GASSER MAGAZINE
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C A P T A I N A M E R I C A ! by SLICK ROGERS<br />
NINETEEN STORIES UNDER THE MISSISSIPI<br />
in a secret government laboratory, geneticist Dr. Daniel James<br />
Lopez Sr. headed up a collaboration of world-renowned physicists<br />
to apply the theories of the space and time continuum to his secret<br />
project, CAPTAIN AMERICA.<br />
OK, I’m lying. Southern Louisiana’s Danny Lopez isn’t a scientist<br />
in a secret underground laboratory, but CAPTAIN AMERICA<br />
is his American dream. Danny is a hard-working air boat pilot. His<br />
devoted racing crew includes wife Rachel, daughter Allison, and<br />
sons Daniel Jr. and Cody. Danny’s ‘collaborators’ are fellow drag<br />
racers who apply both science and physics to their chosen sport.<br />
Lopez says the Captain’s look was inspired by the red, white,<br />
and blue paint scheme of Tommy Killingsworth’s ‘MISSFIT’, along<br />
with the design of Nick Shervino’s, ‘IRON MAN’. With the swab of<br />
a Q-tip, he captured enough Gasser chromosomes to turn his mildmannered<br />
Oldsmobile into the patriotic superhero you see here. A<br />
dropping from the Lopez’s, ‘RIVER RAT’ resulted in enough DNA<br />
to reproduce radiused wheel wells and a Gasser stance. OK,<br />
maybe I’m lying about the rat droppings, but you get the idea.<br />
The ’56 Olds Rocket 88 two-door sedan utilizes a stock chassis<br />
that has had the X removed and rails boxed. Upfront he added<br />
a rectangular tube front section connected to a 1956 GMC axle and<br />
stock steering. The body is all steel except for the handmade fiberglass<br />
trunk. It tips the scales at a fighting weight of 2900 lbs.<br />
Power comes by way of a punched out 455 Oldsmobile big<br />
block, with just a tad over 12:1 compression and a non-roller hydraulic<br />
Mondello stick sporting .576 lift and 308 degrees duration.<br />
Box stock Edelbrock heads, and an Edelbrock Victor intake do the<br />
heavy breathing, while a 1050 Quick Fuel supplies the propellant.<br />
Cragar wheels on all four corners are mounted to a set of 28 x 4<br />
front runners, and 33 x 12 slicks that take their orders from a 4.56:1<br />
rear gear. The Turbo 400 is equipped with a 5200-rpm stall and<br />
was built with an Anti-Gravity button by WHIPLASH transmissions.<br />
CAPTAIN AMERICA reached its goal of a sub seven second<br />
pass on it’s second journey to an 1/8th mile track. A nice, wheels<br />
up, launch against an arch rival yielded a 6.84 ET at 97 MPH win<br />
light. Plans for the further development of the Captain include<br />
going all Oldsmobile by swapping out the nine-inch Ford third member<br />
for a 1957 9.3 Olds rear end.<br />
CAPTAIN AMERICA!<br />
A super guy’s super car. God Bless America!<br />
Slick Rogers<br />
455 Oldsmobile big block, 12:1 compression, hydraulic Mondello<br />
cam , box stock Edelbrock heads, and an Edelbrock Victor intake.<br />
Captain America’s super crew includes wife Rachel, daughter<br />
Allison and not seen in this photo, sons Danny Jr. and Cody.