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

Here's one my dad shot in '68 at Orange, Mass.

 

is that gene oneil from gene's speed shop?

 

Yes it is. Gene's Speed Shop was on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. Gene's nephew, Steve found this car in Canada and has restored it.

 

Tommy, That is the only shot I have, a good friend of mine knew Clarence quite well, the story he tells me is that Clarence bought the one year old SS396 as a recovered theft, pulled the engine and installed the Flathead. Clarence raced Bonneville and the drags for about 40 years, with all types of cars, mostly Flathead powered.

 

no kiddin? That's great!
I remember when steve showed up at ty-rods with that mr. Gasket '33 willys, man! He's owned some cool cars
IS STEVE ON HERE?

 

Steve is on here once in awhile. I was so in love with that black willys coupe that he had.

 

yeah, me too!!

Me gasser,
is that your car in you aviter?
The only reason i ask, i remember talking to someone at ty-rods in hudson about ten or so years ago, he was telling me he just got his car together, it was a '41 willys that had kind of a satin blue paint on it

 

Yes that is our car. Ours is black though. You were probably talking to Peter Gibson from Gorham Maine. He's a friend of steve's.

 

Yeah, goes by flintstonecharger, he's got 8 posts, He's still got the '33. Sold the '40

 

is the '33 the all stock one? I thought he sold the mr gasket '33.
Is he still doing glass down on rt146? Been a while since i've been down that way

 

oh ok,
think i saw him again at the summer nat's in worc, back '00/'01 when it was still a pretty good show

 

'66 HRM Championships at Riverside. First round of street eliminator, yes, we won! 7 rounds, all come from behind. Best day ever for the old red car.

 

Any more pixs of the B/FX Ford in the left lane?

 

A little something from the Tom West collection.

 

Love the old March Meet photo's

 

There are several pictures of Mike Schmitt's Desert Motors F/X cars on <http://www.colesy-juniorstockforum.com>. There is an entire thread devoted to Mike Schmitt. You should be able to search using his name.

 

Awesome, those Tom West wheelie photos look like real life Ed Roth shirts.

 

Ronda's formerly 1966 Long Nose Mustang, Great pic's Tom, thanks for sharing.

 

"Ronda's formerly 1966 Long Nose Mustang, Great pic's Tom, thanks for sharing."

Which was run by old neighbor, Tom Mahnken. It was to become the Psycho II.
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I cant remember, was there a break-out rule then?

 

Bob Duedall from Albany.Oregon, circa 1962

 

Yes, there was. You selected your dial in by what you ran on tune up passes. No tolerance, run quicker than your dial in, you're out. We ran 7 passes within .07 of each other, with a T-10 four speed. As I said, best day ever for the old red car.

 

Did you take any photos of the race that day? What can you tell us about the driver? I am looking for photos or articles on Bad News Coupe.

 

The best pic ever!

 

Dean............... Here's a picture of the old red car that Dick Page posted on my Northwest Rods and Customs Facebook page. Someone had thought that it was the Tinker Bell RPU that Stan Ochs in Portland has for sale.
Mike

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Here are some photo's of the "More bad news" that was built after the b.n.c.

crashed at irwindale. the body was a 2nd body that was left over from the

b.n.c. same color and pinstriping. this car was never completed as far as

i know and was sold.

 

I think the modified fuel roadster, the class that the car appears to be designed for, was dying when the car was being constructed. I wonder if this later served as the Lee Jennings car that ran A/FD in pro-comp 1974?

 

That shot was taken at an SCTA 1/2 mile race at Riverside in 1961. I was still saving after school work money for the rear Halibrands.

 

this might be too new...but I think it is cool...
1981-1982 or so...

 

I don't think I have ever seen this one before....