Wow, the "the in process" shots look a lot different than what is considered in process now adays - hell even a lot 'finished' cars. Times have changed.
Amazing photos Mark... Thank you for sharing them and not just sitting on them. Your grand fathers 36 Ford Sedan is really great. Do you know what happened to that car?
Thanks for sharing these fantastic images..... It is neat to see the B'ville shots from many years ago....same salt, just new people and cars. I am in agreement with the rest of the postings on the 36 Sedan, your grandpa really nailed it. Dallas
Wow, those are high quality photos for being taken by an amateur photographer in those days. I'd like to have a quarter for every car that ever got photographed going through that tree. Somewhere in dad's stuff there is a photo of his 57 J-2 Olds in the same spot. That plumbing building in the photos of the sedan with the gents on the fenders looks a lot like the building in the thread on the unknown pnw roadster from the same era on here.
Ryan ... great Blog today! ... you're so right ... these images are priceless ... sure glad you didn't "ruin them with your words" Mark (rodncustom) ... thanks so much for sharing your grandfather's CL photos with us ... very much appreciated!
That last T roadster is incredible... the first shot of it, seeing the driver's perspective, is always one of my favorite photos to take. GREAT STUFF here! Thanks!
Looks as tho Mark's Grampa is my age too!---Back then in 1950, '41 bumpers were the rage as were the desoto ones,----The top is sporting the "mailslot" look, popular then also. What a number of younger guys on the HAMB don't realize is, when we were going to hi school after the war (1946-1950) all of our cars were daily drivers & very RARELY a guy would have 2 cars! So, most of us would always park on an incline to start by coasting, then let the clutch out,-----Because we had been out the night before with the girlfriend, listening to the music(?) & battery (6 volts) was run down too far to restart!!!!!!! Good thread!!-------Brings back many, many memories!!----Don
Thanks for the great stuff, I love old photographs. Keeps history alive and real... Any idea what these gauges were out of?
Absolutely Fantastic Photos! Thanks Mark, Mark's Grandfather & Ryan. The photos were actually taken in 1951. The reason I know this is the So-Cal belly tank is there instead of the streamliner which had been destroyed at Daytona in Feb '51, Bill Niekamp roadster, Ak Miller's "Miller's Missile", Fred Carrillo's #17 lakes roadster are there & finally Bob Hamke's T roadster from Indy, which was bought by HAMBer trichop and passed on to Bob's son Robert who is restoring it to how it was raced at Bonneville 1951. gauges are '49 Frazer. Body is made of roadster pickup front half and T coupe rear.
One more really neat reason to be on the HAMB!!!! Thanks Ryan and Mark for sharing....and of course Grampa for taking the shots.
I just emailed these pics to my brother trichop.I hope he sends them to Robert.I was shocked when i saw the pics of Hamkes car.
the neikamp car is incredible, and I agree one of it not the nices looking track nosed roadster of its time
History. It's this sense of history I feel everytime I step on the salt. That feeling is unmatched by any other place I've ever been. In the Worlds Fastest Indian whe Bert Munro steps out and says "This is hallowed ground I tell ya, - Hallowed ground." You know EXACTLY what he means.
Gawdamn. I love it when someone's private shots appear and it has some new pics of ol' 777. Great history and doesn't it make you wish you could stick your head into the pic and look around?
I sent the photos of the "Hamke" car to Robert Hamke I'm sure he'll like them Thanks alot! Here's some more photos I had Robert sign a picture when he picked up the car
Love those pics, thats must have been quite a trip there and back at that time. Great that you sharing some history with us to see. Michael