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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Ryan, Jun 22, 2011.

  1. Ryan
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  2. krupanut
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    Killer stuff Ryan.
    And yes, lots of hot rod history here in Atex.
     
  3. RAY With
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    Drag racing in Texas was rampant in early 50's in just about every town you went to. Main streets on a Saturday night hosted about every configuration of car you could think of and was the best of times and plenty of competition for every body from mild to wild..
     
  4. JeffreyJames
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    Yeah Ryan, that thing is sooo cool. I love that time in drag racing before things got out of hand and all professional. The idea that a car club or a couple friends could still build something that was competitive is where my interests lay.

    Couple of my favorite features on this car are....
    CHROME ROLL BAR
    LEVEL STANCE with perfect tire choices (motorcycle tires up front) and caps.
    OLD ROCkET!!


    Damn that thing is rad.
     

  5. hotrd32
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    Very interesting cross between lakes type roadster and drag car.....NICE!
     
  6. silverdome
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    Two Questions.
    1. Is it still around?
    2. Can it make it to the H.A.M.B. Drags?
     
  7. vonpahrkur
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    cool man! great story, love to learn about hotrod history! Good job on the research and story-look forward to more, keep up the excellent work!
    Side-note: Interesting how there's 5 responses to this so far which is really what I feel the HAMB is all about, while the fear and loathing story, in comparison, blew up with a landslide of comments... hmmmm :)
     
  8. froghawk
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    I'm fortunate to have an almost complete run of HR mags from '58 thru '60. Over the years I've practically memorized my favorite cars from repeated browsing through them, and this roadster's definitely among the top 20! Just a clean build with top notch workmanship evident throughout!

    Any clue as to what color it was? White, yellow or pale blue, maybe?
     
  9. fifTsix
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    No shit!
     
  10. 1940 Willys Coupe
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    Great question about still being around. Many cars just seem to disappear.
    Always questioned how such cool and neat cars could just "disappear".
    Hey Ryan! Do more articles on racers and cars from Austin.
    Thanks!
    1940 Willys Coupe
     
  11. Rolleiflex
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    Very neat car. Here's a later version of it that I found digging around on the web. From what I've read the car met its demise when it flipped at Little River.

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    and another article:
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  12. Great roadster I love it the drag version those headers are awesome.

    Ryan, you know why it has a dry lake roadster feel? It is because it was one. that is the ex-Art Tremaine roadster.

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  13. catdad49
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    Sweet little car!! With the chin spoiler(?) and belly pan, I wonder if they may have had Bonneville aspirations? Stay cool, Cat
     
  14. TexasHardcore
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    Love that car, here's another shot
     

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  15. I doubt this is the same car/body, same team yeah. The 2 bodies have 2 major differences molded cowl and filled wheel arches.
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    A couple more pics from "The Birth of Hot Rodding" book
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  16. Love the level look and the polished moon covers.

    Looks like it was pale yellow in the top photos?
     
  17. hotrd32
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    Nice Jimmy B.....you da man!
     
  18. I bet that thing sounded ungodly good with those long scavengers....wow.
     
  19. TexasHardcore
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    The pic of the car on the trailer with "Inferno" up front is when Linford McLemore owned the car after he bought it from Buck & Bohls. It is infact the same car. From what I've gathered, they sold the roadster so they could play with their dragster, pic below...
     

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  20. seatex
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    This just epitomizes what the HAMB is about (and not because it's a Texas car). I can't wait to see where this thread ends up. Back at Little River, hopefully!
     
  21. TexasHardcore
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    Another shot of Linford's Inferno. He later went on to pilot the Banshee AA/FC.
     

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  22. garth slater
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    I love the Art tremaine version ALOT!!! thanks Jimmy B.
     
  23. garth slater
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    wow are there any more photos of their dragster it looks really cool too
     
  24. Sounded "super good"..I saw and heard that car run many times at the old "Caddo Mills" strip in N Texas
    and yes as posted by another,it was a pale yellow
     
  25. Ryan
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    I'm stupified...
     
  26. Strange Agent
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    A really cool car, it sucks it was only able to snag 2nd place. Does anybody know the car that beat it? I'm curious to know.
     
  27. RAY With
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    I was positive that was the inferno. Back in 60-61 I managed the houston freeway strip and did a match race between Linford and Ragsdale and both cars were very impressive to say the least. I have often wondered where Linfords roadster went as it was spotless and had a killer paint job and stood out.
     
  28. I love this place
     
  29. 1940 Willys Coupe
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    Thanks guys for info on what happened to this car.
    You gotta love the HAMB for all that it does!
    1940 Willys Coupe
     
  30. froghawk
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    Holy...! Just tuned back in for the first time since I asked the question about the color and am staggered by the amount of info that's surfaced. You guys are amazing!

    Would love to build a series of models of every version!
     

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