are no plans for it in the near future.
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By yalincoln - 7 Years Ago
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hey ted! do you have any pics. of the 56?
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By Ted - 7 Years Ago
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yalincoln (10/20/2017)
hey ted! do you have any pics. of the 56?
The ’56 Ford is holed up in a building where taking a good picture of it isn’t possible right now. Here are pictures of the engine bay though.
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By MoonShadow - 7 Years Ago
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Man that would look so great in my garage. Dream on! What horsepower did he get with that 144/177 blower?
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By LordMrFord - 7 Years Ago
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Wow!
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By yalincoln - 7 Years Ago
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see it some day!sweet! I hope I get to
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By Ted - 7 Years Ago
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I had to back Randy’s car out of the shed for some rearranging. Here’s a picture with the fiberglass hood off. As a FYI, the hood, fenders, doors, trunk lid, and bumpers are fiberglass. Randy started off with a ’56 Club Sedan and went from there.
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By charliemccraney - 7 Years Ago
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That's awesome.
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By yalincoln - 7 Years Ago
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very sweet! thanks ted! looks like moisture is getting to the aluminum engine parts? Christmas is coming, mabey if I ask santa real nice? LOL!!
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By Y block Billy - 7 Years Ago
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His famous words "I just want to go fast"
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