{"id":2417,"date":"2009-03-20T23:10:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T06:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2010-08-07T10:54:30","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T17:54:30","slug":"rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Axle Galaxie? (Yea, rocket)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Frocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F03%2Fgalaxie-rocket2-400x267.jpg&amp;description=Rocket+Axle+Galaxie%3F+%28Yea%2C+rocket%29\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[2417]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Rocket Axle Galaxie? (Yea, rocket)\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Rocket Axle Galaxie? (Yea, rocket)&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\" data-text=\"Rocket Axle Galaxie? (Yea, rocket)\" data-desc=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f1ebbzZUa40 Here's another video of this car - It's not very good, but at least you can hear it run. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8HwrJ23ZK-A Also known as the \"Tobacco King Rocket Car\" this thing is pure indulgence. The rest of the story is found at Hoopty Rides.\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket2-400x267.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><img class=\"size-large wp-image-2475 alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Nostalgia Drags: 64 Galaxie Rocket car\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nostalgia Drags: 64 Galaxie Rocket car\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket1.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><img class=\"size-large wp-image-2476 alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Nostalgia Drags: Rocket Powered!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket2-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Nostalgia Drags: Rocket Powered!\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/galaxie-rocket2.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:575px;height:355px;\"><span id=\"vvq-2417-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f1ebbzZUa40\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/f1ebbzZUa40\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another video of this car &#8211; It&#8217;s not very good, but at least you can hear it run.<\/p>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:575px;height:355px;\"><span id=\"vvq-2417-youtube-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8HwrJ23ZK-A\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/8HwrJ23ZK-A\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>Also known as the &#8220;Tobacco King Rocket Car&#8221; this thing is pure indulgence.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the story is found at Hoopty Rides.  He wrote about this car almost 1 year ago to the day.  I&#8217;m right on top of things!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a title=\"Galaxie rocket car\" href=\"http:\/\/hooptyrides.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/1964-ford-galaxie-500-rocket-car.html\" target=\"_blank\"> 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Rocket Car<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Anyone ever heard of the &#8220;Black Widow&#8221; Volkswagen Beetle?  The Mecum auctions story says that this  rocket powered bug beat TV Tommy Ivo&#8217;s four engine dragster called &#8220;Showboat&#8221;.  WOW!<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Classic Car Auctions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mecum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mecum Auctions<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Frocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Rocket+Axle+Galaxie%3F+%28Yea%2C+rocket%29\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Rocket Axle Galaxie? (Yea, rocket)\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Rocket Axle Galaxie? (Yea, rocket)&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/rocket-axle-galaxie-yea-rocket\/\" data-text=\"Rocket Axle Galaxie? (Yea, rocket)\" data-desc=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f1ebbzZUa40 Here's another video of this car - It's not very good, but at least you can hear it run. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8HwrJ23ZK-A Also known as the \"Tobacco King Rocket Car\" this thing is pure indulgence. The rest of the story is found at Hoopty Rides.\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Here&#8217;s another video of this car &#8211; It&#8217;s not very good, but at least you can hear it run. Also known as the &#8220;Tobacco King Rocket Car&#8221; this thing is pure indulgence. The rest of the story is found at Hoopty Rides. He wrote about this car almost 1 year ago to the day. 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