Hi guys, my name is Phil and i have a 1965 Dodge dart gt that i want to build into a gasser. I've been trying to do some reasearch on building a car to the 60's-70's gasser specs, and can't come up with anything. Can anyone help me please? Thanks alot  

Hi Phil,

Good luck with your project, I am doing a 65 Valiant. I have looked for information several times with no success. Mine is turning into a trial and error event. I can give you what I have used so far for the front end.

I purchased a new tube straight axle with new Ford spindles, GM calipers and Mopar rotors. The axle is 48 inches center to center and was purchased from Fast Times Rod off ebay. The spindles were a kit from Speedway Motors.com, the brakes and rotors were also a kit from Sppedway. I have adapted a Mustang II Rack&Pinion to the axle for Steering - don't know how it will work yet, not syre about bump steer. I also used 2500# boat trailer springs that are 25 inches long because of the length issues.  
If you would like to see some I can e-mail you some photos of what I have so far.

Again,
Good Luck  

If you're looking at building an AWB car, greg at "S/S & A/FX" could probably help you. If you're going the tube axle route you're pretty much left to your own creativity. The gassers back then where pretty much just stripped out cars, whatever engine you could stuff in them (maybe a big wedge or early Hemi?) and that was about it. Imagine building a single-purpose car with a minimal interior and whatever suspension system you think would work--- that's an "old school" gasser. We didn't know too much about technology back then....  

yeah, the only thing that i knew about the gasser is the straight axle. I planned on dropping in a old hemi, or like you said a wedge. There is a 66 Dart gasser on ebay with a few pics but not so much in details. In the few past issues of Mopar Muscle they've featured a few gasser/ AF/X cars, but i wish they would go into more detail. Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate it.

Yes, could you please email me some pics of your build up. My email address is blitzkrieg117@hotmail.com.  

You have to remember that the gassers back then were built from whatever was available. Mid-engine vans had straight axles but you could get them from other sources as well. These cars were experimental back in the day so they could have all kinds of parts.

I'd say look for what you can find, upgrade the brakes and stuff for safety, be creative, and build it like you envision it.  

yeah, been doing some reseach and came up with all the specs for Dick Landy's 64 Dart. He used the A-100 Van front axle, moved the front suspesion foreward 6 inches, and the rear 8 inches. While the factory build gassers were; front axle moved foreward 10 inches, and the rear moved foreward 15 inches.

http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/landys64.html   This is the site where i found all the specs for Landy's altered wheelbase  

Some other good sites with some good info is:

http://groups.msn.com/OneOwner65HemiDodge330/1965alteredwheelbase.msnw

http://ssandafx.com/builds.html  

You might want to check out http://gassermadness.com/
and see if you can get on the gas-fx mailing list.It
is a private list but if you will email Byron Stack
and tell him what your working on I'm sure he would
let you on it.The list has a lot of the ole gasser
racers from that era on it and their knowledge of the
cars and the period is priceless.  

thanks for the info....i'll check it out