I think Creem has the description wrong. This appears to be Walt Arfons' Green Monster jet dragster, shown in the picture in the first comment on this Facebook post. It would have made more sense, since her name is Joan Jett, and the car is jet-powered
I forgot how many versions of the green monster there were, but https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/10/according-to-autoweek-arfons-green.html and https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/01/firestone-presents-green-monster.html is the one that sticks in my head as the jet engine version. The original had an Allison V 12 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-green-monster-12-with-rolls-royce.html
Here's the picture I mentioned. It shows a side view of the 280Z jet dragster, with Walt Arfons Green Monster on the side. Someone in the comments said it was the 34th Green Monster.
I listened to a podcast about the Arfons brothers and I think both of them used the Green Monster name for their cars and pulling tractors over the years. I don't remember all of the details of the story now.
Ah ha! The old rivalry between Walt and Art... the 34th monster? damn. A prime example of why no car name should be carried over from one car to a different car, only Garlits gets the exemption for his line of Swamp Rat branding, as none of his cars were individually anything but an evolution of a dragster, nothing really made one stand out from the others, but the Green Monster? the first with the dragon painted on it, that should have been the only use of the name. Then I think it was Art made the jet engine Bonneville beast, and only when it was originally painted green did it make sense, when it got the red white and blue it made no sense. Anyway, just grumpy ol man noises
I think Creem has the description wrong. This appears to be Walt Arfons' Green Monster jet dragster, shown in the picture in the first comment on this Facebook post. It would have made more sense, since her name is Joan Jett, and the car is jet-powered
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Looks like a 280 to me. I've posted the Arfons monsters several times, and they are HUGE
DeleteI forgot how many versions of the green monster there were, but https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/10/according-to-autoweek-arfons-green.html and https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/01/firestone-presents-green-monster.html is the one that sticks in my head as the jet engine version. The original had an Allison V 12 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-green-monster-12-with-rolls-royce.html
DeleteHere's the picture I mentioned. It shows a side view of the 280Z jet dragster, with Walt Arfons Green Monster on the side. Someone in the comments said it was the 34th Green Monster.
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I listened to a podcast about the Arfons brothers and I think both of them used the Green Monster name for their cars and pulling tractors over the years. I don't remember all of the details of the story now.
Ah ha! The old rivalry between Walt and Art... the 34th monster? damn. A prime example of why no car name should be carried over from one car to a different car, only Garlits gets the exemption for his line of Swamp Rat branding, as none of his cars were individually anything but an evolution of a dragster, nothing really made one stand out from the others, but the Green Monster? the first with the dragon painted on it, that should have been the only use of the name. Then I think it was Art made the jet engine Bonneville beast, and only when it was originally painted green did it make sense, when it got the red white and blue it made no sense. Anyway, just grumpy ol man noises
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