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03-24-2011, 09:09 AM
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Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
 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... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here. |
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03-24-2011, 09:28 AM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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....
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03-24-2011, 10:10 AM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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!
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03-24-2011, 10:53 AM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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.
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03-24-2011, 12:29 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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! |
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03-24-2011, 12:31 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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.
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03-24-2011, 12:33 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
wow....... thank you!
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03-24-2011, 12:34 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
Looking forward to Chapter 2. I love this old stuff. Thanks!
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03-24-2011, 12:42 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
I hope more and more of this kind of recorded history can be published. Thanks for posting these.
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03-24-2011, 02:39 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
awesome photos. Thanks for sharing. nice nice stuff.
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03-24-2011, 02:48 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
Way kool stuff!
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03-24-2011, 02:50 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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.
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03-24-2011, 03:17 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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, ...
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03-24-2011, 04:05 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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.
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03-24-2011, 04:28 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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03-24-2011, 07:09 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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)! |
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03-24-2011, 09:13 PM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
Great photos. You mentioned captions, could you share them too?
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03-25-2011, 07:31 AM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
Priceless,thanks for sharing..
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03-25-2011, 08:17 AM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
Fantastic Jay..... uber cool.
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03-26-2011, 11:18 AM
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Vintage Pics
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.
Last edited by LongnLow; 03-26-2011 at 11:19 AM. Reason: those extra words in my head |
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