History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

I met him in 1975 while working for Auto Haus, when he was shooting some VW stuff. Soon after he had that horrible head on crash in his Baja Bug that should have killed him. The scar across the top of his head from the crushed skull is gnarly.

 

Good Lord what is the wheelbase on that car? Very sweet car !!!!!!!

 

Charlie Hill/Hill Enterprises also owned the "Dirty Thirty" and "Filthy Forty." The "Forty" was driven by Porky Zartman. Not sure who drove the "Thirty."

 

Here's a few shots of our new Opel GT. Looking foward to doing a little racing this coming year.

 

Here's 3 additional shots I took of Chrisman and the Howard Cam Twin Bear at Island Dragway probably in 1961.

 

I heard that car is still around?

 

cool shot!.....wonder if the flag man was T.C.

 

Here is a good video. Did a search but nothing come up. Enjoy!
Some really good crashes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwXC8KkmMrY

 

Very well could have been Ron. It's about the right year, and he was much thinner back then!!!

 

Right where it belongs!!!!

 

Thanks, I wish that was my only bad habit!

 

Me, too, brother!!!!!

 

Just curious why run one blown and one unblown engine?

 

Sweet purchase Mike. Nice piece of history you now have. Best of luck with it. hope to see it somewhere on the East Coast next summer.

 

If I'm not mistaken, guffey did the restoration on Bad Habit. Wish I had had the resources to bid on it at the auction.

Awesome car. Will it ever make another pass?

 

Hey Beppie,
Third row, middle shot is my '33 from back in the day!

-Scott

 

Dick Marchant operated Marchant's Automotive in Richmond, California for years. I worked across the street (gas station) 1978-81 and had all the machine work on my first street-racer 327 done by Dick and his cylinder head guy Karl. Dick had a early '60s b+w photo of this truck hanging behind the counter.

 

I have that pic of the car thanks. Send me a pic of the drop someday when you get it done!

 

Beppie,
First row middle isn't me...same color and chop though...

 

Somehow, I think the drivers would offer a different perspective.

 

lookin good Scott..
Think I've seen that car before (teeHee)

Rick

 

Scott...speaking of drag cars in motion, do you still have the YouTube links for Relic?

-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com

 

Cool Video. My Grandad once told me, There's no such thing as a "good crash". One day I totalled my car and realized he was right.

 

Lee there were only a few short ones...email me off line and I should be able to find them. A couple showed up of the '33 too, on the street.

-Scott

 

about 50 more pictures from this shoot here
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=356807