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This is the first picture of Ratcatcher
in my collection. Unfortunately I did not date my slides but they are numbered
almost chronologically. I reckon this was taken in 1974/75 and as you can
see was taken at the Pod. |
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The car has now been re-painted and
is seen burning out at Snetterton probably the following year. |
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The car has now sprouted a competition
dragster style body with rather plain paintwork. This was taken at Santa
Pod most likely following a re-build over the winter. |
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Leaving the line at Snetterton now with
a rear wing fitted. |
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And now for something completely different
- no bodywork at all at speed at Blackbushe. |
| Up until now
the car had a distinctively retro look to it even by the standards of the
time. Cuss & Ashley began campaigning a pro-comp dragster (I don't know
if it was still called Ratcatcher) which was totally up to date. |
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This shot shows the sleek lines of the
car, location unknown. |
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It seems almost impossible that the
same people who were responsible for a short wheelbase slingshot rail could
come up with the Bel-Ray Streamliner. This is the most radical (conventionally
powered) dragster that I can remember seeing. This picture was almost certainly
taken in 1978. |
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Here it is at Blackbushe doing what
all powerful cars used to do there - boiling the hides. |
| I have also
got a few shots of the old car taken at about the time the streamliner was
being run but unfortunately no records of who owned and drove the car. |
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Here it is in the pits, most likely
at Santa Pod, with the competition dragster bodywork and a decent blue
re-spray. |
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White now and back with a conventional
dragster body, this looks like Blackbushe to me. |
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Still a straight dragster but now blue
and at Santa Pod. This shot was taken on 25/8/85. |
