Showboat (dragster)

Tommy Ivo's Showboat dragster with the body on

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.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Scherr, Elana. "Tommy Ivo's Treasures", in Hot Rod, 8/2014, p. 77 caption.
  2. ^ a b Scherr, p. 83.

Sources

  • Scherr, Elana. "Tommy Ivo's Treasures", in Hot Rod, August 2014, pp. 75–83.


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