Can you even imagine the other guys in the pits walking past that pickup load of new tires and parts ? What’s more intimidating, tires and parts , or those two bad Azz gentlemen sitting on tailgate ? Stretch
My father built this trailer in 1974 using scrap steel and when he was done, he had $35 in it. It's dragged home more old Fords than you can imagine over the years as well as dirt track stock cars and drag cars. I've used it to pull a 32 to the HAMB drags and it got lots more attention than the car did. It's grown to be part of the family
Still 1 of the coolest race haulers ever. International truck w/custom bed. This is the best picture I've seen, anybody have more/better shots ??
Just right there in the neighborhood. How many kids rode their bikes past that place? That Stude is cool too! This is a great thread.
What an AMAZING picture. A few friends Flat towin' their Deuce Roadster to the Dry Lakes for some Racing. Most likely just post war by lookin' at the Tow Car. The guy in back is steering to get through the tight turns in this town. Maybe they stopped for some supplies?? Can any of our Lakes-Bonneville fans I.D. this car by the # on the side. The "STANICH SPCL" How about the town ??
Sign on the building in the back of the photo says "Adelanto Market" which would put it just outside of El Mirage on US 395.
I had borrowed a really good 2 wheeled trailer for the 1983 racing season. Best towing trailer I have ever used. Too bad I had to give it back. I also flat towed for the 1984 season, something I would never do again. Hands down in the crazy dept. was a "trailer" my racing partner had when he was racing with my brother around 1977. It was made from an old gas station drive-on lube rack with 2 house trailer axles welded to the bottom... no springs or fenders. The rack was so wide, the axles had to be extended. I helped them roll it around in the yard a couple of times. It was insanely heavy. Somehow it towed fairly well.
^^^^ You have described the ramp trailer I bought in the mid-90's for $300 to pull my stock car, and still have today. I no longer run circle track so it just doesn't get used very often any more. To add to the cobbled-together factor, one axle was welded in slightly crooked and also has a slight bend in it. One of the tires wears out about 10 times faster than the other 3, but I'd hate to guess how many miles I've pulled it. It was always my intent to build a similar size trailer with drop axles, springs, and about 2/3 of the weight, but have never had enough motivation. Lynn
I love the home made trailers as most were back then. My buddy & I built a trailer in our metal/auto shop classes in high school. ('61 or '62) The deck rails were made from two huge pieces of 10"x 4" angle that the school gave us when they remodeled something at the school. It had 2 stretched model A axles. They were widened by cutting them and welding 1" pipe to both sides and then welded to the rails, no springs. It towed amazingly well and allowed us the retrieve several early Fords from places we could not have gotten without it. A dangerous price of crap it was the first time our welds & designs were ever put to the test. We had progress from gas to stick by then, mostly. It probably never went over 40 and not more that 30 miles from home. It was never licensed. Likely sitting and rusting on the ranch where he lived if the ranch in not a shopping mall by now.
Out east of me there are a few trailer parks and house trailer axles and springs are often cheap or free. So a lot of the country boys built themselves a trailer for almost nothing. Almost all had wood to drive the car up on, ramps were wood and angle iron too.
That's what I started with - a house trailer frame - when I wanted a traditional looking open trailer.
I saw a new version today. There is a lot of room there in a vehicle with such limited storage space.
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