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| Car of the Day: May 3, 2015; Johnny Lightning '70 Don Garlits' Wynns Charger Slingshot Dragster | |
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| juantoo3 | May 3 2015, 07:58 AM Post #1 |
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Car of the Day for May 3, 2015 is the Johnny Lightning 1970 Don Garlits' Wynns Charger Slingshot Dragster![]()
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![]() For more info see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Garlits ![]() I'm glad JL made this model to help celebrate a Drag Racing legend. I had the distinct pleasure of shaking Mr. Garlits' hand a couple of months ago at his Drag Racing Museum in Ocala, FL.
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| pjedsel | May 3 2015, 08:08 AM Post #2 |
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Man...all these guys are getting older - Don Garlits, AJ Foyt, etc. Glad I'm not! This is a great piece from JL. While I am not really into drag racing I have always been surprised there have not been more offerings of this type on small scale. I know Racing Champions did a series of dragsters and funny cars but they were not the greatest...still better than nothing, I suspect. Thanks for sharing the background on the car as well - imagine a lot of folks are not aware of the evolutions in drag racing over the years.
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| juantoo3 | May 3 2015, 05:48 PM Post #3 |
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Actually, RC had some really well detailed dragsters, I think I have Cha Cha Muldowney's ride around somewhere. JL made a lot of the older (shorter) dragsters, the RCs overall were probably about the same length, but since they represented longer rails they were considerably smaller scale. Some of RCs old, early attempts from the late 80s were just plain crude, but a lot of the late 90s and beyond stuff was actually quite presentable. |
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| craftymore | May 3 2015, 10:05 PM Post #4 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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While these models don't have a large following, I'm glad JL did include these in their casting bank. Shows the true diversity they had back in the PM days. |
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| 69Stang | May 4 2015, 09:45 PM Post #5 |
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Love today's selection! I snapped this a few years ago when Don was in Chattanooga at a show and he talked me into coming down to the museum. I stopped and spent a day on my way to Sebring two years ago, it was just absolutely amazing!!
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| accobra64 | May 6 2015, 08:56 PM Post #6 |
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Definitely a trip back in time: The Johnny Lightning Top Fuel Dragsters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() JL Don Garlits Swamp Rat 10 Top Fuel Dragster: ![]() ![]() Thanks for the feature on Don Garlits. Cheers. Cobra |
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