OLD RACERS

[Dog427435]

[b] About two years ago, my wife, daughter, grandson and I were out doing the garage sale circuit
one Saturday morning. I was elected to stay in the car with my grandson as he was just an infant
while the women went to see if there was anything worthwhile.
My daughter came back and said - you have to come see this garage. They were selling
mostly household items but because of the slight drizzle it was set up in the front of an elongated
three car garage.
As you walked in there was a blue 35 Ford phaeton, another thirties Ford and a couple of older cars.
The newer cars were complete with the older ones going under some major restoration work.
As I looked at the cars ignoring the items for sale I saw an old set of cheater slicks mounted
on steel wheels in the corner. I asked the lady there, what are the slicks for? She had no idea
what I was talking about and said I'll get my Dad.
Her Dad came in, introduced himself as Ed and explained the were for his hot rod,
would I like to see it? Over in the corner was another car covered with blankets I had not even noticed.
As he uncovered it he told me it was his old hot rod from the fifties/sixties,
a 31 Ford if I remember correctly.
Its a real period piece and he had some pictures of it racing, I think at Cecil County.
He said he had ran it again a few years ago, but because of the lack of safety equipment could not
really make a full pass. He did not want to change anything so he had not been back to the track.
It has some great period parts including aircraft seat belts. I spent about an hour talking to Ed and
looking at his cars while my family left me to explore the rest of the neighborhood.
We went to a car show Memorial Day weekend and saw the car again. I could not find Ed,
but today I had my camera.
-
-



-

-

-

-

-

-
-
Check out the rear suspension
-
-

-

[Dog427435]

[b] Found another shot of this car taken at Maple Grove about 10 years ago.
Its got the slicks on and open stack air cleaners - it's set up to race -
maybe this is the time he had it out!
I never realized I had seen this car before that day in his garage
-
-

-

[Dog427435]

[b] Another old racer taken the same day at the Grove.
It had a bunch of old pictures and time slips by it.
The plates are from '76
-
-

-

-

-

[Dog427435]

[b] Late sixties - West Hampton
My '63 Pontiac tow car - convertible with a/c -
ran K/SA
-
-

-
-
Was tow baring my L 72 and broke out the headlight making the turn into the track??
-
-

-

-
-
Mid - late seventies - I think
-
-


-

-

-

-
-
On the street late sixties
-
-

-

-

[Dog427435]

[b] Couple of lousy disc camera shots - early eighties -
-
-

-

-

[Salvatore]

[ QUOTE ]
[b] Couple of lousy disc camera shots - early eighties -
-
-

-

-

[/ QUOTE ] I think this car still runs. (55 Chevy) Jeff LeFlair may be the guys name. Still painted the same runs SS/N,O,P automatic ???

[retengw31]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That gold 60 Corvette has got to be my old car and the only Vette I ever owned. Everything down to the missing grille, red lines on the front, the M/T's on 10" chrome reverse on the rear and that gold repaint and white soft top is identical to the one I bought in 1969 (actually traded a restored 64 442 HT even up that I resurrected from a total wreck with a new frame). Even the mufflers hanging down. Engine was sickand drinking oil, but original.It had a 3 speed in it. Was very low mileage. Sold it for the down payment on our first house soon afterwards. Had a friend that raced a small block Chev rail build the stock engine into a very hot 301. It was from somewhere around there, gotta be it. Anyone know anything else about this car? Oh yeah. More than doubled my money on that car and was tickled to death when I got $1600 for it. Only car we've owned that my wife got pulled over by a cop when she let it rip the night we got it. She got off with a warning, I'd have been in jail.

[Dog427435]

[b] From the Mid-Seventies
When was the last time you saw one of these on the road??
-
-

-

-

-

[Dog427435]

[b] Early eighties
-
-

-

-

-

-

-