History Cars From Milwaukee Wisconsin, SE WI, and Northern Illinois....

Thanks all sounds like it was saved. I had forgotten about the Plymouth next to it, I was so enamored with truck.

 

Cool, to hear it's still around. I drive by there often and have always wondered, as they both disappeared the same time, kinda kicked myself for never stopping and asking

 

John, Thanks for the info and speaking of Butch, here's an oldie. 1958, Milwaukee Wi. 1952 Mercury owned by Dick Bruss. Body work, paint and stripeing by Butch Brinza at age 16 or 17. Magazine article from Popular Customs, 1958.

 

Hi Curt....I remember that car from the magazine but have never seen it in real life. Thanks for posting it. It has an obvious "West Coast" vibe to it...There were so many great cars from the Upper Midwest and in this area in particular. Hoping to see more as this thread continues. Thanks for all your help. There really is a lot of fine input from you guys in this region. Next time I'm on, I'll try to describe some cars that you may remember, it's harder that way, but maybe the description will trigger some memories...but I'm thankful for each post.....

 

Here's a couple of pics from the 1953 new car show in Milwaukee in late 52

 

Here's some pictures of an Indy car race at State Fair Park in West Allis in 1952

 

Here's a photo of a car club reliability run in October 1952

 

Here's a couple of custom cars in Milwaukee in 52. This Merc was not inspired by James Dean

 

Thank you John....Any more photos of your Coupe? Where is it now? It was so much an inspiration for many Hot Rodders in the area for many years.......

 

Local speed shop sponsored slingshot at Union Grove '65

 

anyone remember a nailhead with injection around 62-63? I'll assume roundy roundy car or drag?

Got the injection years ago, and this is what Hilborn sent.

 

Here's the front pad of a SBC on a car my brother just got

not trying to derail this thread, just a few local things

 

Check that tilt trailer!! bad ass

 

The grove...
The henry j is supposed to still be lurking in waukesha county...

 

Anyone remember this car? or the owner??

Here you can see his face.

car is long gone, but not the driver

 

How cool is that!

 

mid 1960's, Milwaukee, Wi. indoor car show, another picture of the Henry J. I do believe the Henry J is alive and well and may have showed up at a past Iron Invasion but, a bit worse for wear and in primer.

 

No can see the picture

 

Curt the invoice comes up for me, but I have no idea how to repost it here from a PDF file. Gary

 

Curt...Was that Henry J the one run by the Spinners Car Club and did it run with Full Spun Aluminum Caps on Wide Whites? Centurion9

 

Thanks Gary, I finally figure it out but not how to post it up, either.

 

that is the Spinners car, it ran different sets of wheels/tires/hubcaps at various car shows, wheels/tires only for the drags.

 

it would be way cool if Schlieper's had a record of who they sold it to!!

 

no one wants to guess on the 57? Tom Nickerson!

Can't be the same henry j, Tom had it offered to him a few years ago for big bucks if i remember correctly. Was in New Berlin, not sure if still there, think it's been sold.

 

Curt the Henry J might well be the one Dick Billings still has.

 

at a car event, I saw Dick driving a primer Henry J, heard a comment that it was the Spinners old race car, still don't know for sure.

 

Been laying around for a few years with a friend's address on the back...

 

This was hot stuff mid to late sixties...

Supposed to have been painted by Butch and pinstriped by Mr Z with a diamond tuft top, interior, and running boards by Kasper.

I found it in a barn with most of the paint ground off so I made it into the 70's street rod seen below



Then I

 

My buddy Scott passed away this past Thanksgiving... I'll ask his widow if I can post photos of his cars. Many of which have Milwaukee connections as well as national record holders at the drags.

 

some cars still exist today, here are some pictures showing the hard road that the "Startling Starfire" has been on. It's still out there.

1960's, Milwukee, Wi.



mid 1970's, as found after a number of years of storage in Milwaukee, Wi.

mid to late 1970's back on the road. Milwaukee, Wi.

1980's after being sold, pictures were taken in Illinois.

1980's 0r 90's, picture from Missouri, maybe.