Showboat (dragster)
Showboat is a four-engined four-wheel-drive exhibition slingshot dragster, built by "TV Tommy" Ivo in the 1960s.
Showboat featured four Buick nailhead V8s, linked together; two drove the rear wheels, two the front.[1]
While Ivo never liked the name, Showboat proved one of the most popular models of his cars.[2]
Showboat was Hot Rod's December 1961 cover car.[3]
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Sources[]
- Scherr, Elana. "Tommy Ivo's Treasures", in Hot Rod, August 2014, pp. 75–83.
Categories:
- 1960s cars
- Drag racing cars
- Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
- Auto racing stubs
- Automobile stubs