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Old pic from Ames, Iowa 1958

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by racer32, Aug 12, 2008.

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    That's a Hot Rod !!
     
  3. 18n57
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    I grew up in Ames, never saw that car. Any details?? I do remember a channeled coupe with a sbc and multiple carbs that sat at a service station on the corner of Grand and 13th St. Owner's name was Dean Hagen? Anybody have pics or details of that car?
     
  4. Corn Fed
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    I'm sitting in Ames right now. Almost looks like it was taken by the old horse barns/I-Tech building on the North side of the Campus. The plate on the car is county 85 which is Story County (Ames) and it says Ames Trib in the lower corner of the pic. Give us more details if you can.
     
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    I think thats Steve on the left before he drove it the first time.....
     
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    The pic came from another site that many of the HAMB'ers don't like because of the rodent population. They were origianlly from ames historical society. I think maybe the car was a project from the high school's auto shop program. I'll see if I can find any more details. There are also some COOL drag pic's. The drag strip was only paved for the first 60 feet!
     
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    Details on the photo:

    EDUCATION -- Greg Gammack (right) and Keith Munson check the r.p.m. on Gammack's 1923 Model T Roadster with a 1956 Chevrolet V-8 engine. The car is on the lawn on the west side of Central Junior High School where the boys are enrolled in the school's auto mechanics class taught by Leonard Bengtson.


    Here's a link to the rest of the Ames Drag Strip pic's:
    http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/tribune/08/wf_0825.htm
     
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    One thing has not changed at all, the appropriate tire combination for local conditions! Tall up front and aggressive lugs out back. Even today there's a subculture of modified-for-dirt street cars.

    Cool T!
     
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    yeah, that things killer~! to bad its now a toaster and lawn furniture!!! :(
     
  12. Jimv
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    great picture, looks in great shape. It also prove a point that anything from the 50's NEVER ran a SBC!!!lolololol
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  13. Stevie Nash
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    I went to college in Ames for 1 year back in 1981. I stress "1 year"...
     
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    Tom, notice that "cool" cars don't have stovebolts in 'em;)
     
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    ouch. I suppose I had it coming, huh?
     
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    I went to high school with a guy whos dad was in a club in Ames ( I think ) the club was the "modifiers" ... He always talked about his dads chopped shoebox... Thats a great pic of a Hot Rod out of the midwest!
     
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    Thanks for sharing!
     
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    Are you still in contact with him?
     
  20. not a corncob in sight ..

    jr high! o thats right iowafarm kids got their driver licenses at age 9... so they could drive to town and deliver seed and pick up the mail... needed that sears catolog for sure

    note reversed rear wheels... snow tires:)
     
  21. Awesome pic...looks like Wally and Eddie Haskell should be strolling up soon...by the way if ya stand on the seat you can see the whole state

    coming soon: rodtees.com
     
  22. luketrash
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    I just found this on the AHS website. I live near where this was. I read "2 miles south of Ames" and kept thinking south of my house. It was actually NORTH of my house. It ran parallel to the State Nursery, where there's nothing but crappy 1980s construction homes.

    So it's long gone, unfortunately. Otherwise I'd share a photo or something.

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    I drew green lines where the drag strip probably was located. Right on top of houses. It might have been further east and run all the way to the river though. Bummer.. I wanted to see the artifacts.
     

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