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By the end of 1965, I needed more room, so I rented an industrial building and opened "Brackett Speed Products". I was busy building dragsters, headers and various hot rods, and I had borrowed a chassis jig from chassis builder Jack Eskelson to speed up chassis building. I sketched up a different style chassis for a fuel altered for myself. Altereds were very different then, the chassis had a short wheelbase and the motor sat very high. This meant the torque of the motor twisted the chassis and the result was ill handling cars. I decided to split the chassis, the lower half going to the front wheels, and an upper portion attached to the motor. Both sections connected toward the rear of the car. This allowed the motor to move independent from the rest of the chassis allowing the upper chassis to flex, but not affect the lower part. The upper part with motor sat on saddles that rested on the lower chassis, this made for a better handling car.
I was building a lower class altered for a small block Chevy on gasoline. I finished the chassis, lightweight magnesium rear end, and torsion front suspension with strait tube axle. I wanted to use an old Messerschmitt three wheeler body, because it was sleek and narrow. I checked with NHRA and they said I could not use that body, so I decided to go with a Bantam fiberglass body.
Unfortunately, in late 1966, I was drafted in the Army, so everything stopped. I closed by business and gave the chassis to friend R.T. Reed. R.T. was a good mechanic and
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