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Surfboard v. Dirty old race car....plus Question

posted 11 years ago by killureyes-628-749587
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Would you trade a surfboard for a Dirty old race car?

ANYDAY!!!

Am I wrong but is that rail 4x4 ... Or did it require bigger tires because the technology to get 1000 horses was new ( multiple engines that is ) .

May i just say Potato Bug actually ruins it...

Even I was excited about the " new track record " ....

Absolutely love the night walk on the beach, yeah ummm, on the 3D t.v. One can tell they were two different filmography .... But for 1964, i am impressed

Lastly, Don Rickles is actually tolerable in this movie

[–] jimmymack12 11 years ago

If you were talking about the 4-engined monster (it was named "Showboat", the engines were a combined 2,000 horsepower, displaced 1,856 cubic inches, and it was later re-bodied with a Buick station wagon body), that car was 4-wheel-drive. It's owned and driven by drag-racing legend "TV" Tommy Ivo:

http://www.dragzine.com/features/car-features/flashback-friday-tv-tommy-ivos-legendary-four-engined-showboat/