Showboat (dragster)

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Showboat is a four-engined four-wheel-drive exhibition slingshot dragster, built by "TV Tommy" Ivo in the 1960s.

Showboat featured four Buick nailhead V8s, linked together; two drove the rear wheels, two the front.Scherr, Elana. "Tommy Ivo's Treasures", in Hot Rod, 8/2014, p. 77 caption.

While Ivo never liked the name, Showboat proved one of the most popular models of his cars.Scherr, p. 83.

Showboat was Hot Rod{{'}}s December 1961 cover car.