History ==Vintage Cal-Neva Dry Lake & Drag Pics (early 50s)==

Thanks Jimmy for sharing some rarely seen pics.

 

Killer thread. Thanks for posting the pics!

 

Some of us slackers need a bump! Thanks (again), Jimmy. Great stuff.

 

Been in the Reno area most of my life and never knew what went on at the dry lake I have passed by at least 100 times.....Cool shots and a nice history lesson.

 

W O W !!! Jimmy B is Lord of the Rings when it comes to black and white Dry Lake photos!

Keep em coming Buddy.

Bitchin archive, Thank You!!!

 

Jimmy B,,, you seem to always out do yourself. Many thanks.

 

Jimmy B.........You do such a good Job with the Old Photos....

Thank You .................... Ol Deuce

 

WOW

You must have been impressed by these photos, 2 1/2 years since you joined, and this was your first post.

I gotta say this IS a most impressive thread, one that all dry lake racing fans need to check out.

I don't believe landracing.com has a section totally dedicated to historical photos - maybe they should start one, and these could go there as well ..... HHhhMMmmmm

 

great photos! I love the "ram air" tubing . . . my dad always had me turn my air cleaners to have the tube facing the front for the same reason

 

Jimmy You are the MAN!! these are awesome.

Anyone know what these tailights are?

 

42-48 Ford tail lights

 

Fantastic phoyos Jimmy. Thanks for sharing them with the HAMB first.

Here's another CNTA plaque to add to the others shown.

Dennis

 

Lets bump this to the top,Jimmy B this thread is great and opening day at El Mirage is coming soon, so I keep checking all these pics out,thanks for posting.

 

Beautiful ! Search the HAMB ,you shall receive ! I was looking for pics of Hashims 27 T lakes car and hit the jackpot ! In talking to Ernie about the "T" ,he had sold it to "Yo-Yo" Spann who ran a gas station in Mojave . It was reported that "Yo-Yo" won more than his share of speed contests with that very "T" before moving to the Vegas area. The roadster changed hands several times , it's last owner totally redid it with a 327 chevy and chrome galore. I did get a ride in it ,cruising Fremont and manning the dash mounted pressure pump ,3-5 lbs as it didn't have a standard fuel pump n the "Flatty" incarnation. Thank you for posting that album !

 

BTT!

 

Dick King roadster

 

The channeled 5 window belonged to Fred Zaft San Francisco Ramblers.
Here is what Rudy Perez wrote "Just remembered how Fred channeled his 5-wdo...Ever hear of this... Body on frame, he decided where he was gonna chop the frame off to fit inside the trunk... Lifted the body off...Drilled thru the upper frame body bolt holes down, and drilled new body bolt holes in the lower rail...Took the firewall out...
Tilted the frame 45*degrees and shoved it into the body...The body got bolted to the lower frame rails...They all lined up...He cut the firewall at the crease, chop'd it down to the step board and welded...Look'd stock but minus 5"inches...
He sold it to a guy live'n near the Cow Palace, and I never saw it again"
It would be nice if your coupe used to belong to Fred Zaft.

 

When I paid $75 for mine, it had no floor. It had been running as an Altered with a Y block in it. I guess it is not the same car. I did own Rudy Mortonson's old roadster, which had been the Ramblers car when run as the Valley Auto Parts car. Car is in New Zealand now.

 

So many cars just vanished without a trace. Thank you fro replying and thank you for sharing the information about the Rudy Mortonson's Roadster you owned.

 

I bought the coup in the city in 65. At the time it was channeled below the bottom of the
frame/ I had to raise it up to even with the frame. The deck lid was punched full of louvers and the top of the hood also but with the openings facing forward. There was a 55 Ford type tube crossmember welded in the frame to mount the Y block. The guy I bought it from also worked in the UAL machine shop and was leaving to work for Boeing on the new 727, I sold it in 98 when I left UAL to a younger guy who worked in the machine shop. Last time I saw it was about 10 years ago in Redwood City. It was unchanged from how I sold it except for the SBC and 'glide. This picture is in 78.

 

Here's a page I created on my site for clubs that had CNTA plaques ...

https://carclubplaques.pairsite.com/Associations/CNTA.htm

I wonder if there were others.

 

posted on a thread - My Uncle's Stuff.......here with his roadster......

 

This program is from the meet of Oct. 1950.....I posted it over in My Uncle's stuff thread.....should I post it here ?

 

Please post away, the more Cal-Neva items the better...

 

Ok....that G.Winfield with the top time...is Gene....there's a pic of his car....will find and post later.....

 

Back up and a nod to @Jimmy B for his handle on the good ole days...both in collecting and sharing the history...

Another shout out to the others sharing their connections to this past greatness...and to those that have left us...