Wild Horses: Ten Incredible 1000+ Horsepower Restomods

March 31, 2018

Jungle Jim’s 7000 Horsepower Camaro Funny Car

From a bonkers car to one that belongs in a padded cell, this makes the Veyron look like a Dodge Neon, and while it may not be a restomod, it needed a mention. For those who don’t know, “Jungle” Jim Lieberman was an icon of drag racing in the ’60s and ’70s. His various feats included performing 1000 foot burnouts, before he tragically died in an accident in 1977, aged 32. One of the most prominent parts of his legacy is surely this, a funny car in the truest sense of the word, it’s a Camaro body placed atop a dragster frame. The huge engine, powered by nitromethane, produced 7000 horsepower.

Jim was never one to gip on the acceleration, either. He raced with an attitude of never lifting his left foot, tearing up strips across the country without a care in the world. Off the track, he had a reputation for partying just as hard as he raced. If anyone, and anything, has ever embodied drag racing so well, I’m yet to see it.

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