In 1967, "Big John" Mazmanian built one of the more unique blown gassers.  The chopped Austin became known as the "Football".  While NHRA quickly disallowed it from legal AA/GS competition (it ran as a BB/Altered at NHRA meets), that didn't matter too much since most of the racing at the time was either dedicated A/GS meets run by the various tracks, or match racing.  The "Football" was very successful at both!  When John went funnycar racing in 1968, the Football was purchased and campaigned by KS Pittman until he later replaced the body with that of an Opel GT.  No one seems to know what ever happened to that car.  Construction photos are below.