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A 64 GTO vs 64 GTO was a common sight on drag strips across the country back in the 60's. [ATTACH]
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Is that 60W light bulb in the lamp burned out or not? The cheapest tester you can have is the one where the bulb screws into it and you simply...
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New '57 Chevy's launching. [ATTACH]
Be careful what you do. You could be taking an original unique and rare GMC truck with 10,000 miles on it that has survived all these years that...
I keep track of oil and filter changes, grease jobs, tire rotation, and any other work I do on each vehicle I own. This info is kept in the glove...
In 1964 the 289/271 '64 Fairlane 2dr sedan fell in the bottom of C/S while the 2dr hardtop was in the top of D/S. There was only the 271 solid...
Len Richter driving the Bob Ford Thunderbolt vs the Ramcharger Dodge. [ATTACH]
Butch Leal Thunderbolt shown here in late '64. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Charles McCandless and Jack Hart ran this radical Bantam-bodied competition coupe, with Doug Hartelt's Potvin-equipped blown Chrysler....
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Back in my street racing days I could usually get a race going by asking the following...."Is that a racecar or is it just a race type car?"
Here I am on my 1st birthday standing beside my Dad's '42 Hudson. In fact it was the 1st car I ever rode in. At the age of 3 days old I came...
This is the first photo I have seen of the Jim Sanders Ford Thunderbolt. Anyone have any details on who the driver was? Update: Research shows...
Drilling the bottom of a car frame was letting chips of metal fall on me. Solution to problem...an empty toilet paper roll fit perfectly over my...
My first car was a 1959 Ford Galaxie 2dr 292 with a 3-speed. It did not take long to add a 4bl, dual exhaust with cut-outs and then traction bars...
A pair of new 1960 Ford Starliners with the 352/360 engine shown running in the Super/Stock class back in the day. [IMG]
A pair of new 1960 Ford Starliners with the 352/360 engine shown running in the Super/Stock class back in the day. [ATTACH]
Back in 1965 we put 3x2's off a 406 on my friends '60 352/360 Starliner and removed the bent front bumper. At a local dragstrip those...
From the movie "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World". This shot is of the camera crew during filming when the '57 Ford that Jimmy Durante was driving as...
Guys working on a '51 Oldsmobile 4dr in the pits back in the mid '50's. Has D/S on the window. [ATTACH]
Harold Dutton driving the Wake Forest Thunderbolt vs a lightweight '63 Galaxie. [ATTACH]
The 1960 Chevrolet 348/305 was and still is for automatic transmission only. The 348/320 was and still is for manual transmission only. Back in...
Lyde Wagers at the wheel of his D/MP '55 Nomad wagon he called the Wompin Wagon. Picture taken in 1966 at US 60 dragstrip in Hardinsburg, KY....
Here are a couple pics of the '40 Chevy I owned several years ago. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
At the 1959 Nationals held at Detroit Dragway another rising star won his class. Here is Doug Cook driving his '37 Chevrolet in C/G. Doug from...
Herman Mozer at the wheel of the Ramcharger's '49 Plymouth in C/Altered powered by a '56 Chrysler hemi. The team was already experimenting with...
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