Vintage drag racing is sort of like a Civil War reenactment with pellet guns — you take something that was once hugely dangerous and kind of insane, and do it in an ever-so-slightly safer manner.
In this episode of Big Muscle, Mike Musto drives a 1929 Ford Model A nostalgia dragster, which is gearhead shorthand for an 83-year-old chassis with the aerodynamic profile of a laundromat, a Chevrolet small block V8 (sacrilege?) and hand-cut drag slicks.
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In its day, this vintage Ford ran 10s at 125 mph in NHRA. It's been detuned since then, but judging from the seating position and construction, it only looks to be a scintilla less sketchy.