History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Quote 296ardun: "Stuckey is no longer with us so I can't give his story...assume it would be different".

Yes, I have read this story of Fuller's on another website; he's a good storyteller and it all sounds very believable to me.

In '64, Rod had a subsequent car in a show next to my booth (we were both from Kansas City) and we talked quite a lot that weekend. So he said that the GBP car was the one he was burned in. I assumed that to mean that it was a car he built. Who knows? as I said, tend to believe Fuller, although I never met the man.

I did find it interesting that collector Bruce Meyer, first and foremost an historian and who owns the restored GBP car, stated in a Hot Rod magazine article a few years back, that the GBP was a Stuckey car. I would love to talk to him and learn upon what he bases that! To be honest, I never gave Rod's claims much creedence 'til I read Bruce's account.

I was working the races at MoKan at about that time; they stopped the racing long enough for Rod to land his plane on the strip one Sunday. Always thought that was kinda cool!

 

The North Ave. ESSO car I have seen many times at Dover Drag Strip over the years.
Jimbo

 

Jer, did you paint any of Ruth, or Cyr's cars ?

 

Mike's first Vega and the mustang.

 

Hey jer do you have any more pics of the panel painted Willys I would like to see the front and side if possible it sure looks kool

 

Thanks Jer for the NW pics. We spent many weekends out there at SIR watching all of those cars. Great times for sure.