Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

    This is the Mr. Norm's Grand-Spaulding Dodge Super Challenger Funny Car, that that raced in the 1971 season, it followed up the well known group of bright red Dodge Chargers and one of the final race cars driven by Gary Dyer.   That electric blue metal-flake paint can probably be seen from outer space, it definitely makes the car stand out up in the bleachers. There's plenty more subtle detail from the blown and injected Hemi to the ultra clean cockpit complete with a Pistol Grip shifter.   Norm Kraus was more than a car owner, he was also the owner of the most famous Dodge dealership from the super-Car era, Grand Spaulding Dodge in Chicago. Norm started his series of competitive funny cars in 1965 and were driven by Gary Dyer nationwide.  This time capsule began with a Romeo Palamides chassis, and it’s still equipped with some of the best speed equipment of the era.   The supercharged 426 CI Hemi V-8 engine hosts four-port Hilborn fuel injecti...