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

Gotham Auto Lease at Dover



Modified Production at Great Lakes



Early Hollish Bros



Later Hollish Bros

 

Very sorry to hear about your loss 296ardun...... Nes Synadinos- Millwinders.

 

Acquired some old Drag News from Bob Taylor - he raced about 1958-1975 or so - we meet at the counter at Norma's Cafe in Dallas....just small talk for the most....then one day I spotted a pair of 1958 Chrysler New Yorker's behind an old shop - Bob's) I would latter acquire the shop from Bob - (the 392 New Yorker's were long gone ) along with some - "you want those old magazines" fer sure I do....here's some posts....hope it's okay....

 

wait....I'll figure it out......

 

Thoughts and prayers for Dave.

 

Wishing all thebest for you Dave, at this time in your life. Prayers too.

 

Here they are found them floating around in space.

Santa Anna Closes


Cry Hopper??

 

Thanks, Tommy.

 

EDIT: From Jimboi7
The black coupe belonged to Antone Addessi from New Canaan, Ct.



Hawaiian



Hawaiian again



TV Tommy Ivo pushing out at Kahuka Hawaii (photo courtesy of Tommy Ivo)

 

296 Ardun, my sincere condolences on your loss. These are difficult times no matter how we may prepare for them. So, stay focused and be strong. You will meet up again in a better place, I'm sure. You and your family are in our thots and prayers.

 

Romeo Palamedies dragster was/is a beautiful car. At one point he ran two 6-71's on the Hemi. It is beautifully restored and sitting in the Justice Brothers Museum.

 

New Waters Dragster running 8.70 times at 175 mph - pretty fast.. Drag News July 1959

 

Any one know about this Continental powered rail ?....ran 104.04.... July 1959 Drag News

 

Reath roadster ran a 9.95 at 152 mph for the win.....

 

Top Banana is pretty sweet looking but lost out to The Flying Bedstead time of 9.64 at 147 mph.....

 

Neat little roadster running a 1955 Plymouth block - I'm sure - with some Dodge heads.....

 

Love old Drag News pics.

 

Thanks Dean - should I being doing the full page picture or the thumb nail ? These survived in a corner of Bob's shop along with some of his old trophy's - he knew they were a little damaged - he thought to toss them out but I said nooo - they still are worth saving....recently had a fire at my old place....so they kinda survived again. Any one that wants or needs a copy - maybe from about 1958 up to about 1965....let me know....free shipping !

 

Please post the full image size. I would love to have a copy of the issue from '59 with the title "Ivo Easter Winner" and a drawing of Tommy's Buick digger in a giant wheelie head on. Can't remember the exact week, but it would have been early April. That was the first drag race I ever attended. Tommy beat Jim Nelson for TE. It was at old San Gabe.

 

Jack Doyle's Fiat with carburated Olds and later Chrysler power at Sanford, Maine

 

Jake King Larry Wilson 1964 pocono drag lodge



Milton Bowers (?) spelling Machine Co

EDIT: from BHR301 Raymond Godman's Tennessee Bo-Weevil




At Roanoke



At Sanford Maine Note the pit crew holding his nose




Again at Sanford



again note guy holding it back



Skip North at dover

 

Bear Creek (Wilkes-Barre) PA

 

loudbang that's Raymond Godman's Tennessee Bo-Weevil

 

The black coupe belonged to Antone Addessi from New Canaan, Ct.

 

Thanks so much, Jer...

 

Thanks so much, means a lot!

 

You beat me to it Jimbo I couldn't get the name out of my martini induced brain. It's at Dover of course.

Pat

 

search is on Dean......any one else....let me know.....

 

Thanks to Junji, I now know it was the April 4th 1959 edition of Drag News.