This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (May 2024) |
Big Al II | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1963 |
Designer | Jim Lytle |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | Funny Car |
Layout | Rear-wheel-drive |
Platform | Ford Tudor |
Related | All funny cars |
Powertrain | |
Engine | Allison V-1710 |
Big Al II is a pioneering funny car built in 1963 by Jim Lytle. It started the trend to flip-top fiberglass 'flopper' bodies. [1]
Lytle's chopped '34 Tudor project cost US$2000, and was powered by an Allison V-1710. [1] The body was hand made. [2]
Big Al II ran three times, all in 1964 at Lion's Dragway, setting a record for full-bodied drag racers, before being retired. [2]
The idea was copied by Ford and Mercury for their Mercury Comet Cyclones. [2] It would inspire "every flopper body ever formed". [2]
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (May 2024) |
Big Al II | |
---|---|
Overview | |
Production | 1963 |
Designer | Jim Lytle |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | Funny Car |
Layout | Rear-wheel-drive |
Platform | Ford Tudor |
Related | All funny cars |
Powertrain | |
Engine | Allison V-1710 |
Big Al II is a pioneering funny car built in 1963 by Jim Lytle. It started the trend to flip-top fiberglass 'flopper' bodies. [1]
Lytle's chopped '34 Tudor project cost US$2000, and was powered by an Allison V-1710. [1] The body was hand made. [2]
Big Al II ran three times, all in 1964 at Lion's Dragway, setting a record for full-bodied drag racers, before being retired. [2]
The idea was copied by Ford and Mercury for their Mercury Comet Cyclones. [2] It would inspire "every flopper body ever formed". [2]