Mopar gassers?

toolmanmike said

It's a line drawn in the sand. Most of the old straight axle coupes with blown and injected Hemis were always considered Gassers regardless of what fuel they burned. If we use "Gasser" as a generic term describing the look, Any car with a straight axle front end jacked way up and some fat tires on the back could be considered a gasser.

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"Gasser" is a modification of the official nomenclature :"Gas Coupe and Sedan," which was used to classify cars back in the 'fifties, when a lot of the racers used alcohol or nitro in these cars.


It (this separation) was an important part of racing, because there were stringent rules restrictions, mainly based on engine size, car weight and the amount of "bite" available (due to the crummy tires available, and used in that class.)

Now, with tire improvements, all that previously-important chassis stuff has gone by the wayside and what Mike says about anything with a straight front axle and a powerful engine, being called a "Gasser," is true, regardless of things that were important in the fifties. Class racing isn't what it once was.

The Nostalgia racers have for the most part, abandoned a lot of the rules requirements that separated the Altereds and F/X cars from the class-legal "Gassers" back then. It's not a bad thing; just different.