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

That's^^^^^the cat's ass right there...

 

Is that the Leffler and Loukas Bantam comp coupe ?

 

The nose doesn't look quite right, but the "no holes" front wheels look exactly right. I'm going to say it is Leffler Bros. before Loukas was involved.

 

Is that a mangled up broken ladder bar on the blacktop, passenger side?

 

LOL! I was thinking the same thing. But looking at it again, it looks like the shadow from the front axle.

 

It’s the shadow of the front end


Chrome don’t get ya home

 

A little history: http://www.redfuelcoupe.com/whitehistory.htm

 

Hello,

In the beginning of the 1960 year, Lion’s Dragstrip racers were feeling the loss of one of the best drivers from So Cal. Mickey Brown was just 22 years old and making a big time name for himself in drag racing. Here is an excerpt from that tragic post then at his memorial event in January of 1960, the Competition Coupe of Leffler Loukas was presented with a world record trophy.

In the 1959 year at Lions, there was a big loss for all drag racing fans and racers. A young, Mickey Brown, racing in a different FED was unlucky and lost his life at a very early age. All of the Lions Dragstrip competitors and supporters gathered together to help the family of Mickey Brown. In January of 1960, there was a benefit drag race meet held at Lions Dragstrip and the majority of the top racers in the area were signed up to compete. The list of donations from the So Cal Speed Shops and manufacturers was long and supportive.

For the longest time, this trophy presentation for the Leffler Loukas Competition Coupe was a poof in the wind. I filmed it back then, knew why I filmed it and then over the 55 years since, the information got lost in the cloud. Then after all of these years of research, the proof was right in front of me. On January 31, 1960 the Mickey Brown Benefit Drag Race Meet was put on at Lions Dragstrip. We would not have missed that for anything. So, proof is in the filming.

1960 Leffler Loukas trophy presentation.


($11000 in 1960 equals approximately $96000, today. )

Leffler Loukas 1960

Jnaki

So Cal drag racers coming to the support of another racer’s family in time of need. What is better than that?

 

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The '66 Hurst Hairy Olds was the first and my favorite. The project '66 in my shop looks up to it.

 

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I guess they couldn’t decide who gets top billing, so they had the car lettered both ways

 

Easy -

Geary liked zoomie headers.
Walker liked straight tube headers.

Depended on who won the coin toss for any given weekend.

Mike

 

Maynard Rupp Detroit...

 

R.I.P. Al...

 

Steve Bovan

 

A semi regular at Irwindale Raceway, with Blairs just up the street.
Very cool car, too bad he got mixed up with the wrong crowd. Always a treat when he showed up.

Mike

 

Steve Bovan

 

Thanks Pete, I saw that but couldn't read what it said.
BTW, I was reading that article from TRJ about some of your earlier antics, very entertaining, especially the traffic court judge telling you (something like), "if you are going to be driving such conspicuous vehicles, you better cool it".

 

I heard that being mixed up with the wrong crowd lead to his demise.