tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post5677126768271683368..comments2024-03-28T12:37:23.726-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: one of the things that made the USA a cool place to be, was the firefighter team competitions... on Long Island they used to race cars as part of the championship... some far out hemi cars too, backwards Corvettes, etc. Crazy shit, I LOVE it!Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-35451942614570512712020-11-13T16:25:33.206-08:002020-11-13T16:25:33.206-08:00I remember seeing the backwards corvette as compet...I remember seeing the backwards corvette as competition that was run on route 25A in Syosset, New York, circa 1967Joe Fayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182377063835367705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-39633020741628878942017-01-09T18:24:22.494-08:002017-01-09T18:24:22.494-08:00plus, hell... it's a cool facet to the car ent...plus, hell... it's a cool facet to the car enthusiast hobby that volunteer fire departments made drag race cars into trucks for a once a year competition! That is serious business! That altered wheel base Dart? Not common to see in any situation except the SS/A races between the super stock Hurst Darts and Barracudas! Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-8580187984929022392017-01-09T18:22:22.828-08:002017-01-09T18:22:22.828-08:00Way cool! Thanks! I included the video to show wha...Way cool! Thanks! I included the video to show what the competitions are like nowadays, and the images of the late 60s dragsters to show what crazy car guys were doing to hemi cars... and the old black and whites to show just how long these competitions have been an annual event. I think You wrote it all out in your note, in a lot fewer words! But it's better for me to show the cool old photos. A couple years ago I posted a competition between milk wagons / dairy delivery that was a NYC event about 115 years ago... and it's just cool to me that some great traditions have become something that is more a competition for bragging rights, than a technique used on the job. I mean that as a compliment, as those race cars aren't used on the job. Damn fine team effort technique, and I wish they'd had us do something similar in boot camp. Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-26663184925569577112017-01-09T17:30:02.422-08:002017-01-09T17:30:02.422-08:00These competitions still go on, B trucks are mostl...These competitions still go on, B trucks are mostly built on truck chassis and have dual rear wheels and a pump so they actually pump water in some events. C trucks are where much of the innovation in design came in. Cut off cars, extra wheels to help braking, but now mostly tube frame specials made exclusively for these events. The vehicles were getting too fast so blowers and turbos were outlawed, now big blocks are what most run. There is also an "old fashion " division where carts pulled by firemen replace the vehicles. <br />In early times different fire companies raced to a fire, the first company to get water on the fire was paid, which caused quite the competition between them. Sometimes there were arguments over who got there first, fights erupted, and no one put the fire out. Something had to be done so fire districts were developed where one company would protect a specific area, eliminating the fighting. <br />30 year member of a Long Island volunteer fire department, and I have jumped off the back of one of those racing trucks.Racekarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07417902693022550191noreply@blogger.com