Vintage shots from days gone by!

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Good eye Art from Alabamoe,



.....1963 Lotus-Ford with Colin Chapman and Jim Clark

Jim Clark finished 2nd behind Parnelli Jones Offy Roadster in 1963 Indy 500.
Jim had closed to 6 seconds behind Parnelli,but Jones oil tank cracked and
was leaking oil causing several cars to spin and Jim got sideways too but
recovered.He said i decided it was better to be 2nd than dead,so he slowed
and finished 33 seconds behind in 2nd place.








Lotus 29 under construction









1963 Indy,Dan Gurney's Lotus 29,Ford push-rod V-8

Dan was running 3rd close to the end of the 1963 Indy 500,but had to
pit to tighten a loose wheel nut and finished 7th.








Jim Clark and crew practice pit stops

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A few bonus pics.....


1963 Indy Car builders,L to R Mickey Thompson,A.J.Watson,Colin Chapman

Mickey Thompson's Chevy powered car is on the left,used 12 inch wheels with Sears
Allstate tires and inboard mounted brakes,finished 8th.A.J.Watson's Offy roadster is in the
center,was tried and true from years of development.Colin Chapman's Lotus-Ford is on the
right,used an aluminum version of Ford's 260-289 push-rod V-8 and finished 2nd with
Jim Clark and 7th with Dan Gurney.




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Pre snakey headers looksee at the Lotus Ford aluminum small block...

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1969 during practice at Indy,Mario Andretti's wrecked Lotus 64 after right
rear hub broke

Mario received burns on his face from the fire from this accident.

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....Found some youtube footage for '63

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And here..

[pipopak]

Originally Posted by moefuzz

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Mickey Thompson's Chevy powered car is on the left,used 12 inch wheels with Sears
Allstate tires and inboard mounted brakes,finished 8th.A.J.Watson's Offy roadster is in the
center,was tried and true from years of development.Colin Chapman's Lotus-Ford is on the
right,used an aluminum version of Ford's 260-289 push-rod V-8 and finished 2nd with
Jim Clark and 7th with Dan Gurney.




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Is amazing how low Mickey Thompson's car was!. Lower than the Lotus. Is there a side or rear view of it?.

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Hot Rod June '63




























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[pipopak]

Cool!. Thanks a lot!.
Probably the only way to make it lower would be to section the engine block itself.

[lordairgtar]

Originally Posted by MoparFinman

No this is a 1965 or 66 Marlin Rambler.

Really?!

[J. Yates]

Dave McDonalds fatal ride at Indy 1964

[ehdubya]

Originally Posted by jimi'shemi291

I've only seen one more becoming photo of the '40/41 Stude, designed by Loewy
and bodied (I presume) by Budd. Able in every sense, this WELL-TIMED combo
landed, stylewise, right smack between the snappy Mercs of the day and the equally
snappy Fords. This is a Stude press photo, THANKS to fellow HAMBer Dave

I agree it's a good looking car Jimi but I think the 39 Studes and Mopar range he also designed were the nicest and they went downhill from there with the sealed beam headlamps.

[ehdubya]

...and this thing an ass only a mother ...trucker could love

They sold DeSotos here Roadkill but not with that bed along with Fargos and Dodges and there's still several Desotos around town here.

[swi66]

Presentation of the Selden Motor Car to Dep. Potentate Treat
Shriners Convention, Rochester, NY, 1911

[norby48]

Originally Posted by cffisher

Back in Chicago "Indoor drags" Now that was crazzzzzy

Here's a "now and then" related to "Shake"

[roadkillontheweb]

Originally Posted by ehdubya

...and this thing an ass only a mother ...trucker could love

They sold DeSotos here Roadkill but not with that bed along with Fargos and Dodges and there's still several Desotos around town here.

The Dodge and Fargo versions used Dodge station wagon rear quarters. The Desoto version is sporting a set of 56 Plymouth wagon quarters.

I would imagine that most of your Desoto trucks came from OZ but The Australian production was not exported to many more places than NZ. Since Australia had it's own production facilities they did not tend to import much from the states. Would love to have some pictures of the Desoto trucks for my website.

[4everblue]

My Grandfather had a 39 Studebaker President. I was always impressed at what a really nice car it was, much nicer than my fathers Kaiser Manhattan which was a good bit newer. My uncle had a 37 Ford coupe at the time and my memories as a kid at the time was it was a hideous automobile.

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[Deuce Daddy Don]

Originally Posted by moefuzz

Had one like that!!----See pix