This is Don Fleming and his flamed t-bucket. This car was unreal, made as a result of a bet with a friend, he put together a stroked small block chevy, hand made the frame himself,and this thing would fly! I'm not a chevy guy, but this thing was god-awful quick. Mid 10's in the qtr mile. The top is up to cover the roll bars in these photos.

He won the nostalgia drags in 1987 with this car. The picture of him and the yellow vette is the final. The vette had an underhood supercharger, but the flamed t ("brake dancer" was its name) whooped the vette easily and took 1st place.


I was fortunate enough to help Don on some hot rod projects as a kid, (mostly got in his way). He taught me a lot about cars and life.

Thanks Banana!

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