You may remember my post about my buddy Ron's collection of Miller, Offy and Novi patterns rescued from a foundry in Berkeley, Ca. After shooting those pictures in his garage, we went in his house whe... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Incredible photography...I love the one where a back tire has decided to leave it's rim, and you can see the tire, and the roadster running on the back right rim. Amazing he had a binder chock full of original photos. I marvel at these guys....just our hamber forefathers again doing what came naturally....
Amazing pictures. We would LOVE to have a display with pictures like this at our show, July 2:nd. Please hit me up if anyone has any interest in this!
3rd frame dates some of the pictures as mid 50's vintage. Check out the push trucks. The pictures and action they capture are fantastic.
Great post! Nice cars, and some fantastic photographs. Car number B2 has a strange mixture of all enveloping bodywork (above the chassis) with a collection of articulate pieces such as oil pan, driver pan and engine bulge. Very nice. Looking forward to the next instalment!
By the way, I really enjoyed your post on the casting patterns that you refer to. If you have any more on that I for one would love to see them.
Thank you for taking the time to scan and post these pictures, but more importantly, please, please let your buddy Ron know how much we appreciate his willingness to let you share them with all of us.
Jive-Bomber Jay - Unbelievably cool photographs! ... thanks for taking the time to scan them ... and thank Ron for allowing you to share them with us ... I'm eagerly awaiting parts II, III, IV, ...
It's always fun to see what you have come up with next and this is right at the top of the pile. thanks for going to the effort for us.
Wow, thanks for sharing-and Ron too. Photo collections such as this could be the makings of a good Don Montgomery styled book (hint, hint)!
It's been awhile since I was there, but I think the Soares family is still running a 3/8 dirt track called Petaluma Speedway, and also a cool little 1/4 mile dirt track in Antioch. Spent a lot of saturday nights at both those tracks as a kid watching my dad and uncles race there.
Hey Jay! Did you happen to see any pics with the name Jerry Hill on the back of them? He was a dear family friend and mentor who used to race there... Sam
Hey Mike, Dan Furia was my dad. he did a little driving, but mostly wrenched with my Uncle Richard. Dennis and Joe Furia were my uncles and did the driving. Joe raced in the late 50's/early 60's I think(when I was just a little guy and before I was born). Dennis raced my whole life, and was racing modifieds up until a few years ago. unfortunately they've all passed. Except for Uncle Rich, he's still floating around down there. Had alot of fun at those tracks. Definitely the strongest memories from being a kid. -jim
Jive-Bomber, those are some fantastic photos! I grew up in that neighborhood and used to play on that track as a kid. This has revived some fond childhood memories, and I will share this link with some other friends who will also remember. The track was no longer being used at the time and I can remember that walking up the banked corners was impossible, as they had collected a fair amount of dirt since being used. I would love to see more of these if there are any. I also remember going to the indoor midget races next to the Oakland auditorium during the early fifties. (I think that's when I got hooked on racing fuel)
It seems extremely hard to find some of the old drivers, and their cars. We want to make a little exhibition at our show, but everyones whereabouts seems to be the big question!!??