Art & Inspiration Vintage Racing Jackets

The first thing I ever won - a class winner's jacket ca 1960s at Thompson Drag Raceway. Still got it. I added the North Bros. Drag club patch when I moved to Motown in 1970.

 

Very cool..where was North Brothers Ford back then?

 

I have that patch....

 

I believe it was in Garden City, on or near Ford Road. I was new to the area so I was not familiar to those neighborhoods then. I remember some FoMoCo employees would meet there after work for meetings and to plan outings to race, help out, or observe the locals. I won the jacket racing my 305 cc Honda Superhawk, but by the time I moved to MI I had my '23 T running and was re-doing it with a 'glass body. Good times

 

Ok, that’s what I was wondering..they are still on Ford rd in Westland..ya had Red Holman Pontiac to the west..very cool ya kept it and were part of that back then..

 

I have a t shirt too…belonged to and hung in Gators home for many years and I’m now lucky enough to own it and care for it

 

My dad bought his first new car from there... A '72 Maverick Grabber... Bright yellow with lime green stripes....

 

Me too - '71 302 red Grabber

 

Won this on a Honda 50 when I was 15.

 

Nice jacket.
LOL do you remember your e.t.?

 

24.26 Ha !

 

Irwindale Raceway, 16 years old, Chevy II, 6 cylinders (bone stock), 3 on the tree, 13" wheels....

you beat me by a tenth!

 

Man I had these bedsheets as a kid! Never knew what I was missing not having the matching jacket. HAHAHA!

 

"You meet the nicest people on a Honda"

 

I'd pay money to see you two race those vehicles today Heads Up!

 

Years later I told Randy Walls that I had a car just like his old Chevy II... I didn't elaborate.

 

The funny thing was my Brother owned the bike, one of my friends owned the helmet, another the leather jacket, and I even had to borrow a buddy's drivers license, as I was only 15.

 

Friend scored these at Hershey this year…he’s gonna do a period correct jacket and have them sewn on..I see a jacket with these hanging up at Walt’s Auto years ago from 61, when he won the Nats…

 

Thanks, guys, for reviving an old thread. Kool stuff never really goes out of date, does it?
No, these are NOT mine. Several years ago, I visited the [now closed] World of Speed Motorsports Museum in Wilsonville OR and they had a display dedicated to Andy Granatelli. Several of his personal racing jackets were part of that display.
Got pics ....





Have no idea what happened to them after the museum closed but I would guess they were probably on loan from the family?

 

Saw these in Mackinaw City….

 

Scored this today…it’s fits and appears to be NOS…made in Madison Heights Michigan

 

Was looking for this, found it today

 

My turn!

 

Both Made in USA!

 

Merchants of speed is doing these..super cool period correct details, and I loved Super Stock magazine..yep another jacket for the closet..will look great in the back seat too....can’t wait to wear this while out cruising the Falcon this Spring..
You can get one here….https://www.merchantsofspeed.net/products/super-stock-drag-illustrated-rpm-jacket

 

I never heard of Custom Craft, but it was about a mile from where i live. I wonder what the history on that shop and jacket is?