Graham Ellis, 70 Plymouth Superbird, Pro Mod

Final re-assembly after paint and Matt Woods hard at work on a photo shoot outside the workshop. See the results below.

We know Santa wanted this ride and now Elvis has tried it for size during the Euro Finals.
Graham and the crew fire up the 'bird at the Santa Pod Euro Finals.
Sadly Graham only managed a burnout before being shut down by the start line crew.

This picture courtesy of and © Roger Gorringe. See more of his excellent pictures at www.nitroexposure.co.uk

Graham won the UK Finals which were held in good weather. Click here to see a burnout and here to see the run. These do take a little while to load even over broadband.

Compare Graham's car with an original taken from conceptcarz.com, click here to see their whole page of 'birds. 
Cover car and middle spread in American Car World ( www.americancarworld.com ) based on a brilliant set of pictures by Matt Woods. See more of his work at  www.motorshots.co.uk

 

In the staging lanes at the 2009 Easter Thunderball. Click Graham Ellis top run to see the car in action.

Click slow motion to see a burn out from the 2009 Main Event

Graham's crew pack the chutes at the 2009 Summer Nationals. Click smokey burn out to see it.
Graham towing back down through the pits, click 6.28 to see a great run.
Graham seen on a wild burn out courtesy of Eurodragster; the 'bird also featured on the cover of the Summer Nationals programme.

In the staging lanes at the FHRA Nitro Nationals, Alastaro, Finland in 2009. Click Finland launch and run to see the team in action.
Towing back down in front of the Finnish crowd.
 

Graham is guided up to the line by his crew at the 2009 Euro Finals, click burnout and 6.24 to see a Tog's eye view of one of his best runs.

Graham on the weighbridge after a run at the 2009 National Finals, click chutes to see what the 'bird looks like at the end of a run.

Click green to see the next version of the car.

Date  23-Mar-2010

Pictures and video by

Roger Gorringe, Andy,  Luke, Matt Woods, Webmaster &