Dodge Charger Tommy Ivo Funny Car, 1976
Dodge Charger IV
Dodge Charger IV•
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Auction: Kissimmee 2022
Auction date: January 16, 2022
Lot No.: S124
$66,000 | Sold
- Exterior: Red/White/blue
- 1976-1977 TV Tommy Ivo, one of the original Mouseketeers, Funny Car
- Chassis was originally fabricated by Tony Casarez with updates from McKinney Corporation
- Original body
- McKinney chassis
- 426 CI supercharged Hemi V-8 engine
- Runs on 90 percent nitromethane
- Starter included
- Red/White/Blue exterior
- Tommy Ivo Hot Rod Shop livery
- Side pipes
- Rear spoiler
- Parachute
- Original frame included
For touring racing star Tommy Ivo, the idea of leaving drag racing after over two decades of excitement was a hard call, and the car offered here was his finale in the nitro ranks. Now wearing the original 1977 Dodge Charger body—which was already becoming a rarity by that time since many racers had turned to the replicas of mini-cars like Arrows and Monzas—this race car is from the heyday of the exciting and dangerous “fabulous floppers,” which occurred just before the cost of drag racing skyrocketed.
Since Ivo made his money match racing and Top Fuel was on the wane, he had made the switch to AA/FC in 1976 to a Dodge Dart Sport design, retaining his sponsor backing from the Rod Shop and Dodge. The follow-up to the Dart was this Charger, which did not run a lot of events before being parked. Like everything TV Tommy did, the car was flawless in overall appearance. Beneath the body now is a chassis originally fabricated by Tony Casarez that has been updated by McKinney Corporation and hosts a 426 CI supercharged Hemi V-8 engine.
The aftermarket aluminum engine is presently set up for nitromethane and could be cackling fire from the headers, complete with its period-correct single-plug Mallory ignition, polished Mooneyham 8-71 topped with a three-port injector, Waterman fuel pump, chrome valve covers and anodized fittings. The former childhood TV star’s fiberglass shell wears red, white and blue paint lettered for “T.V. Tom” on the front spoiler and features sponsor Rod Shop’s flag graphics. Out back is a hand-fabricated aluminum deck spoiler and Simpson parachute. When Ivo retired this nitro funny car, he did a brief stint in jet cars.
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Стоимость
242 385 AED
