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Re: Old Street Scenes
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...MoreSS/c96.jpg What up with the lever bolted to the underside of the dash? Improvised cruise control?</div></div> I'm betting it's an early hand operated brake control. I saw a few of those before Hurst came up with the line lock. Dick Brannan (local to South Bend) was smarter than most and rigged up a Studebaker "Hill Holder" solenoid on his 63 Ford light weight car, and connected it to the clutch pedal. Don't wanna be rolling out of the staging beams you know. |
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That's the Frank Sanders Z-11. Home made roll control at the starting line.
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Well, 'ya beat me to the punch Verne! I had a suspicion that was the Frank Sander '63 Z-11 in that interior shot. I can recall when that car was discovered back in the Eighties with only 2200 miles on the odometer! I think it was Spurlock who was able to acquire it back then. That particular car also qualified 2nd at the 1963 AHRA Winternationals at Beeline with 11.93 @ 119 MPH. That was a fast Z-11, especially so early in the season!
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my 70 Z28 in the late 70's / early 80's at a street Solo event in Fountain Hills, AZ
not much "street scenes" to the picture (picture of a picture with the reflections ...), but some opposite lock to control the high speed "drift" that was going on: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26...btrfhillsa.jpg |
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Cool picture Jim!
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Great shot Jim. What is a "street solo event"?
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Street Solo would be an autocross or slalom event. I competed in those back in the late 70's, early 80's with a 67 Malibu. Got some photos somewhere.
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Looks like fun Jim. You can feel the action in that shot. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StriperSS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Street Solo would be an autocross or slalom event. </div></div>
correct, one car on the course at a time trying for the best time penalties for hitting cones (the course markers) they are called autox, autocross, Solo, Solo 2, Solo II, slalom, etc a timed event with no fender " rubbin' " you turn right and left, then right, maybe left again, etc no straight stuff per se, some straights, but basically a miniature road course timed event |
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Jim, did they run that event on the streets of Fountain Hills? Curious as we owned a home there in FH for 11 yrs, albeit many years after that event took place.
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