Bushwacker (dragster)


Bushwacker is a pioneering streamliner slingshot dragster.
Originally built by Pete Ogden as Goldfinger, the car had a wheelbase with dropped front axle and bicycle wheels, and an aluminum body which left the engine exposed but fendered the slicks.
The car was acquired by Don Honstein in 1965, repainted, and renamed Bushwacker. Driven by Ron Welty, who built the car's supercharged Chrysler hemi, Bushwacker competed at three NHRA March Meets and at local races before being sold again.
In 2006, it was restored.

Goldfinger

Goldfinger was a pioneering streamliner slingshot dragster.
Built by Pete Ogden to promote Tognotti's Speed Shop, the car debuted at the NHRA March Meet in 1964. It had a wheelbase, with dropped front axle and bicycle wheels, and a gold-painted aluminum body which left the engine exposed but fendered the slicks.
Power came from a supercharged Chrysler hemi built by Ron Welty. The car was driven by Lyle Kelly, and turned in low-8s e.t.s at over.