1975 NSRA Nationals (photos)

Here are some pics that were taken in 1975 at the NSRA Nationals in Memphis, Tn. My dad was building his bucket during this time period. It was dad, myself, my uncle and my cousin. We spent the weekend there looking at hundreds of some awesome looking rods. There may even be some of you on here that have seen some of these cars somewhere along the way. Enjoy.

























This is from the 1979 World of Wheels in Jackson, Ms.

 

Great pics ...Thanks for sharing!

 

funny, I have a few pics of the very same cars my dad took..good stuff!

 

Theres some good memories there, Thanks!

 

I was there. Best I remember, refreshments were served, and a large time was had by all.

 

Are you sure this was NSRA.I mean NO power parkers and not enough people sitting in lawn chairs.Oh wait this was 1975 i guess us OLD farts were younger then.I remember seeing lot of those cars in magazines at the time.Thanks for sharing.

 

Very cool !

 

Cool pics, it helps us remember what was popular then.

 

I always loved that Vette from the WOW show. Does that make me weird?

 

T buckets were sure popular then and these pics prove it.
I have to admit I miss those days, 1975 was about when I got into hot rods. Find an old body, hit the junk yards and swap meets to put it together. Only "new" parts came from the local speed shop if you had the cash. No 1-800 credit card needed!

 

Cool pics. Bunch of cars I saw in Street Rodder back when I was 15/16

 

Nice! I remember when they looked like that.

 

Cool pictures!! I was 16 in 1975 , good times!!

 

Gawd, those days were so much fun. Hot cars, hot pants, hot cars, hot girls, hot cars, tshirts and jeans, hot cars, Stroker caps, hot cars.
My first Nats was Tulsa in 73, ? in 74, Memphis in 75, and on and on. Drove to Memphis with my soon to be wife, camped out of town, woke up to a campground full of hotrods and a town full of hotrods.
Between the pictures the striped background is the pages of I bet brown fabric covered photo album with the plastic overlays pulled back. The stripes are the adhesive that held the pics in place. Got several with similar pictures in the bookcase behind me.
What memories. Elvis at home in Graceland with his new Stutz Blackhawk in the driveway...no tours that day. WOW

 

Great stuff! I vaguely remember those days, can't believe I'm that old!

 

Cool old pics

 

Thanks for sharing.
Slim

 

cool thanks

 

That was back when the sun went down, people started getting drunk and streaking. I was a little kid but I do remember. Dad dragged us all over the country to those meets every year.

 

Enjoyed the pic's. I was there with my 39 Chevy. I must have wiped that car off 20 times that weekend as the rain would come and go.

 

Cool time warp for sure but unless you want to lose those photos forever to the acid on the pages of that old album get those photos off those pages. There is a product you can buy that will get those photos unstuck from those pages safely with damaging the photos (I'll get you the name tonight after work) then take those photos and place them in a acid/ligin free photo album which you can find at about any store nowdays, even Target and Wally World.

 

Wow,thanks for sharing those! My girlfriend and i drove up there from Fl. in my black 57 Ford sedan, i was 20 then,great time! I remember being knocked out by that candy red 32 Chevy sedan delivery.I think it had ghost spider webs in the paint,and the interior was in a red/burgundy velour with spider webs sewn into it.Cool then,but now,eh,webs are used on too many,uh,you know,haha! Yeah,some friends from Fl. met us there,and one of them bought the whole group each a white stroker cap,man we were cool,haha! I have some pix of a lot of the same cars,thanks again!

 

Great pics, many cars I remember from magazines and shows as a kid.

This truck was at Cheaterama this year, and it still looks great. And I love this Chevy coupe.

 

You bet guys. Glad you all enjoyed them. Like one person on here mentioned, i do remember it raining on and off as well, It was still fun though. We must have walked a million miles in just a few acres, LOL.

I guess the one car that impressed me the most was this one:



This car was incredible. That is actually my dad bent over talking to the driver, my uncle squatted down and my cousin standing up behind him. It was a great time and i sure miss those days.

hotrodldycrusr......................Thanks for the info. I will get them out of that book ASAP.

 

Thanks for posting those. I was there in my '47 Fleetline Aerosedan with my wife and 5 year old son. 750 miles each way with a gazillion mile 283/powerglide.

Charlie

 

You bet Charlie. We lived in Jackson, Ms at the time so the trip was not too bad for us. It was worth the ride. It was the first Nats i had ever been to and as you can tell my photography skills were not real good, LOL.

 

Thank's,lot of memories there,Lot of car's I recognize.The green roadster with the for sale sign in the windshield in particular.I have the Old's engine and trans with the three two's sitting in my shop.Small world.

 

Awesome, awesome pics! I sure miss those days...

 

That is awesome! Yes, it is a small world.

 

Here's how I went to Memphis in 1975!
Oh yeah----It did rain!---Especially going down the Natchez Park Traceway to New Orleans, rooster tails all the way!!
Yep, lots of "T's" there that year, & yes the hot pants were a HUGE enjoyment!
At 79, I can still have fun remembering all the "good stuff"!!----Don