CARL CASPER'S COSMIC CHARGER FUEL DRAGSTER
DRAGSTERS ARE BUILT TO do just one thing, and that’s to cover the quarter-mile in the lowest elapsed time (ET). But there’s no reason why they can’t look good as well, and that’s what auto customiser Carl Casper did with his Cosmic Charger fuel dragster. Mat Irvine: This 1:25 scale kit originated with the original MPC company in 1972, so is now 46 years old. Casper's original Cosmic Charger was built with a top-mounted blower, and exposed motorcycle wheels at the front. Later, the engine received a front-mounted blower for even more streamlining, and the front wheels had streamlined covers to reflect the rest of the design. The newly-reissued MPC kit includes these later parts as extras, and there's also a new decal sheet that reflects paint-scheme changes. The Cosmic Charger is basically a simple kit as there are not that many parts, but it is a bit fiddly in places. You have to decide whether you are going to build the engine block with a top or front mounted blower right at...