Old School rails? Anyone use them anymore?

[In Excess]

Still running mine
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These were my favorite cars of that era

 

[In Excess]

Yep I have the nose cone. No light in it. Wheelie bar would be cool. Especially with some boost.

Wheelie bars are not fun at Glamis, car really needs setup with a wheelie bar as far as shocks with a swing axle. Easier to just run a bit of boost and spin tires.

Planning to bring mine out in march for first time since 2004

 

[fasterthanu]

Still running mine
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That's a museum piece there !.

 

[fasterthanu]

I thought my mid 105" wb was cool. Your car is way cooler.

 

[Turbofamilyof4]

When I was a kid this was the sandrail I dreamed of owning! I’d still like to get one some day it’s really all you need to get around glamis and have a great time!

 

[Phil Brown]

When I was a kid this was the sandrail I dreamed of owning! I’d still like to get one some day it’s really all you need to get around glamis and have a great time!View attachment 165676

And you'll have just as mush fun in the sand with it as anybody out there weather THEY believe it or not

 

[SandTrap]

As Hozay said the OSR in march is super fun to see all the Old cars..I stand there for hours handing out Numbers to each car driving in and I grew up with Old school Buggies and hearing a VW engine through a Tri mill exhaust is just music to my ears.I just can't help but smile

 

[Realbadlarry]

When I was a kid this was the sandrail I dreamed of owning! I’d still like to get one some day it’s really all you need to get around glamis and have a great time!View attachment 165676

That's what my BIL's looks like, but no rear torsions and shocks on the frame up front.

 

[Ziggy]

I could take my street plated mid-travel to Boardmanville. 2.5 turbo Subie.

 

[zilla68]

my buddy has a ss3 with t tops or easy in tops sitting in storage and hasn't seen daylight for probably 20 years. i've been trying to get it from him. he said when i die you can have it. hell he can't even get in it anymore, but won't sell it. has a one owner quadzilla and a banshee rotting away in his shed in the back yard. a 72 vette on the back porch and a 80 vette his girlfriend wrecked in highschool in his garage he won't part with.

 

[zilla68]

When I was a kid this was the sandrail I dreamed of owning! I’d still like to get one some day it’s really all you need to get around glamis and have a great time!View attachment 165676

here's mine, i redid the whole thing years ago. it sat untouched in my enclosed trailer inside a storage for probably 6 plus years. pulled it out, she fired right up. then i sold it.i was just a tad too tall for it and my head hit the top bar even with the seats dropped as low as they would go. my dream was a sand sprite 6. never got one.

 

[Zeropulp]

I’ll have to find pics…my first rail was a Brandwood, A-arm car . I believe they were built in Phoenix.
It had an Esslinger Ford in it. Ran great ,but night and day difference when I went to a long travel

 

[Crusty]

EMPI had a Rodeo...some cool old cars in here putting it thru the paces...

 

[dbart]

When I was a kid this was the sandrail I dreamed of owning! I’d still like to get one some day it’s really all you need to get around glamis and have a great time!View attachment 165676

Ditto, I would love to have one of these. So clean, simple...except for the oil eaks. Lol
I freaking love these things though.
Just a good looking car too. Don't need a cra y motor, 1835 would be just fine.
I'm in!!!

 

[Turbofamilyof4]

https://m.facebook.com/groups/770584898319856/permalink/1103653598346316/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[Crusty]

As Hozay said the OSR in march is super fun to see all the Old cars..I stand there for hours handing out Numbers to each car driving in and I grew up with Old school Buggies and hearing a VW engine through a Tri mill exhaust is just music to my ears.I just can't help but smile

Good info.

 

[Sutton]

My dad still has and uses his OCELOT buggy that he built in the early 2000s. The car is beautiful, and he drives the wheels off of it.

 

[Conrad]

One off chassis built in 1974 by Bob bridges. 13b Turbo

 

[zilla68]

When I was a kid this was the sandrail I dreamed of owning! I’d still like to get one some day it’s really all you need to get around glamis and have a great time!View attachment 165676

prowlers sand sprite 3 I believe

 

[zilla68]

Ditto, I would love to have one of these. So clean, simple...except for the oil eaks. Lol
I freaking love these things though.
Just a good looking car too. Don't need a cra y motor, 1835 would be just fine.
I'm in!!!

my candy blue one had a 2375 (I think it was, its been many years), with dual 48 webers, and a sand trans type 1 swingaxle. and I tell you that thing ran like a top, brand new, billet cases the whole 9 yards, and it leaked and drove me NUTS, I hate leaks on anything lol. Before that I had a buggy that had a 2180 I think it was done by gex and it never leaked a drop, but i had serious carb issues with 44 webers. took it to an old school porsche guy here in town to ask some questions and he said i know your issue, bring me the carbs. He took them to the back, threw them on some machine, did some wizardry lol, and it ran perfect, and we beat the crap out of that thing, and I sold it. Sure wish I'd have kept all this. My best friend still has his SS3 like my blue one, his had the t top version, sitting in his storage and hasn't been out in probably 25 years. he said when i die you can have it lol.