Early Funny Cars: A History of Tech Evolution from Altered Wheelbase to Match Race Flip Tops 1964-1975

Love the book lots of pictures and Info. on the early cars that I haven't seen before. The only complaint I have is with Amazon shipping. They shipped a 40.00 book in a bubble envelope with no other protection. It is then tossed around of course during shipping and handling and the end results are damaged corners of the pages! Amazon really needs to address the packing of its books to prevent this kind of senseless damage.

Good historic read

Early Funny Cars by Lou Hart is an excellent read. The author clearly has done a lot of research and has a passion for the sport as do I. And this really is a history of tech revolution in the history of Funny Cars from 1964-1975. It’s hard to say that this is one of Cartech’s better books because frankly, they are all good, but it’s sure up there. This one I especially enjoyed. One of the things that makes this book so interesting are the photos assembled by Mr. Hart. In addition, there is a full explanation of what you are seeing in the photos, which is really neat.Quoting from the back cover: The sport became so popular “By 1969, the NHRA had no choice but to create a class for these nitro-breathing, flip-top-sporting rail bruisers, indoctrinating the funny car class at the winter nationals with 40 cars vying for 16 places in the field. the rest as they say is history.” During the 60s, 70s, and 80s I went to a lot of drag races, and I have seen the development of the Funny Cars over the years, so for me this book is a wonderful trip down memory lane. And , I’m sure in a few months, I will pull it out and read it again!

Another smasher from The Car Tech folks with Lou Hart compiling this gem. Those of us who grew up with Funny Cars and those curious or fans today will be blown away with this entry. Jammed packed with every imaginable photo as well as all the background info you could ask for. Funny Cars made their niche in auto racing down the quarter mile strip that had been dominated by the dragsters. But everyone who drove their own street version of what they saw on the strip made it even more mind blowing. Many of the names and machines featured here I well remember at my own home strip, "Great Lakes Dragaway." The fun is endless here to go through the pics and stories that seem so long ago but still only yesterday in the thrill cycle. Definitely a great addition to your car collection lore and one that will stand out at the finish line.

A nice step back in history of drag racing

An excellent addition to the CarTech family of books. The photographs personally taken by or in author Lou Hart’s collection are a fantastic addition. They are the number one reason this book is such a joy to browse through or read intently. Each photograph is accompanied by a caption that adds a great deal of information.Motorheads, people who grew up going to drag races, even general fans of the sport will love this book. Read about pioneers of the Funny Car era such as: “Jungle” Jim Liberman, Don Nicholson, Dick Landy, Don Schumacher, Kenny Youngblood, Tom McEwen, and many, many others.Interested in the technological changes? This book has you covered. An enormous amount of information on changes in the cars over the 1964-1975 time period is covered.“Early Funny Cars” will make a great gift or addition to public libraries.

Author Lou Hart put his heart and soul into this great gathering of photographs and information on the golden years of Funny Car racing. Hart uses some of the best and rarest photos along with captions and knowledge of the sport to present the full package of drag racing's most popular class. If your a true blue Funny Car fan you need this one in your library...........Steve Reyes

This book has all the classic funny cars from the 60’s-70’s! Lots of interesting information and stories and awesome photographs to boot. A must have edition. I thank Librarything for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Very informative, great vintage photos , very well researched