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Title: SHES ACE Post by: customFC on March 28, 2011, 06:59:16 PM Built in 1972 and raced at Adelaide International Raceway the origional "SHE'S ACE" was one of many gasser style drag cars that helped pave the way. These were the days when they BUILT the car using what they could find, no cheque book catalogue cars back then....no anal retentive rules....no sooks, just enthusiastic dudes with a passion and balls the size of lounge chairs. This car not only resembles the origional car but with detailed info from the origional builders it was also built with the same intention....no show pony trophy grabber here...SHE'S ACE was built to race.
http://youtu.be/NjBGdNKcz_o ($2) Regards Alex Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: ratbox on March 28, 2011, 07:54:07 PM kool bet it cost just a little more to build this time around ;)
Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: steamman on March 28, 2011, 08:15:12 PM Just love drag cars from the sixties and seventies ;D
Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: FC427 on March 28, 2011, 08:58:13 PM Real cool humpy now I have to look through all my old Drag Racing News to try and find SHES ACES....Thanks for posting Alex ......FC427......
Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: fe350chev on March 29, 2011, 03:04:56 PM Built in 1972 and raced at Adelaide International Raceway the origional "SHE'S ACE" was one of many gasser style drag cars that helped pave the way. These were the days when they BUILT the car using what they could find, no cheque book catalogue cars back then....no anal retentive rules....no sooks, just enthusiastic dudes with a passion and balls the size of lounge chairs. This car not only resembles the origional car but with detailed info from the origional builders it was also built with the same intention....no show pony trophy grabber here...SHE'S ACE was built to race. http://youtu.be/NjBGdNKcz_o ($2) Regards Alex I reckon if u don't look that hard on this forum there are plenty of modern day fellas just like this, except it would be pretty hard to fit into an fc with balls the size of lounge chairs :P I wish there was some pics or video of the chassis construction. "No anal retentive rules" is something I really agree with! Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: RET on March 30, 2011, 06:49:41 PM I love the car and the sentiment that goes with it, but jeez the video is pretty ordinary. A procession of blokes back the car out onto the street, it goes away, it comes back. Rinse, repeat.
There's about a second and a half of the engine shown. How about a bit more of that? Or even better, some track-work... RET Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: fe350chev on March 30, 2011, 07:44:06 PM agreed but u had balls to say it.
Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: ratbox on March 30, 2011, 07:46:53 PM I wish there was some pics or video of the chassis construction. "No anal retentive rules" is something I really agree with! you will probably find there is no chassis construction, that's unless they've modernised it Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: Dave88 on March 31, 2011, 10:23:37 PM Cool stuff
I've got an FX body at home that had some local drag racing pedigree as well as a handful of parts that came off the "Parramatta Spares" gasser. I'll get around to making something out of them oneday. Good to get a bit of inspiration 8) Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: customFC on April 01, 2011, 12:24:50 AM Hey Dave
Pics would be good. Sounds interesting. Regards Alex Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: FE 4 ME on April 01, 2011, 09:15:32 AM What a great looking and sounding car..but like RET said i bit backyardish..swearing... filming up and down the road..well mainly sitting or out of shot...no real pics of the motor or tech stuff...but to have than never seen
i still think it's great to watch and see something rare Why is the car so jacked up off the wheels ( wheel front wheels more apparent ) ? or is that normal for a gasser ? "Have a Great Holden ( FE ) Day !!! " :D :D :D FE 4 ME Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: fe350chev on April 01, 2011, 06:39:14 PM It annoys me when people who build cars like companies, just post youtube vids for advertising. Not saying this is the case here but just in general or many spam questions just leading to a company on forums etc. its different when u have genuine members doing it on their own forum but some try to pose fake questions etc.
Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: RM-special on April 02, 2011, 05:23:01 PM FE 4 ME ,the stance that She's Ace has was pretty common to Australian drag cars running both Gas (and in She's Ace case )Modified Production classes back around the late 60's and the 70's. The Nose up stance had its origins in the early sixties (USA) where the thinking was that this assisted in transferring weight over the rear wheels giving better traction.Though technology and different lines of thought have made this set up redundant ,to many it is the classic look of the golden era of drag racing.
Cheers RM Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: FE 4 ME on April 02, 2011, 06:15:36 PM Thankx RM for clearing that up, Shes Ace looks like a 4WD set up, be good to take that off road :o
no thankx, leave it what it's designed for..i was thinking it was for the extensive chassis work to strengthen it but now i know cheers "Have a Great Holden ( FE ) Day !!!" :D :D :D FE 4 ME Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: leepoo on April 03, 2011, 05:30:09 PM If video quality is a concern then you are clearly missing the point, it was the first drive and channel 9 was not available :-\ Why would one be silly to show anything more than a drive up and down the road.......any of you guys belong to the Commodore crowd ::) let them be the super stars of the drongo scene, thats not what we do......anyway....the car ;) No special chassis, as the car may possably get reg (nee mundane video) the front end is not quite as high as the origional but RM nailed it with his post. It was a blast to help build and won't be long before there is a more detailed review......until then how bout we all leave the " I could do it better" attitudes for the Toyota guys, after all we all love early Holdens ;D
Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: FE 4 ME on April 03, 2011, 05:54:43 PM Too ture leepoo,
as i said before.. im just glad to have seen it, it's rare and thus has it's own respect... and thank you for posting on youtube, be nice to see a video of the motor and other goodies..... Beautiful lumpy sound... sounds like it's got plenty of grunt so dont feel down about the comments, i know negatives are very sensitive ( and i guess come off as harsh or arrogant ) when there has been so much hard work into getn this "sweet sensation" on the road...its a blast from the past that im sure we all appreciate, and all here would put our hands up to have this baby in our garage...... as i said in one of my posts here...it's better to have seen than not at all !!!! so thankx and great work.. please post so more pics and videos "Have a Great Holden (FE or gasser ) Day !!!" :D :D :D Top Marks and work FE 4 ME Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: GMB-58FC on April 10, 2011, 12:26:48 PM Hope to see some footage of this old girl in action down the 1/4???
Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on April 10, 2011, 06:55:30 PM Hope to see some footage of this old girl in action down the 1/4??? Unless he transports it interstate that won't happen anytime soon, closest track to Adelaide is 4 hours away and it's only 1/8 mile :'(Title: Re: SHES ACE Post by: FE 4 ME on December 16, 2011, 02:59:28 PM UPDATE..... SHES ACE's owners have been busy posting some more great videos of this well built and sounding car...
thankx guys for more detailed videos of the great exhaust system complete with electronic butterfly valve.... what a great lumpy sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAU4Jun9fJE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL and here's one more for a photo shoot with a good look at the motor with a yella head and chrome on it.. and a bit more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jGM4_8uOlg&feature=related enjoy they have a few more vids on youtube.... check em out thanks guys for posting them so we all can share in the good and hard work you put into making this sound, go hard ( by the looks of it ) and look fantastic, just like the original top job ;D FE 4 ME |