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"Purple People Eater"

Üsna raju kuuekümnendate ajastu stiilis altered dragsteril põhinev hot rod, mis eelmisel kümnendil omajagu kära tekitas. 
Kere on üsna tugevalt lõigatud Ford Model A, lühike teljevahe, 450 kuuptolline hiliste viiekümnendate racing ajalooga mootor, hulgaliselt vanakooli hopped-up juppe kõhus, 
kaheksa karburaatorit, blower, radiaatorit polnud, ilma piduriteta esisild, taga slickid jne.

"When it showed up at the West Coast Cruisin’ Nationals car show in Paso Robles, CA the next year, people LOST THEIR MINDS. 
Freaked out. Babies were crying, women were rushed to safety, windows were shuttered, the National Guard was called out and the hotrodders in attendance quietly ate themselves to 
death. Well, maybe all that shit didn’t really happen, but people were changed that weekend."

Mootori kohta veel niipalju infot:
1956 Pontiac Mill 316 c.i.d, punched out to 450 Cubic Inches
CT Stroker Crankshaft
First Production Mickey Thompson Aluminum Pistons
6-71 Roots type blower.
Eight 2 Barrel Strombers.
Backed up by a 2-speed powerglide w/400 stall converter.


"To this day, the car still commands attention and starts arguments: self-appointed drag racing experts say it can’t be run down the track. It has. People claim it’s dangerous. It is. 
Old guys shake their heads and say it’ll blow up. It hasn’t. Claims have been made that it was built all wrong and can only sit on a trailer. It’s been driven PLENTY. 
The Purple People Eater embodies the original spirit of the Rat Rod movement: built well with the right historical parts and the right attitude to bring excitement and inspiration 
back to hotrodding."


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