As we speak’s Good Worth or No Cube Logghe dragster was constructed to not barrel down the quarter mile however for “cackling” automotive meets. That’s a novel and particular function, and it’ll require some novel considering on our half to determine what it is perhaps value.
With over 317,000 miles in its rear-view mirror, yesterday’s 2009 Mercedes-Benz E350 wagon actually takes the prize for sturdiness and stick-with-in-ness. At simply $5,900, it additionally gained our vote, incomes a strong 69 p.c Good Worth final result.
As we speak being Friday the thirteenth—a notoriously unfortunate day in line with sure cultural norms—we’d wish to deal with the anticipated dangerous juju by stepping out of our consolation zone and taking a look at one thing manner out of the abnormal. I feel this 1967 Loogghe AA/FD dragster qualifies as each discomforting (the motive force does straddle the possibly explosive differential) in addition to fairly wild.
First, although, simply what the hell is that this factor, and why would somebody construct a vintage-style front-engine dragster? In keeping with the advert, the automotive, dubbed ‘Angel’s Flight,’ is “a recreation of a automotive my good friend drove in ’67 with an amazing historical past in addition to the story of the donor automotive which had its personal nice historical past, racing into the ’80s.”
The construct was accomplished simply final September and is predicated on a classic tube chassis manufactured in 1967 by the Logghe Brothers’ Stamping Firm in Detroit, Michigan. Atop that could be a NOS fiberglass physique by Kellison, into which has been wedged a 1957 Chrysler 392 Hemi. That’s completed with a de rigeuer Roots-style blower and Hilborn injection. The under-butt rear-end can be out of a classic Chrysler and is fitted on both finish with disc brakes. An ass-mounted drag chute is prepared for when these show not sufficient.
The outcome isn’t road authorized—and even highway succesful—nor would it not be observe aggressive in something aside from classic exhibition occasions. As an alternative, the vendor says the automotive was constructed for cackling occasions. These are reveals the place classic racers are pulled out, dusted off, after which fired up so {that a} bunch of previous guys in Jorts and tucked-in T-shirts can stand round and take heed to them idle and rev so they may benefit from the “cackle” of the unfettered exhaust. And sure, that’s completely a factor.
The automotive appears to suit the invoice, both for a static occasion or for giving the engine a smidge of train. The physique seems superbly completed in sweet apple purple gel coat with white and gold flake accents. Even the under-body is show-worthy, having been sprayed with bedliner for what the vendor claims is a “clear look.”
Not one of the advert’s photos present the automotive with both the blower belt or high-tension wires from magneto to plugs in place, so apparently it’s being offered with some meeting required. That’s minor stuff, and all of the heavy lifting of the automotive’s construct and the engine’s rebuild (professionally completed, in line with the advert) have been accomplished.
As this isn’t a road automotive, mileage and title matter not. Per the vendor, it’s a “stunning piece of Automotive Historical past and Automotive artwork.” At $31,000, they are saying, it may very well be had for the “value of an affordable Camaro.”
That’s a reasonably particular comparability, and few of us would probably contemplate a $31K Camaro significantly low cost. That being stated, we now want to handle the query of this dragster’s worth. What do you assume? Is it value $31,000 in mild of its meant objective and match for that objective? Or does that value go away you cackling with disdain?
You determine!
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