My First Dragster

My car isn't a genuine Sixties dragster, which is a relief, as they were mostly deathtraps. As far as I've been told, the car was originally built by Bob Nixon around 1993 as a slingshot, but is best known for running as 'High Fever' in comp coupe guise wearing a steel Topolino body with a long history in UK drag racing. The full story of the car can be found here on the excellent UK Drag Racing Nostalgia site, which is where I nicked this pic from:



The car had a revamp in 2003 - 2004 but after disgracing itself on the UK version of the Monster Garage TV show it seems to have fallen from favour, and by the time I got it was minus the engine, either the steel or glass Topo bodies and many of the detail engine parts. The bodywork was hacked about, the DZU fasteners that held it on had disappeared, the tyres were all perished, the gearbox was held in place with bungies and there was what seemed to be a mixture of brake fluid and oil forming a pool on the floor of the cockpit. So this is what I've got: