The frame rails and crossmembers must also be considered ... April 1967 cover of HOT ROD magazine, which featured the gasser front axle tech story.

And one of those resurrected was the straight-axle gasser clip. The front end sitting ... make sure everything will fit even if the original frame has been previously modified.

Metalwork was done to the bone-stock frame to assure it would hold up to its new role as a powerful gasser. Gussets, fish plates, and a couple of added crossmembers made the frame race-worthy Next ...

A gasser has a unique look that I absolutely love ... The Plymouth axle mounts to the Chevy frame via hairpins custom fabricated by Mike Hickey, Hanley’s fellow Dead Man’s Curve club member.

No, the period-perfect Gasser Wars stance wasn’t worked out ... a spectacular clutch explosion that blew chunks out of the frame, firewall and interior. In 1966, 16-year-old Dan Semchuk heard ...

that Prince Nikola actually held some stock in the Gasser company, hence his championing of its product. The Model 1870 was upgraded slightly in 1874 when its frame material was changed from iron ...