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[ATTACH] In 1971 I wrote a story for Hot Rod Mag that explained how I turbocharged a 225 slant six in my 64 Signet hardtop four speed car. The...
Best regards from the other Hellmuth brothers, from the midwest. The event on the sands look terrific. I did make it to the rodders Journal show...
Today's issue of the SEMA e-news has an alert about the problem with off-shore poorly designed and dangerous tilt steering columns....
For a step by step build of a 41 truck go to my website: www.bobs41dodge.com
The LVVTA has named Helix, Procomp, Wysco and RPC columns as unsafe and dangerous for use. They also have inspected a number of different columns...
These defective tilt columns are the latest Chinese knock off products from the Hoffman Group. They advertise in many car magazines under the...
The dome shaped building on the OK city fairgrounds is actually a band shell for musical performances. There are a number of quanset hut type...
Goldy: The picture you believe was taken at the KC 1956 Nationals was actually one I took at the OK city Nationals in 1957. I attended all the...
The picture of the Satan coupe was one of the many I took at the 1957 Oklahoma NHRA Nationals.
Paul: You have always been a master craftsman, but this latest project is the best yet.
I looked at the whole three hours and enjoyed reliving our trip to Bonneville in 1990. The quality of the picture is pretty good considering it...
I didn't realize you had such great video from the meet. The quality of the pictures is fantastic. I remember seeing you taking all the video...
I have been in contact with a publisher that indicated an interest in my collection of NHRA Nationals pictures. Until that is resolved and I know...
There are only a few of the original club plaques left.
There are still a number of us that lived in and participated in the St Louis Golden Age of hot rodding starting in the fifties. We built our...
This is one of the many pictures I took at the Oklahoma NHRA Nationals in 1957.
The Kodachrome color pictures mentioned by dechrome can be found at: www.public.fotki.com/bobspics1937/ATAA55
I appreciate all the email and phone calls from old and new friends about these historic pictures. The photos have brought lots of good memories...
The info about the Satan's club is terrific. Unfortunately when you have been in hot rodding as long as some of us, from the 50s and early 60s,...
I am a half time Missouri H.A.M.B, the other half of the year in Maryland. bobbyhstl Wentzville Mo
To: 3dnSouth The car shown in the ATAA 064 photo is actually Burt Keisler in the Effingham Cam Grind Special. As the name of the car would...
In fact I was talking to the RJ staff today. They already used some of my photos in the Scrapbook (Chapter 8).
The response to these 57 National shots has been terrific. Glad you enjoyed them.
That car was one of the Arfon's Brothers fleet of race cars at the meet. The Ranger helicopter engine not only drove the rear tires, the...
Somehow my post about these pictures disappeared from the HAMB site. If I can't get it back on line I will have to repost.
The 56 Buick Century was owned by Dixie Kilgour, one of our club members. It normally was street driven with a McCullough (sp?) blower with the...
In 1957 our Strokers of St Louis hot rod club drove to Oklahoma City for the NHRA Nationals. This is the latest set of pictures posted of all the...
The picture of Wayne Arteaga and his Potvin blown Olds was for the cover of the March 1962 Hot Rod Magazine. After the cover shots were made we...
Great to see that there are still a lot of the senior citizen hot rodders around. I started my last project at age 64 and just about have it...
My 41 pickup has a crate 426 Hemi direct from MOPAR Parts. For details go to my site: bobs41dodge.com
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