OLD RACERS

[Dog427435]

[b] Older Racers

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Check out some of the background stuff - cool '61!
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[Dog427435]

[b] Love the pink tint on the '59 Olds - boy we were weird!
Nice Road Runner in the background - 440 six bbl-with the lift off hood!!
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'55 Chevy "Dennis the Menace" out of Inwood - super strong car - was unbeatable at the Islip 1/8th mile
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[budnate]

dog for president, go boooooy

[Dog427435]

[b] Buick Funny Car
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This car was beautiful and quick!!
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[MosportGreen66]

any more of this car?

[Dog427435]

unfortunately none that I know of

[Verne_Frantz]

Dog,
Could you please elaborate on when & where the photo was taken of the Marroon Gatti '61 Chevy Sedan? Any more info on that car???
Thank you.
Verne

[Dog427435]

Verne

That shot was taken in June of 1970 at West Hampton. The car was a 409 - 4 bbl with a 4 spd that was from the Bronx somewhere up near West Chester County. It was always around and ran like hell. That's all I remember, I'll see if I have any other shots - but I don't recall any.

Thanks
Glenn

[markjohnson]

Hey Verne, that "360 HP" lettered hood on the '61 Biscayne jumped out at me also. It is quite interesting with all the winner stickers on the back windows and the fact that it was still being campaigned nine years later. The car reminds me of the original Old Reliable I that was raced by Jenkins/Strickler out of Ammon R. Smith. I want to say that car was a maroon '61 Biscayne from the same general region. It probably went the way of most old race cars being passed around until they finally just disappear.

[Verne_Frantz]

Thanks Glenn. I'm a little surprised that '61 '09 lasted as long as it did. Chevy had a lot of problems with those new castings; so much so that they discontinued production of them before the end of the model year. They only sold 142 of them!

Mark, that's what caught my eye too. I was wondering if it could have been the same car after Ammon R Smith got rid of it, but the 'Ol Reliable had a long white scoop on the hood by the time they stopped racing it.

Glenn, one other question: One of the photos in the staging lanes shows a '63 Impala SS, white. Was that also West Hampton in '70? Funny thing.....a friend of mine owned a car just like that, black vinyl top and all when he lived on the Island.

Great shots....Thanks

Verne