eBay Find: The King Of Beasts II Vintage BB/A Blown Altered

In the 1960s, safety standards were not the primary focus in racing. Seat belt laws were yet to be fully established and a passenger side air bag wasn’t a safety device; it was the person who sat next to the driver and wouldn’t stop talking. If you never ride a bike without a helmet and wouldn’t walk fast with scissors in your hand, then a Vintage Blown Altered Dragster is probably not your thing. On the other hand, if you prefer your hand cleaner to have some grit in it and like living on the edge, then we’ve found the race car for you.

Discovered on eBay is this original “King of Beasts II” BB/A altered that was built back in 1966 by David Tucker, Larry Richard, and Doug Willey. At the time when King of Beasts II was built, race cars were put together in garages or barns with welders and torches.

King of Beasts II was raced from 1966 into the late ’70s and at some point was sold to a gentleman named Billy Wallenty. From 1978 through 2000, it sat in its original race form before being retrieved, purchased, and stored away once again. It’s nor – or was, rather – being offered at auction in its original race form. With a high bid of $11,099, the auction didn’t meet the reserve price.

It appears to have a 23-T Ford body and a hand-built square tube chassis. The power comes from a 1957, 392 cubic-inch Hemi with an Isky custom ground camshaft and a pair of “zoomie” style headers. The Hemi is topped with a nostalgic fuel-injected Edelbrock GMC-style 6-71 blower. The transmission is a Chrysler push button torque-flight. The vintage spindle mount front wheels are not equipped with brakes, which leaves the stopping duty to the rear drum brakes and the parachute.

Anyone who has ever shoe horned themselves into the tiny cockpits of these vintage monsters realizes these cars are not for the faint of heart, but boy, do they ever look fun!