This '27 T roadster was originally owned by Dean Batchelor & built by him and Valley Custom when he worked there. The car was passed around the San Fernando Valley for a few years & wound up being owned by Don Prudhomme. Don gave the car 24 coats of Forest Green lacquer before he sold it, without even driving it, to support his new dragster habit. Phil Cartozian was the owner when this photo was taken at the 1st LA Roadster Show in 1960. At that time, the roadster featured a heavily chromed, fuel injected, 392-inch 1956 Buick engine that Tommy Ivo had built.
19-yr. old L.A. Roadsters member Paul Chamberlain in his '29 A roadster. Paul chromed the entire hood, then painted it black . . . so he could have chrome louvers.
I don’t quite understand Did he get his third leg knocked off, since there’s two shoes on his feet and a third laying close to him. Strange to see someone wearing three shows.
62 Years ago on June 16, 1960, Jim Hurtubise drove the # 44 Peter Schmidt Spl. to Indy Champ Car Victory at Langhorne Pennsylvania.
About 60 Years ago # 56 Jim Hurtubise and # 98 Parnelli Jones doing some serious battle USAC Racing back about 1962.
# 19 Billy Devore driving the Pat Clancy Spl in the 1948 Indy 500, finished 12th in this Frank Kurtis 6 wheel Offy, he Qualified at 123.967 MPH.
I'm guessing he was wearing shoe "rubbers" to protect his shoes from the snow. Pretty normal back then. Mick
The Summers Brothers had nothing but bad luck at Bonneville in 1962. Their 302" Supercharged Chrysler powered front-wheel drive Class C Streamliner ran a super quick 323.711 on the ’59 Shadoff Special record of 251.740 mph. That's almost 72 mph over the record. Wow!. On a follow-up run, they were timed at 327 mph before the blower decided to eat itself. Another fix and on the next run, the car broke a drive axle to end their week of trouble.
Chet Herbert's new Beast IV made an appearance at Speedweek in '53. Chet, always out of time, commissioned George Barris to do the new car's bodywork. In turn, George brought onboard a young Jocko Johnson to help bend some tin in the form of aluminum. The car was finished at the last minute and ran a 356" '53 Chrysler after the original 4-cylinder Herbert Experimental engine wasted itself. During Speedweek driver Leroy Neumayer drove the car 211.39 mph to grab a first in class and went on to set the Class D record at 216.541 mph. But that's not all folks, in the speed department. On September 10th in runs sponsored by the NHRA and timed by the AAA the car went on to break some American National Class B Records, they were 1km- 232.28 mph, 1 mile- 232.32 mph, 5km- 231.17 mph, 5 mile- 233.31 mph, 10km- 230.53 mph and 10 mile- 201.96 mph. Chet's car also broke some Class B International records with speeds of, 5km- 233.31 mph and 10 km- 230.53 mph. Not too shabby for a rush job by some So-Cal hot rodder.
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