Cammer picture of the day

[thatdarncat]

I ran across this picture on the Internet today ( not my picture ), thought it was cool. Maybe we can call this Test & Tune Tuesday.

[Heo]

Nice dunebuggy

[turbohunter]

Really amazing what was done in the old days.
I cant recall seeing a 60s era funny car frame next to a modern one. That’d be neat to climb all over to see differences. Night and day I’m sure.

[cattleFEeder]

That guy is either tough or stupid, I am going with tough.

[XR7]

Not only unsafe... look at the mini hoop roll bar behind him & nothing to the side or in front of him, but also uncomfortable, just look at his left foot on the clutch or brake pedal. Looks "high and mighty", put I guess that was for oil pan clearance from the looks of it.

[turbohunter]

Back in the day that was what safe looked like. There was no stupid or brave about it.
This car prolly had a fc body to go over that crude frame.
But that’s what the deal used to be.

[TomP]

I don't see a tranny pan hanging down so maybe a Toploader and the shifter is obscured by his leg. Ergonomics wasn't invented back then. Minimum knee to chest clearance wasn't a design consideration.

[machoneman]

Good catch on the missing auto tranny pan. Note too the top 1/2 of the roll bar is painted black (maybe padding but that looks way too thin) unlike the other color lower down.

Based on the 'look' of a West Coast track, the size of the driver, the clutch foot and the top of the roll bar, I'll bet it was Jack Chrisman on an initial test run of his famed chopped-top '66 Comet. He did run at first IIRC a stick tranny unlike the injected Logghe Comets of Schartman, Nicholson but soon switched to the C-6 later.

http://www.dragzine.com/news/flashback-friday-mercurys-revolutionary-flip-top-66-comet/

https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/jack-chrisman-big-red-super-cyclone-roadster-mercury-comet-news-photo/163093169#/jack-chrisman-big-red-super-cyclone-roadster-mercury-comet-funny-car-picture-id163093169

I don't see a tranny pan hanging down so maybe a Toploader and the shifter is obscured by his leg. Ergonomics wasn't invented back then. Minimum knee to chest clearance wasn't a design consideration.

[cjshaker]

It does appear very similar to his topless Comet. Good catch, Bob. It might be direct drive, like his '64 Comet. Not sure when he got away from that drivetrain.

[turbohunter]

I’ll bet you’re right Bob. Good sleuthing.

[Falcon67]

Use Chrome, right click on picture and select Search Google for Image - tons of pics about Chrisman's buggy.

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZit52XkRKKwJJHDNLcF-LNOkgCSDCCFb5uNEgSDA7jdUiYmbioY10YMmR5Ko1-CU6qM9K7GLQbhwwSMt0nYzlNJbMN8hAKWzWOpJU_18d6VKMiZ1d5TRfS_1vuISrFLUffyqNqq5fnZAkx76bp01VnQfXTDgzDDV1aXOoNxNQtr8m32M9PVkAUrOffqb7BE-q0aMtBw9TxysRhc4yq1zQkTETzaKkGsmxNm7MhKVBZ6fPmrc9o197uD2KxJOxqLRyvxji79BUEHmAprC9yHU3-oAEWSl769FOKnp_1ik7y7PDIaNtr0dLgh4UpFHpwNXp4aYprl3rFXMANytz4i5IjUtw_1j0ZThxg

[Falcon67]

I don't see a tranny pan hanging down so maybe a Toploader and the shifter is obscured by his leg. Ergonomics wasn't invented back then. Minimum knee to chest clearance wasn't a design consideration.

Clutch plus direct drive.