The Gasser Tribute Car was built for all the past drivers, owners and fans that truly "Loved" these kinds of cars and to enjoy them once again! Come see us at the races and say "Hello"
1965
Picture taken at Continental Divide Raceway "CDR"
Harold and Dels name on car with homemade fuel injector. Note shortened traction bar from earlier years. That's about the length we have them today. The earlier bars were much longer.
This page is a work in progress. I'll get it finished someday!!! Del Wiesner, 10/01/08 July 2015, seven years later I am back at it. Maybe I'll get it closer to finished! Del W Sept.5 2015 still at it! Still at it Nov.11 2015
This is is the car that we are re-creating in 2006 and 2007. This original picture is of Del Wiesner@ the N.H.R.A. Winternationals Drag Race championships in Pomona,Ca in 1964
Car now has roll cage completed. This cage as you see it will only certify for 8.50 e.t. because of the way we built the bar in the drivers side of the cage. That bar will actually hinge to let the driver in. To go to a 7.50 the bar would have to be changed!
Work in progress! Always more to do, and do over!
This was the start after rounding up many parts. Straight front axle, much heavier wall thickness than we used to run. Back in the days when we were competing, we ran a heat-treated .090 wall front axle. This one is probably .250. This chassis is much stronger than the original 33-36 frame. I had this one made from 2x4 rectangular tubing. These are semi-elipticle front springs the same length as stock.
This is the steering and shift column that Bobby built for the car. We always ran a column shift so that is what this car has! Probably the only B/M shifter on the column in a gasser!
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Sorry this photo is out of focus, but I thought you could see the front motor mount, the brake lines, shift linkage, and rear motor transmission mount. The transmission for this car is 1952 flat pan 4 speed hydromatic set up for drag racing.
I later in 2010 changed to a Hughes Powerglide which I run at this time. 
This is what it looked like after the firewall and the new dash were installed. This also shows the completed floorpan. All this metal work was fabricated by Bobby Anderson in his shop in Apache Junction, Arizona.
This is the end result we are looking for. A "Bitchin Gasser"
Hey, Now this is what we're really wanting to do. This is what it's all about. What we are really bustin our butts for. Bakersfield, Ca California Hot Rod Reunion 2012!
This picture was on the "We did it for love" website. We were the only Nostalgic Gasser on the site. Thanks for the recognition. |
Here we are lining up and X-ing out the chassis. We have a ford 9-inch rear end with 4.63 gear ratio. We have since gone to Wilwood disc brakes on the car for safety purposes.
Oh, my God! I don't know how many times we did this, but it almost always gave me "Heart Failure" Body going on over completed frame!
This is what the handmade dash and all the sheet metal parts looked like before the body was put down over the roll cage.
Bobby Anderson crafted all the sheet metal work and beautiful workmanship on this car.
We threw the crappy old fiberglass bucket seats that I bought away and Bobby hand crafted these beautiful aluminum buckets just for this car.
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Bobby is building a complete new rear deck lid from aluminum. He threw the fiberglass one in the junk pile. Come to think about it, he threw a lot of things in the junk pile.
Great! Almost ready to run. All we need now is tires.
Does this look like the Moon Rover? Chassis ready for body.
Wow! We still have a long way to go. Shift tower seen inside car was abandoned for a shifter on the column. The original car had a PowerGlide shifter on the column for the Hydro Matic. So the new car had to have a column shift also!
Gasser Tribute Car with granddaughter Taylor holding Tribute Car photo.
Display at local car shows and a short history of the car!!
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Here we have the engine mounted and the front end hinges completed. Bobby is starting on the aluminum work. There is no wood or composite board in this project. It is all metal work. All the fiberglass firewall, floor, fender wells, and trunk lid were discarded because it was all too heavy or poorly done.
Here we’re getting the feel where we want the steering and the seats located. Note: the roll cage had to be constructed with the body off the car. That’s why the entire fiberglass floor pan was removed. Once the cage was completed and welded properly, then the body could be fit down over the roll cage. We had the body on and off many times before completion.
Prepping body parts for paint. Note: frame and roll cage in background.
Now, this is the look we are trying to get!
Car after first paint job, before being rubbed out. We’re almost completed at this time
Del at the World of Wheels auto show in Phoenix, AZ, Jan 2008, where the car won best of class and best restored engine.
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What is it??? Oh, I see a Willys hood, so it still must be the same car we’ve been working on. I was beginning to wonder about this time… “What is this thing!!”
It’s starting to look like a Gasser!
Every time we did this, my heart skipped a beat. We had the body off the frame many times during construction. Note body hanging over roll cage.
The Heartbeat of the whole project: 1962 Oldsmobile Rocket 394 cu.in. + .030. Still run an old Isky 505C Magnum roller cam that was ground in the early 60's, with early G.M.diesel lifters.
Car with lettering. This is the same number we were assigned for the 1964 Winternationals in Pomona. We ran the same lettering for Indianapolis that year.
Man who did most of the work on this beautiful Supercharged Gasser.
Bobby Anderson , my hometown friend who grew up in Montrose, Co and now lives in Apache Junction Az. |
Bobby Anderson, owner of "Sled Customs" in Apache Junction, Az. He is a man of many talents. Can do everything that is required to build and run a race car. If not for him the Seevers,Wiesner and Owens A/Gas Supercharged Willys would not be as remarkable a car as it is.
