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Xtreme Nostalgia
The organisers of the Xtreme Wheels Motor Show 2010 are delighted to announce their growing list of nostalgia drag cars that will be on display at the show, over the weekend of June 12-13th at the Haynes International Motor Museum. The static marquee display will include:
Houndog 1
The Allard Chrysler
Stripteaser
The Allard Dragon
Dorset Horn
Hemi Hunter
Backdraft (Ex Malibu Express)
and more still to be confirmed.
Also featured will be more modern builds with a nostalgia flavour, including Norm Wheeldon's Two Much double engined slingshot.
Nostalgia Fuel Altered members will also be on display, both statically and in the Live Action Arena. These include Bob Glassup - Xtreme Racing, Dave Grabham - Freddy's Revenge and Adam Gleadow - Motor Psycho.
Nostalgia Funny Car will be represented by Wendy Baker - Time Warp.
Back Draft (Ex Malibu Express)
One of the nostalgia collection will be no stranger to many, as it is still campaigned today by Chris Hartnell. Hailing from the 60’s, being originally built in 1969 as ‘Malibu Express’, 'Backdraft' as it's now known, is still Chevy powered just as it was back then.
Malibu Express was inspired by the first Drag Fest in 1964 at Woodvale. The car was originally built in 1969 by four friends: Kevin Burrows, Bob Spence, Jeff Morris and Geoff Fardell and named after the source of its Chevy powerplant.
It took the guys 14 months to build and took everybody by storm, in those days, sporting purple metal flake paintwork and an enclosed streamlined cockpit. When the team brought the slingshot to the drags for the first time, they ran an impressive E.T. of 11.3 sec @ 130 mph! The car would go on to be campaigned at tracks from Woodvale to Santa Pod.
Pink Panther - The partners later sold the dragster to Malcolm Olley in 1973/'74 and he renamed it 'Pink Panther', repainting it pink of course! The car eventually ran a Best E.T. of 10.22 in this guise.
The car then disappeared until it was bought by Chris in 1992.
Parts of the car are still original, including some of the bodywork, upholstery, some of the steering and the back half of the chassis. Modern safety specs being implemented, and an sfi Sportsman 8.50 tag has been applied to the chassis. Chris believes it is one of the oldest cars still running in the UK, and certainly the most regular nostalgic runner!
