The Jalopy Journal
Chicago Auto Show, 1957 Ford Exhibit, I was there.[ATTACH]
George Chaltin's 57 Ford Skyliner was runner up at the 59 NHRA Nationals in Detroit. The rules changes and the weight of the Skyliner dropped the...
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I was at Soldier Field in 56, I remember Bryan Palmer raced Buicks. Mayor Daley rode around the track after the race with a beauty queen in a...
Our club, The TACH-MASTERS, formed in 1957.[ATTACH]
I belonged to a car club in the West suburban Chicago area, the TACH-MASTERS, We were an NHRA chartered club, and also belonged to the ICCA,...
The Tachmasters Car Club was located in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The plaques said Broadview, IL. It was formed around 1957/58 and was...
Here's the Sun tach I have in my 57 Ford. I had this tach in a car back in the sixties.
There are built Y Blocks in full size cars, normally aspirated, turning in the 11's. Picture is the E Code engine in my 57, a California...
The only stock 4 speed 57 Chevy Fuelie was a Corvette. I am not anti Chevy, I owned and raced a 59 Corvette FI car.
This Caddy has a manual trans. and big flathead.
I remember seeing Brandy's Chariot at show at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. I think it won Best in Show. I hadn't heard about it...
I attended the Nationals at IRP several years. In 1963 I went with Lee Sturtevant, of P.A. Sturtevant Co. They made torque wrenches and supplied...
Great thread, I will spend more time looking at more footage. The good old days were really great, I lived through them.
There was a car show on Navy Pier around 64 that our car club, the Tach-Masters, did a club display, maybe 2 years. We also did shows at the...
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