Thread: Anyone have any information on this DRAGONSNAKE?
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Old 05-01-2016, 03:54 PM
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They are indeed wheelie bars. A heavier ("weighted") flywheel was used on the car. This caused the car to tend to wheel stand hard. The bars were put on to correct this issue. Wheelie bars were pretty common in drag racing by 1973.
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