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The Logghe Stamping Company (commonly known as Logghe Brothers) is a dragster and funny car fabricator based in Detroit, Michigan. [1]Logghe Brothers, operated by brothers Ron and Gene, [2] was the first company to produce funny car chassis in series, beginning in 1966, when they built Don Nicholson's Eliminator I, with a reproduction Mercury Comet body provided by Fiberglass Trends. [3]
Ed Howe founded his chassis manufacturing company in 1971 in his hometown of Beaverton, Michigan. Ed Howe introduced the off-set chassis to the prestigious Snowball Derby in 1972. [1] With a better weight distribution to the standard stockcars used in the southern States, Howe started the race from pole position.
Ronnie Scrima is an American dragster and funny car chassis builder. He was responsible for the streamliner slingshot dragster Scrimaliner in 1964. [1] After Logghe Bros. (based in Detroit [2]) proved unable to keep up with demand, a funny car chassis-building industry developed. Scrima joined several others in the business.
The Shyft Group, Inc., formerly known as Spartan Motors, is an American automobile design company that designs, engineers and manufactures specialty chassis, specialty vehicles, truck bodies and aftermarket parts for the recreational vehicle (RV), government services, and delivery and service markets.
Kelmark Engineering was an American automotive specialty shop established in 1969 and based in Okemos, Michigan. It focused on high-performance custom V8 drivetrain swaps, the modification and production of rear and mid-engined cars, and custom-built turn-key automobiles (the Kelmark GT). Until 1986, Kelmark Engineering manufactured kits and ...
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Bob Glidden (August 18, 1944 – December 17, 2017) was an American drag racer.He retired from Pro Stock racing in 1997 and returned in 2010. [1] Glidden retired as the driver with the most wins in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history at that time — a feat recently topped by 16-time Funny Car champion John Force — and he was the third-most successful drag racer of the professional ...
In high school, Hines preferred art and shop classes to academics, and 1941, while in Grade 11, dropped out to rent a garage in Ecorse, Michigan, where he set up a custom shop. [2] It was there he began working with lead body filler. [2] His first project was a 1934 Ford, fitted with a flathead V8 with milled heads. [4]