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Thirdyfivepickup
02-24-2004, 11:00 PM
This is a pic my Dad gave me yesterday. I had seen it a few times before, when I was younger, but today, now, it has hit me pretty hard.
Its my Grandfather, in his race car. I don't know the year... hell, I don't even know what the car is. I do know its pretty damn cool and I wish I had the chance to meet him; at least once.
This is where I got the bug, this is my family...
this is tradition!
Thirdyfivepickup
02-24-2004, 11:02 PM
I should have mentioned that I don't have a scanner and had to take a digital pic of a copy of a copy of a...
He also gave me a couple of others... like this...
My Uncles Nick and Ted built this to race around 1966 or 1967. Did all of the work themselves:
Tony
02-24-2004, 11:03 PM
Damn, i expected to see a race horse hooked to a chopped Amish buggy !! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

ok, had to come back and edit this...you did show me a race horse!
i dig old photo's.
Cool pics!!

Rat.
Fat Hack
02-25-2004, 08:41 AM
That home-brewed Mustang funny car ROCKS!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Any more pics of that thing????

PLLLEEEEEEAAASSEE???!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Ted H
02-25-2004, 10:26 AM
You gotta have some cajons to race a car with wood spoked wheels!
Thirdyfivepickup
02-25-2004, 11:48 PM
Hack, I'll see what I can do. My Uncles were more interested in runnin fast than takin pics.
silent rick
02-26-2004, 01:48 AM
hey mikey, was the moostang a 427/4 speed? and was it local, running at 30?
29EHV8
02-26-2004, 03:08 AM
Wheres the 'stang now?What happened to it?Get some stories from yer dad or uncles and tell us.
Kill pics......Shiny
littledeucecoupe427
02-26-2004, 03:44 AM
Wow those are some sweet cars!
chromedRAT
02-26-2004, 04:35 PM
man, that's coooool. those original racers were wild.
Thirdyfivepickup
02-26-2004, 08:34 PM
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hey mikey, was the moostang a 427/4 speed? and was it local, running at 30?

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I'm 99.9% sure it was the 427 combo you spoke of. I'm tryin to scare up some more pics to post this weekend.