Vintage shots from days gone by!

It's a Vincent. Google Clem Johnson Barn Job. If I remember correctly he bought it new in 1948 and raced it for almost 40 years.

 

I believe the "barn job" was a Vincent Redo32 types faster than me. Saw it run in the 60's I recall

 

Since we're still talking about the drag bikes, I'm still trying to figure out what this is. Has a Vincent front fork like his buddy Clem's bike, but I can't I D the motor. It has a probable Joe Hunt magneto, and judging from the parallel push rods it has 4 cams, but the side cover doesn't resemble any HD or Indian made special race only engines that other it other wise could be. Big HD twins have the drive chain on the left side. The rear wheel looks like it could be a "45" 16"er. I googled Ralph Owen and didn't come up with much.

 

Al Crocker worked for several motorcycle companies in the early years. Raced and had an Indian dealership before buying Freer Motorcycles in Los Angeles. They built overhead conversions for Indian race bikes and complete Speedway bikes before entering the big twin market in the late '30's. Great rigs, half again more horsepower than Harley's new Knucklehead, but cost that much more also. Unfortunately didn't make it past WWII.

 

Thanks for the clarification, I do remember the Vincent was blown. Here is a great story on Clem.
https://www.cycledrag.com/remembering-motorcycle-drag-racer-clem-johnson-creator-of-the-barn-job

 

LIONS PDA!

 

That is "Rapide" as-in "Rapid". It was also Hilborn injected, not blown.

- EM

 

Read the article Marty just noted.


In 1987, at Palmdale, California, the made it’s last pass. Here’s the bike in it’s final form after 3 decades of evolution. Yes, that’s a supercharger hiding under the drivers seat and indeed the bike has front brakes. Running low 8’s at 187 mph it needed them! Photo courtesy of Jim Leineweber photo archive.

 

I wonder it she couldn't make it to the next rest area.

 

Caption not written by one of us car guys! '47 Kaiser and '37 Chevy.

 

More Skinny is still in business in Pueblo, CO. Sadly, this location was tore down and a urgent care building was built in it's place a couple of years ago and then the urgent care's parent company decide to study if they should even open at this location so the building is sitting vacant. More Skinny did keep the neon guy though and it's at their new location.

 

Another picture of "More-Skinny" Moreschini motors.

 

Damn that girl behind the cobra is a cutie.


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trying to INHALE a cig thru yer forehead, IT'S JUST WRONG, in so many ways......[/QUOTE]

 

Anne Francis, drove the white Cobra on her TV Show "Honey West" !

 

Looks more like Angie Dickenson to me.

 

Anne Francis

 

Angie Dickinson

 

Honey West. Has the big ‘ol mole on her face, Where is it Marty?


the CAR the SEAT, or the GIRL had an OIL LEAK...