1966 Beebe Bros-Vinson & Sixt AA/FD dragster cackle car for sale. This is the legendary “Terror of SoCal” dragster that absolutely dominated the 1966 Southern California Drag Race scene driven by Dave “The King” Beebe and later John “The Zookeeper” Mulligan. It later became the first of the famed Beebe & Mulligan “Fighting Irish” cars. Paste the link below and I’ll let the chronological 10 year build history of this car speak for itself!
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/beebe-bros-vinson-sixt-cackle-car.539612/
I would like to see this Iconic dragster come to its ultimate fruition, which is to cackle on nitromethane for the masses as it was intended. Chrysler 392 has only been run on methanol. It also comes with a custom “open” trailer, remote starter and a bunch of hemi stuff including a spare A1 392 block, sets of heads, Best offer entertained, I might consider a trade as well.
Chassis Type: EXACT recreation of the original 143” Don Long "rigid" style chassis originally built by Lee “Lanny” Sixt at the Speed & Marine Associates Shop in 1965. Original RCS stock Front Axle, Front Torsion Bar, Roll Bar & Back Brace Tube supplied by Frank Fedak.
Builder/Welder/Fabricator: Faithfully recreated by Robert Morris III
Wheel Base Length: 143"
Tin: by Bruce Dyda (Doug Kruse Style) with old style DZUZ fasteners
Chrome: by Richard Graham
Upholstery: by Sid Chavers
Paint: 1955 Ford Regency Purple by "Rattle Can" Randy
Lettering: By the legendary Nat Quick & Frank Magoo-silver leaf (Nazionale Italian)
Motor Spacing: 27 1/4"
Rear end: Olds 1950 390 Ratio Open Differential built by Don Doan (6 Degrees down 27" Across)
Brakes: Olds drum/ Girling Master Cylinder
Axles: Mark Williams
Steering Box: RCS (from Tommy IVO AA/FD)
Steering Wheel: from Fedak/Beebe AA/FD
Driveline: Greek style coupler 10 spline pilot shaft
Clutch Can: RCS Hydro-Formed (supplied by Tom Hanna)
Clutch: Crower 10.5" 2 Disk Floater
Rear mags: Halibrand 10 X 16 (big window style)
Slicks: 12 X 16 M&H Race Master
Front Axle: Original to car
Air Dam: Original to car
Front tires: Good Year Super Eagle 2.25 X 17
Front rims: 17" Italian Spoke
Spindles: 1958 Ford Anglia
Fuel Tank: Eelco 3.5 Gallon
Main Chassis Tube: Chromoly 4130 1.5 X .049
Engine: 1958 392 Chrysler HEMI 0.20 overbore machined by S & S Machine Shop 8.5.1 Compression-Stroke 3.906
Fuel: Nitromethane
Heads: 392 Chrysler by Pop Bradford O-ringed/0.40 Copper gasket
Valves: 11/32 S/S 2.125 IN/1.945 EX
Valvetrain: Stanke Motorsport stands, stock HEMI intake rockers, Donovan exhaust rockers.
Pushrods: Smith Bros.
Cam/Lifters: Roller Engle solid roller "540B-3 Valve Lift 536" Duration 281 Valve Lash .020 IN .022 EX.
Pistons/Rods: Arias Flat VR1 0.170" Down (0.210" with 0.40 gaskets) Brooks Rods 7.430 426 & Button locks supplied by Jim Murphy WW2 AA/FD
Rings: Total seal TOP 1/16-2nd 1/16-3rd 3/16
Crank: Stock Chrysler 10/10 nitride hardened & balanced by Ashland Grinding & Balancing
Main Caps: Stanke Motorsport 4 Bolt Mains
Bearings: King Bearings 0.0025" on the mains and 0.003" on the rods.
Gear Drive: original Donovan "Diamond" gear drive (First dragster to ever use this gear drive!)
Manifold/Supercharger: Cragar Manifold-Stock GMC 671 prepared by Don Hampton
Injector: Original thin plate Enderle "showerhead" Injector with custom internal (under hat) Fuel Distribution 4 nozzle injector plate
Pump: Enderle 110 13.7 GPM
Magneto: Cirello "Frankenstein" Magneto (A-250) freshened by Tom Cirello.
SP Wires: Packard
Plugs: Autolite 405 gapped @ 18 thou
Exhaust: Jardine Header Company Zoomies custom made by Al Jardine.
Valve Covers: Chrysler 1958 Imperial 392
Oil Pan: Stock
Oil Pump: 340 modified by Jim Swedberg
