It’s hard to tell in my phone but is that a 68-69 L88 hood? Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
1958 Hello, My brother and I were lucky, actually, I was lucky enough to have a brother who involved me in most of his teenage adventures. I was only two years younger, but trained by him to do normal maintenance on all of our family cars. By the time he bought is first 1951 Oldsmobile Sedan, he showed me additional hot rod stuff to do on his new purchase. That way, he could kick back and think of other things to do to his daily driver and start of teenage customizing. At age 15, he bought this 51 Oldsmobile and we were off and running on our hot rod history. So, assuming the Thompson Brothers had a more extensive background in mechanics and hot rodding, there were bound to be episodes of who gets to drive what car. Or their parents were just tired of separating the two brothers doing what two brothers usually do after a couple of minutes of intense staring… So, in this case, the Thompsons built the 41 Studebaker Sedan for the Gas Class competition. But in doing that, they also build a 55 Chevy sedan that also made some big noise in the racing class. In those early days in any class, if a protest was filed, there had to be a tear down of the motor if the person wanted the trophy or the record for the class. In the stock car class, any modification done inside was hidden and the only way to find out if the modification was done is to protest for the teardown to check. The Gas Coupe and Sedan Class also had similar protests to see if the engine size was following the rules and guidelines. It was all in the name of keeping things under the guideline set forth for even competition in the classes. Jnaki As for driving the 55 Chevy in the Gas Coupe and Sedan C/Gas Class or driving the 41 Studebaker in the B/Gas class, I am sure it was a toss up every time. With a little modification, both cars could be in either C/Gas or B/Gas for racing. (added weight or subtracted weight, etc.) 1958 This version was re-created when the nostalgia and reunion events were popular. there was a little change from the original, but the noted "hole in the hood" stood out. Actual SOUND of Junior Thompson’s Paxton/McCullough supercharged 41 Studebaker sedan at Lions Dragstrip 1959. About that hole in the hood: “The Drag papers reported that a blower piece had gone through the bonnet. It became an important trademark of the car as the story spread. Junior even had a painter do some flames, on the hood, around the tear hole. However the truth, recalled by Junior, is probably more astonishing. Eddie Thompson (Junior’s older brother) was coming back from a run down the track in the car, in the return lane." "At the same time Junior was making an actual run down the strip in a ’55 Chevy B/Gasser and blew a clutch. To everyone’s amazement some of the debris flew in the air and into the return lane, where it went into the hood of the ’41 Studebaker Eddie was driving. “All the Drag papers got it wrong.” Junior said, “We just decided to go with the story over time, why fight it?”
I sure would like to see this one from a couple of other angles. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I love this car...so bad ass..simple....clean...love the rim combo...would love to pull up at at light next to this ( preferably in my Falcon haha )
Beautiful 150 but that ass end needs to come up! . It Looks like it is sagging. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Butt the paint wheels and everything else can stay!!!! Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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