Art & Inspiration Traditional images that need no explanation.

Who is behind the wheel? I never remembered that roll bar?

 

^^Rose maybe

 

Yes, Rose Gennuso, at the 1965 Winternationals. She also raced the Wild Rose Corvette that McMullen built for her.

 

The roadster.... Sorry, my bad.

 

I put a lot of miles on one of those when I was 14-15.
Mine had belonged to a high school kid that lived about a mile from us. He came into my folk's Ma & Pa grocery store/gas station and I always thought it was cool. One day I got home from school (I was in the 9th grade) and there it was in the driveway. My Dad pulled a sneaky move on me and had it delivered during the day without me knowing it. I don't know if my Mom knew he was getting it for me, but she bought into my gearhead craziness', so all was cool! I had a lot of fun on that thing!

 

Anyone know anything about this coupe ? Aluminum nose, perhaps a later version in post 20036? You guys are really finding some great stuff.

 

1959 Westside of Long Beach

Hello,

What do a couple of neighborhood guys do for a nice afternoon drive back in 1959? Why follow an old Chevy sedan loaded with 4 ladies out for a spin. Well, actually, it was a day spent shopping at the local outdoor mall stores with a nice lunch to boot.

We knew of the 1959 Chevy hardtop that was down the street on the next block. It was not a 335 hp 4 speed, Positraction 348 motor that we were constantly seeing at nearby Lion’s Dragstrip. It was just a nice two door hardtop with a couple of guys having a great time cruising.

Jnaki

Since we had a black 1958 Impala hardtop in the garage, this 1959 was the newest car on our street.
Those guys are probably laughing at the 4 ladies blasting down the street, gabbing away, the whole time. HA!

4 ladies out for a spin…

 

Sence @40ragtopdown and I seem to frequent the same Facebook pages I had to find some different ones. I found this picture on some Canadian drag racing page.