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Gasser - термин конца 50-ых - начала 60-ых, обозначающий бензиновый драгстер, характеризующийся высоким дорожным просветом спереди, для смещения центра тяжести, часто спереди ставились рессоры от пикапов. это вкратце, на самом деле - это лишь то, что касается визуальной части.
With all due respect to you, I guess it would depend on the time frame we're talking about. I began teching cars at Dahio Drag Strip in 1958. Here is an excerpt of the rules of the day taken from Gasser Madness:
"In 1958, a gas class racer was basically a hot street coupe. No engine setback was allowed, all gassers had to have working lights, wipers, starter, generator and all other street equipment. Fans and belts were optional, but radiators were required. The car even had to be currently licensed for the street. Full exhaust systems, including mufflers, were required but could be unhooked for competition, although they had to remain on the car. Those of you old enough will remember “cutouts” that were used back then up into the early 60’s."
"What all this provided for was a class for guys to run a “hopped-up” street machine. The cars were required to have full “factory-type” upholstery although two buckets could replace the standard bench seat as long as both were fully upholstered. Customs were allowed as long as the car wasn’t chopped, channeled or sectioned a total of more than four inches. “Four stock fenders” and a rear bumper were also required."
Everything changed in '62......read on.....
"1962 was a sort of “sea change” year for the gassers. As Don Montgomery, in his book “Supercharged Gas Coupes” states: “The NHRA rule changes for 1962 were evidence that drag racing had finally accepted the gas coupe/sedan competitors to be serious racers.” The rules that required full street equipment including mufflers, wipers, horns, generators, emergency brakes, license plates and registration were now gone. Roll-up side windows were no longer required and could be replaced by Plexiglas windows screwed to the window frame. They were now real racecars. The other change, affecting only the A/GS class was the decision to raise the minimum weight to 5.00-lbs./cu. in. Performances of the blown cars was getting pretty quick. I still remember reading in Hot Rod Magazine about Stone, Woods & Cook breaking the 10-second “barrier” with a 9.99 at San Gabriel. The supercharged gassers were the quickest and fastest full-bodied cars in drag racing."
And then in '64.......
"The rules also required the seats to be in the stock location, but they were permitted to be relocated no more that 4” rearward to allow additional legroom. The other interior rules were subject to a lot of interpretation. The rules for “Upholstery” read as follows: “Interiors may not be gutted. Must run full upholstery, equivalent to factory specifications. Floor mats optional. Bucket seats may replace stock seats (two required), only if they are fully upholstered. Rear seats are optional. Factory type upholstery and/or paneling must be used in lieu of the above.” So…basically, you could rip out the stock seats and carpeting, replace them with lightweight bucket seats and dump the rear seat. Sounds like “full upholstery, equivalent to factory specifications” to me…yeah, right."
Спасибо, теперь понятно, буду знать.
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