And now for something completely different

[Dog427435]

[b] Couple more!
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[SS427]

Long time no see. I helped build this car along with Bob Braungart (sp?) around 1981 where I got my start at Corvette Specialties in Blaine, MN. Quite a change from the normal restorations we were performing at the time. Looks like this photo was taken long before Pro Corvettes got it as they added a lot of signage to the car.
Rick

[Belair62]

I love this kind of stuff.

[Dog427435]

Rick

I was very impressed with the look of that car - NICE JOB!!
That shot was taken at the auction in Atlantic City at the
old convention center back in the early eighties

Glenn

[Dog427435]

[b] Midget racing at Mitchel Field in the late sixties -
There was also some great street racing done here before the
Nassau Coliseum and all the corporate buildings were built.
Love that sixties look!!!
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[Dog427435]

[b] Couple more odd balls from the early eighties -
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Manufactures Hanover Bank Any Car - it was used in their car loan commercials
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[Dog427435]

[b] Pro Street 409
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[Dog427435]

[b] Anyone from Long Island remember the Island Garden Arena?
It was located in West Hempstead, on Hempstead Turnpike, right up the block from the
Aurora Plastics building, where they made the Model Motoring sets.
It was a half domed arena that had all kinds of shows, the circus and in the winter
they raced the 3/4 Midgets there.
These shots are from early 1962 - There was nothing greater as a kid then to go see the Midgets
on a Friday night race on the concrete floors.
Now remember its freezing out so all the doors are shut, there is no real
ventilation system and the shows 3-4 hours long.
That foggy look is the exhaust smoke hanging in the air. By the time the races were over
your eyes were bright red, watering like crazy, you stunk and your head felt like there
were a thousand bees inside fighting to get out.
Ahh - what a great time!!!
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[Dog427435]

[b] 1972 Australian Ford Falcon XA GT Coupe

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NICE!!
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[Dog427435]

[b]
The founder of Blount Seafood Corporation, F. Nelson Blount, was a collector of steam locomotive
equipment. He bought a railroad so he could be an engineer.
In 1963 Blount moved his Steamtown U.S.A. steam locomotive collection to a new site
(Steamtown was moved several times before). This latest location was a the former site of a
proposed Rutland yard in Riverside, near Bellows Falls, VT. Tracks fanning out from a turntable
provided an excellent place to display his collection of steam. Regular excursions were run
between Riverside and Chester.
Tragedy struck in 1967 when Nelson Blount was killed when his private plane crashed into a
tree in Marlborough, NH. Nelson was only 49. This event took a lot of steam out of Steamtown.
Most of the operational steam locomotives were either sold or fell into disrepair. Then, in 1970,
Vermont passed air quality regulations which prohibited steam operations. Diesel locomotives
were then used on Steamtown excursions, however, ridership fell dramatically. Despite the air
quality regulations, the Steamtown Foundation again began operating with a steam locomotive.
By 1983, Steamtown again had many (six) operating steam locomotives.
Despite the resurrection of steam locomotives, Steamtown was in financial trouble.
It was determined that the main problem was its location -- isolated from any major population
center. In 1984, Steamtown was moved to Scranton, PA. Still losing money, the Steamtown
Foundation went bankrupt in 1986.
Congress created the Steamtown National Historic Site and the National Park Service acquired
the collection.
Congress created Steamtown National Historic Site in 1986 to interpret the story of main line
steam railroading between 1850 and 1950. The park now occupies about forty acres in Scranton, Pa

These shots were taken in the summer of '75 in Bellows Falls, VT.
You can see the poor condition the site was in. I believe the former site is currently listed in
the Vermont hazardous sites list.

Talk about massive amounts of horsepower!!
The first shot is my Dad taken in front of one of the locomotives - he is over 6 feet tall!

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