Event Coverage "War Surplus On Wheels" Exhibit at the Lyon Air Museum

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images by Charles Fawcett
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images by Charles Fawcett
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Would love to see the exhibit--thank you for sharing!

 

images by Charles Fawcett
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image by Charles Fawcett
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images by Charles Fawcett
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The 51 car was owned by a dear friend that passed in 2014, Fred Lobello . Fred was a 49er. He ran 4 banger lakesters forever. He was the original machinist for Paul Shieffer when he started making racing clutches and flywheels. He also did all the machine work on Riley heads for John Vesco after Vesco got all of George Riley's death. Quiet man that was a hot rodder and innovator.

 

Great photos! Thanks for sharing.
Jim

 

Yep ... and there's more pics of "The Lady Bug" in my little tribute to Fred:

RIP ... Fred Lobello
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Now there is a very cool exhibit, thanks!

 

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Here's some more photos from the LYON AIR MUSEUM Facebook page:

Fred Lobello's #51 "Lady Bug" Lakester





The 1951 Fornaciari~Adam Laketser



Bill Burke's #3 "Burple" & @Bobby Green's #1952 "Old Crow" Belly Tank Lakesters​

 

Wow, fantastic! thanks for sharing. I'm going to visit next time I'm up in OC.
Love the "tank crossing" street sign!

 

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

 

I restored the red and white one. We ran it at the Alvord Desert last fall.

 

Here's a few pics from "Setup Day" from @Bobby Green's oldcrowspeedshop Instagram feed:

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My neighbor ran the restoration shop at the Nethercutt Museum before overseeing General Lyons’ museum

 

Here's a few pics from a photo shoot for the event:

all images by Royce Rumsey​

 

Bitchin' stuff!

 

Sooo, there’s a roadster in the last photo, right?

 

WoW, those are magnificent..................and the planes aren't too shabby, either!! Thanks, Deuce.

 

Awesome......TY

 

As good as it gets.

 

Great pictures.

 

images by Charles Fawcett
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@Bobby Green's #1952 "OLD CROW" Belly Tank Lakester
images by Charles Fawcett
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Hemi32 you have a good eye through the lens. The display is really in a nice setting. Maybe it is there, but a display military surplus parts used by the Hot Rodders such as gauges, seat belts, seats, fittings, etc. would add a lot. Also, the early lakes guys uniform of Navy jackets, boots, googles were all sourced from surplus and could make a nice exhibit.

 

@V8RPU - Thanks for the compliment ... but I can't take credit for any of the images I posted ... they were all culled from the Internet (i.e., from the Lyon Air Museum website, Facebook, or Instagram).

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images by Charles Fawcett
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