This is part two of a three part video series on the history of the infamous Terrifying Toronado drag car built by John Smyser in 1966. To watch part one, use this link:

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This episode centers around building one of the most unique machines to ever hit the drag strip. Using two Oldsmobile engines in what was then a brand new luxury car, John Smyser was doing something no one else had ever attempted. Both engines were supercharged on nitromethane and the construction of the car was made over a scant two month period at the end of the 1965 calendar year.

The photos, fabrication, and layout of this car are truly wild and a one off in drag racing history. How did he fit both engines, one in the passenger compartment, without altering the outward looks of the car? Watch this and find out!