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does anyone know what happened to this Vette? some time in the early 80's a Vette very much like this was at an apartment complex in Fremont. it was orange and had a straight axle. I've looked at lots of show vettes from the old days in these photos... this one almost has to be it.
first Oakland Roadster Show I went to was around 1970 when I was 10. all I remember was a custom wheelbarrow and my Dad pointing to a 51 Mercury and telling my brother and I he had one at one time. didn't go again until 1976 when I got a drivers license. went every year after that until they moved.
49ratfink, I remember the wheelbarrow. My Dad's 40 Chevy was in the year you went, as well as my custom bicycle. We probably walked right by each other, I was 12 in 1970.
Bob McNultys Shark from Hayward. It became the Sharkamino with the trunk converted to a bed. It was in the basement of the Peterson Museum for a long time. Alive and well ...now owned by Kevin Bennett.
must not be the same one... I think I would have remembered a bed instead of a trunk. very similar build besides that in the nose and rear fenders. I have seen a few in Oakland coverage over the years. I'd like to find out about the orange one I saw. looked like a ex show car when I saw it.
post a photo of your bike. bet I'd remember it since I was big into drawing custom bikes at that age and did what I could to the bikes I had. finally built a grown up chopper bike a few years ago... better late than never.
This car was orange at one time , here it is in the basement of the Peterson Museum, the car was donated by the McNulty Family to the museum.
damn. what year was it donated to the museum? I don't remember a pickup bed. this was 35 - 40 years ago or more.. I want to say it had black scallops on it, and in my pickled brain it had a chrome straight axle, at the very least it had fat tires and did not sit not like that. that was 30,000 beers ago.
Your original photo is from the 1958 Oakland show and yes the car was different. The early build had a shorter nose. It didn't have a truck bed until the early sixties. It has been converted back to having a trunk like the 1959 version.
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