Right now’s Good Worth or No Cube Logghe dragster was constructed to not barrel down the quarter mile however for “cackling” automobile meets. That’s a singular and particular function, and it’ll require some novel considering on our half to determine what it may be price.
With over 317,000 miles in its rear-view mirror, yesterday’s 2009 Mercedes-Benz E350 wagon actually takes the prize for sturdiness and stick-with-in-ness. At simply $5,900, it additionally gained our vote, incomes a strong 69 p.c Good Worth end result.
Right now being Friday the thirteenth—a notoriously unfortunate day in keeping with sure cultural norms—we would wish to deal with the anticipated unhealthy juju by stepping out of our consolation zone and taking a look at one thing means out of the atypical. I feel this 1967 Loogghe AA/FD dragster qualifies as each discomforting (the motive force does straddle the doubtless explosive differential) in addition to fairly wild.
First, although, simply what the hell is that this factor, and why would somebody construct a vintage-style front-engine dragster? In response to the advert, the automobile, dubbed ‘Angel’s Flight,’ is “a recreation of a automobile my buddy drove in ’67 with a fantastic historical past in addition to the story of the donor automobile which had its personal nice historical past, racing into the ’80s.”
The construct was accomplished simply final September and relies on a classic tube chassis manufactured in 1967 by the Logghe Brothers’ Stamping Firm in Detroit, Michigan. Atop that may be a NOS fiberglass physique by Kellison, into which has been wedged a 1957 Chrysler 392 Hemi. That’s completed with a de rigeuer Roots-style blower and Hilborn injection. The under-butt rear-end can be out of a classic Chrysler and is fitted on both finish with disc brakes. An ass-mounted drag chute is prepared for when these show not sufficient.
The outcome isn’t avenue authorized—and even highway succesful—nor would it not be observe aggressive in something apart from classic exhibition occasions. As a substitute, the vendor says the automobile was constructed for cackling occasions. These are exhibits the place classic racers are pulled out, dusted off, after which fired up so {that a} bunch of outdated guys in Jorts and tucked-in T-shirts can stand round and hearken to them idle and rev so they could benefit from the “cackle” of the unfettered exhaust. And sure, that’s completely a factor.
The automobile appears to suit the invoice, both for a static occasion or for giving the engine a smidge of train. The physique seems fantastically completed in sweet apple pink gel coat with white and gold flake accents. Even the under-body is show-worthy, having been sprayed with bedliner for what the vendor claims is a “clear look.”
Not one of the advert’s photos present the automobile with both the blower belt or high-tension wires from magneto to plugs in place, so apparently it’s being offered with some meeting required. That’s minor stuff, and all of the heavy lifting of the automobile’s construct and the engine’s rebuild (professionally performed, in keeping with the advert) have been accomplished.
As this isn’t a avenue automobile, mileage and title matter not. Per the vendor, it’s a “stunning piece of Automotive Historical past and Automotive artwork.” At $31,000, they are saying, it might be had for the “value of an affordable Camaro.”
That’s a fairly particular comparability, and few of us would probably think about a $31K Camaro significantly low cost. That being stated, we now want to deal with the query of this dragster’s worth. What do you suppose? Is it price $31,000 in gentle of its meant goal and match for that goal? Or does that value depart you cackling with disdain?
You determine!
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