Pure and simple A sedan with a tri-power 348, big 12-volt generator and genuine bullet holes for character. Plus, more brick-colored prime.

Nicely done�and ready to run.

Clean machine: Model A sedan on �32 frame.

�Buckshot.� 1928-9 modified. Preston Davis mixin� up the fuel tank medicine in theGodman trailer. Cacklefest fuelers use more than 83 percent nitro to produce the right sound, smell and flame color. Then, when it the specific gravity looks right, he gives an Ernest Hemmingway look of approval.

Don Garlits and pals brought a clone of the �64 Swamp Rat VIII (the original car was cut and extended 2 feet to create SR X in �65). This is another car constructed expressly for cackling. Significance of SR VIII is that it was first Garlits car to use the new 426 Hemi engine. Close-up shots: T.C. Lemmons, Garlits�s trusty old hand (l.), Garlits (r.) and Garlits�s own trusty old hand (c.). T.C. has been with Garlits so long, he gets away with calling him �The Old Man.�

Lining up early, the Freight Train crew. Because of rains, Cacklefest format was modified. All but two of the machines were positioned on the strip centerline before their engines were started. At the signal, those with electric starters were fired in place. Moments later, the cars of Chris Karamesines and Don Garlits were pushed down the strip and made the starting line turn-around.

Showtime! Bob Langley was ready, the crew was ready, wife Ruth was ready, the Scorpion was ready, but it wasn�t set up for an electric start, so it � along with the Bo-Weevil roadster � was a static display. But, Langley�s and the car�s presences were much appreciated. Don Ross is owner.

BG06-17 (900) Lining up