Unusual job: Corvette dragster wash/wax

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beastie

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I had to wash a dragster while owner was installing carpeting inside my house. Owner didn't want water sprayed onto the car and I only had about 1.5 hours to do the job. QEW to the rescue. I used AIO as a one-step polish/wax. Used some NevrDull dipped in Brasso to give me a quick shine on wheelie bars and aluminum wheels. Had to use a soft brush to remove the rubber built up in the back from the burnouts that they do.



It was a fun job. A lot of passers-by gawked at the car in my driveway.



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We started up the car to get it back on its trailer. Did a couple of dips into the throttle to "check the engine". Filled up the air with alcohol exhaust and really loud (but beautiful sounding) open header noise. I had fun. It was different.
 
I think it runs the 1/4 mile around 8 secs. It still doesn't have any nitrous but is built to take it. Car runs at Englishtown or Atco.



I was warned not to mess with the parachute cable by my wife. She said that it was spring-loaded and would knock me down if it hit me. It's pretty interesting how different these cars are from a street-legal car. It sure is a single-purpose car made just to go down the track in as low a time as possible.
 
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