History Hot Rod History and Photos Dallas Texas 1949 on -Caddo Mills Drag Races

I'm really enjoying "Hot Rod History" !

I'm ready for the next chapter fellas.

 

Here you go with some more photos.

 

Davis Automotive

 

Wayne Calvert Sedan - George Gilmore engine - both from Denton

 

wait.....someone running a Willys Coupe that early ?

 

I love this thread.. Thanks to everyone who's been sharing!

 

Earl Doris - Ft. Worth

 

and earlier, Tommy Sparks ran a fenderless Willys coupe at the drags '54. Doug Hartelt ran a blown Hemi Willys at Bonneville in 1955,


there is this '40 Willys @ Santa Ana Drags late '54 early '55

 

Jim & Inez Butler ran a Willys late 50s..so did The Anderson Bros..
Butler from Morton,Texas ..Anderson Bros from Dallas, George Gilmore above was from Denton,Tex

 

thanks JimmieB and Bobby....the closest I came was a stock 37 coupe at Roby's Texaco in West Dallas at the foot of the new Margret Hunt Hill bridge....Roby said he had to call the guy to see if he still wanted it - was gone in days....about 1981.....

 

KKROD Great thread. What great history and pictures. Love to look at and read about this kind of history. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

 

I believe that this is the car that belonged to Jim and Inez Butler of Morton Texas.

 

ElGringo,I believe you are correct,,,,cant miss Inez,,she was the shits

 

But in a good way?
Not that there is anything wrong w'th that?

 

Verde..True story,you descide if its in a good way,,At Caddo Mills,the Butlers had the Willys up on jack stands,Jim under it on a creeper working on a problem.I guess Inez thought he was taking too long,so she grabs one of his legs,drags him from under and says,,"Get the fuck away and let me fix the damn thing"..TRUE STORY..I was a witness..

 

WOW !!!! must have been one of the guys...?

 

Unknown? Great Bend. year?

 

The pictures that I posted of Jim and Inez Butler's Willys were supposed to have been taken at the nationals in Indy in the 60s. The car was called Rowdy Willy and was supposedly owned and raced by the Charioteers car club in New Mexico before they bought it. I had no Idea that people were racing Willys cars before 1958. Keep posting the pictures and history. They are my favorite cars and I am loving this history lesson. Also is that Inez in the picture?

 

Elgringo...YES that is Inez in the photo...She was as good a mechanic as James or maybe even better

 

Here is Rowdy Willy when it belonged to the Charioteers in New Mexico (Carlsbad area I think) notice the same name on the car as when Jim and Inez owned it.

 

More Bill Collins photos.

Bobby Langley - The Scorpion

Bill marked these two pictures as being taken at Caddo. Maybe Bobby will know for sure. But I remember Bill telling me that they were invited to do demonstration runs in Mexico City.

They towed from Everman to Mexico City and made some harrowing passes for cheering crowds.

 

Bobby Langley

 

This is Bobby Langley's first dragster. I believe this is 1955. photo courtesy of Don Breithaupt.

 

coolcoolcool......thanks Carl and all......

 

Karl...The trip was to Monterey not Mexico City..and was in 1958...I have photo..PM me your email and I'll forward it to you...I have not mastered to inclusion of photos..too old to learn

 

Monterrey Mexico 1958

rt. to left Bobby Langley, Bobby Wolcott, Bill Collins