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Hot Rod Allis-Chalmers Lawn Dragster Runs on Nitromethane and Screams

Hot Rod Allis-Chalmers Lawn Dragster Runs on Nitromethane and Screams photo
Hot Rod Allis-Chalmers Lawn Dragster Runs on Nitromethane and Screams photo

I never knew I wanted a hot rod Allis-Chalmers lawn tractor until I saw one. Specifically, I saw this one that's being auctioned on Bring a Trailer. It nails the aesthetic with slick tires, a wheelie bar, and a (non-functioning) parachute; plus, it runs on nitromethane. That's enough to draw me in but there's plenty more if you aren't convinced it's worth spending your hard-earned money on.

The orange bodywork, white hood, and all that chrome sit atop running gear that's actually taken from a Yamaha Warrior ATV. That means it has a 348cc four-stroke single-cylinder engine that makes an undisclosed amount of horsepower. Either way, you can bet it's more powerful than whatever engine it came with from the factory. Power is sent to those big slicks out back through a chain drive and six-speed manual transmission, which even has a Hurst shifter in true hot-rod fashion.