Altered Chassis?

UH... no. But that is a mess and a lucky man

If the wreck and the top car are the same that might have been one of the H&M 65 cars

 

I think it is called altered chassis because the whole car was much longer than stock, especially the front end.
BEst REgards,
Vern

 

Vern don't believe the wheelbase was longer on this car (there were others that were). Instead the rears moved forward making the wheelbase shorter.

Here are two of the AF/X cars being built in the H&M garage/shop in 65. On the cars like the one in the back the front shock towers were removed but a modified A arm remained in the stock location, only the rear end was moved forward. On the bottom car the front and the rear are moved forward




Also possibly one of the brothers to the car in the picture above

 

Aw....thanks for the correction!
I think ive seen alot of ramcharger dodges like that.
My great uncle had one when he was a kid.....he convinced his dad to buy him a used car, you know, just your everyday sensible grocery getter.....factory cross ram 426 hemi drag car in disguise.....well, that was a grocery getter compared to the 427 Cobra that he had before!
Best Regards,
Vern

 

Did you all ever read about that collector that ran one of these down in a warehouse in New York City. It had been parked for decades and last used by a drug dealer to do big stakes street racing back in the day. The guy risked his life to do the buy... great story. Forgot which car it was but it had big name track history as well.

 

Let me answer the question of "why did they do this"? Traction was lousy back then. Little tire developement going on, or just starting. So, one way was to get more weight over the tail of the car. Many vintage photos show huge truck-size batterys in the trunk. And an additional way was to move the wheels forward 10 to 12 inches. So, this was listed in the press as "altered wheelbased cars". The crowds at the tracks thought these cars looked "funny". Hence "funny car" became the term to call these cars.