This image was originally posted on the Facebook page of Hatton’s House of Crazy paint. This is the 1967 Mercury Cougar of Wayne Gapp.
It’s hard to see how good this car looked in B/W but it was a pretty sharp looking ride if you ask me.
Tag Archives: Performance Engineering
Wayne Gapp and the Super Cat
The caption reads:
“Wayne Gapp’s Super Cat Cougar put away big, closely matched gas “funny” field, due mainly to Gapp’s fine driving.”.
Mustang Funny Car – Old Wayne Gapp Boss 429 Mustang
I was digging through email and came across this image that I’m 99% sure came from Daryl Huffman who is the current owner of the Mustang body.
Wayne Gapp and the Stars of the East Coast funny car circuit
Check out this article.
There are a couple of interesting things here:
1. Drake Viscome. I’ve emailed a little bit with him. Cool guy!
2. This line:
Viscome’s cars always were Ford-powered, initially with engines from Wayne Gapp, then Gapp & Roush, and finally Ed Pink.
Most people don’t know that my Dad started a engine building business in the late 1960’s called ‘Performance Engineering’ and was one of the few people who built Ford engines for Drag Racers across the country. The building for that business was located south of Michigan Ave around Outer Drive and Park in Dearborn, MI.
The picture below was taken there. That’s also why when you see pictures of this car the back has ‘Performance Engineering’ on it.
Later, when he was promoted within Ford Motor Company, he brought Jack Roush into the the business and changed the name to ‘Gapp & Roush Performance Engineering’.
Wayne Gapp’s 1969 Injected gas Boss 429 on the track
Looks great!
Wayne Gapp’s injected Boss 429 Mustang on the hauler
Looks someplace warm. Out and about after paint to do some testing.
Wayne Gapp’s injected Boss 429 Mustang
Nice side shot by Todd Wingerter @ Thompson.
That’s Bill Jameson on the left. I believe that Daryl Huffman sent me this image.
Wayne Gapp builds a injected gas Boss 429 Mustang Funny Car – Part 3
Wayne Gapp builds a injected gas Boss 429 Mustang Funny Car – Part 2
Wayne Gapp builds a injected gas Boss 429 Mustang Funny Car
First of a few shots of this car being built. Tom Smith built the body but this is not his shop. My understanding is that he was another person’s facility at the time…before he got his own place.
EDIT: I was wrong. Paul Shedlik built the body and Tom Smith did the tin work. Thanks to Daryl Huffman for that info!
