My dad has talked about watching Jalopy Races from Hollywood on Saturday nights as a kid.... ...it looks like the wrecker crew did more damage to the body than the crash. Glad to see somethings in racing haven't changed in 72 years!
How many of the bodies are '32 Fords? Reminds me of paved Plainville Stadium, Plainville, CT. Novice class 70's..
That was the first form of racing I ever saw in person, from about 1955. A lot of good Ford tin got used up, that probably would have been scrapped. A buddy's dad "one of my mentors" put the front axle back in this 32, between the Dash and the Main, welding with a cutting torch. They won the main event !
Oh yeah, the driver who got his rear axle broken, went on to bigger things in racing Scotty Cain https://www.flickr.com/photos/91981316@N06/14908620212
Didn’t the California Jalopies evolve (get totally out of control as most forms of racing do) into full on race cars, (Modified/Super Mods?)
Thanks for posting that Hollywood jalopy racing video. Those were good days. Were any of the early overhead V8s used in those type races?
Was thinking how crazy it was as I was watching, but then I thought about all the stuff they have at races now... figure 8's, demolition derby, rocket cars, trailer races etc...
Five windows, three windows, & even Vicky bodies were fair game & certainly most were rust free examples, had the owners gone without the competitive spirit & the risk of life & limb & simply saved those rare bodies they would undoubtedly possess the ultimate win.
Culver City was the hub of SoCals hot rod innovation and history. https://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org/the-historic-culver-city-racing-scene/ History of the CA Jalopy Assn - https://www.hotrodhotline.com/featu...scorner/california_jalopy_assoc_movie_review/ My wife always disliked Parnelli Jones. She classed him as a dirty driver having watched him at the Jalopy races in the late 50s - at Ascot. 2 hour DVD - out of stock though. https://grumpsgarage.com/product/jalopy-races-hollywood-dvd/
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