Welcome to the official internet home of Red Cedar Speedway in Menomonie, Wisconsin. The facility hosts great nights of family fun from April through September. Make. Illegal Street Racing The Real World of the Fast The Furious. This Wild 1. 96. 4 Chevy Malibu Funny Car was a Street Legal, 1,7. Allison V1. 2Powered Monster. Were in an era of street legal Pro Mods with the rise of Drag Week, but the idea of street legal dragsters is hardly a new one. This 1. 96. 4 Chevrolet Malibu is a hilariously unique example of the obsession with street legal race cars. Thanks to the Petersen Photo Archives, weve got a chance to visit this bookmark of insanity. Street Legal Racing Mods Download' title='Street Legal Racing Mods Download' />This Malibu was built by the late Ed Wood, a So. Cal hot rodder notorious for some wild engine swaps, like a front engine Olds 4. Corvair. The Malibu was stretched 1. Olds 4. 00ci V8s under its elongated hood. When 5. 00hp wasnt enough, Wood bought a military surplus Allison V 1. Street Legal Racing Mods' title='Street Legal Racing Mods' />V1. World War IIera warplanes, like the P 5. Mustang and P 3. Lightning. Engineered by General Motors Allison division, the V 1. L. Power ranged from 1,0. V1. 2. After the war, surplus engines were cheap vintage ads show them going for 3. American motorsport at the time. When the Malibu was rebuilt, the chassis was updated and redesigned to accommodate the massive warplane engine, but retained its street legal status. Wood made it a point in 1. HOT ROD Magazine. The body, while hinging open like a Funny Car, still retained a functioning hood, doors, and could carry a passenger in its two seat interior. The transmission was apparently a two speed unit, with First gear being 1 1, with a 0. V 1. 71. 0 was quick to restripe the roads of Bakersfield, California, with little effort. Wood also began a second Allison V1. Malibu around 1. 98. This time it was to be a red convertible. Ultimate Gamepad Pc. While Wood passed away on January 2. Flickr page that hosted some photos online. Bryan Wood, Ed Woods nephew, was even intimidated by this monster as a child Being a kid, I was so scared of this car that I would walk large circles around it just to make sure that there was no chance of having to ride in it. Dont forget to LIKE the Petersen Photo Archive Facebook page for daily doses of vintage HOT ROD photos.