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

Les Allen....

 

Century Olds, eh? More like 427 L-88 sitting between those rails.

 

That was such a beautiful car

 

There goes the neighborhood.....

 

Seeing that house reminds when there was a barn acrosss from the Pomona dragstrip tower. Throngs of fans would get atop that barn to see the races for free. Others would scale up the telephone poles that lined along the street and do the same thing.

 

The Corvair served as but one example of a body style that in OEM proportions left me with little desire to own one. But distort it a bit, make it a little longer, narrower etc and then apply a candy colored coat of paint, and bammo you have one pretty race car body.

 

Yeah it was....

 

Okay guys indulge me on this.... We were talking about the Rebel wheels on the Dusty Rhodes car, and I mentioned I had borrowed a set of "similar" wheels & tires from Gary Ormsby. I just couldn't get that thought out of my head because I didn't think they were Rebels. Voila! I remember Jim Green's F/C running the same wheels I had borrowed....see below. Now, I'm back to square one....what the hell were they? Mods, sorry this image is definitely beyond the time line and O/T...

 

American Bearpaws-------I think.
Has Dean posted yet?
Larry T

 

Yup, Bearpaws (although I've also heard them referred to as "Bear Claws")...way cool wheels, IMHO.

(Apologies for the OT subject from the August, 1972 issue of SS&DI...but who else besides me would like to see injected nitro funny cars running around? )

 

The Eliminators

 

Hot Rods

 

Team Underfundid

 

Thanks guys! Thought I was going nuckin' futs....

 

Cut55, that pix of super stockers (or FX'ers) on parade sends chills down my spine. THOSE were the days!

 

Actually the building across the street from the Pomona strip was a citrus packing house. It was still a viable operation through the 60's. Yes, it's amazing the roof didn't colapse. At times there were a lot of non paying "spectators" up there, and hanging out the windows. And it was amazing how much work was needed on the telephone and power poles along E street on certain sundays.

 

Our man Lowe chasing down but one of many J&M Speed Center cars

 

Here you go Tom...

 

Rick, here's some on a HAMB friendly year. Don Finch

 

Here's my take on that.

This thread is like the best encyclopedia ever. I haven't got through it all yet, but I've been through tons of it. My favorite thing to do is select a random page and read for a while. Before I know it an hour has gone by and I can't wait to spend the next hour here.

A huge thank you to everyone that has helped build this thread.

I have an addition I would like to add but am still trying to get permission from the car owner to splash him all over the ninny net.

 

Anybody got he 411 on the J&M impala? An apparant fuel burner based on the drivers fire suit.

 

(Queue response from Professor Doubleday in 3...2...1...)

 

If its the same car i think it is, it's jim and don ermshars Red 409-427 z11? Switched later to a injected MarkIV. I would sure love to see color pictures of that one..

 

Some neat ones.

 

Blue Corvette is beautiful

 

The blue Vette was Bob Harkins former Blue Blazer AA/FA. Harkins had intalle the Vette body in order to make some funnycar $. It was an ill handling thing, but beautiful thanks to the Molly paint job. Unfortunatley that paint job didnt last long as it caught fire. It resurfaced with a more mundane paint scheme applied by another painter. Equally nice is the top fueler of Jesse Perkins located in the upper left. Gorgeous paint by maybe Cerney or Carter. Mural of San Francisco Bridge on the cowl was really a work of art. A mural that surpassed a lot the van murals that would follow.

 

This seemed to represent a time when there were a lot guys were attempting to make a funny car out of anything they had. Didnt always work of course, in fact in most instances it didnt. By 1968, a lot wiered back yard projects disappeared and were replaced by a better quality series of race cars overall.

 

I'm wondering where that shot was taken. I recall pre race parades to clean the track and blow the dust and leaves etc.. away a long time ago. Tom S.