Yes, we are open. Any H.A.M.B. member can stop by any time and we will give you a personal tour of the collection. We have already hosted many clubs and rod runs such as Amaricruise. We put on special exhibits at our brand new 7,000 sq. ft. resto facility known as "the Flying 'A' garage." Our most recent was an exhibit honoring the 60th aniversery of Bonneville Speed Week. For now the lousy economy has made it necessary to put off construction of a main exhibit building. (spent all our money on awesome cars and the resto shop!). We are completing our secondary storage facility now, so all the cars will be under one roof beginning in Feb. Again, we will be happy to give any H.A.M.B. member a personalized tour. If you want to make a special reservation for a weekend just give us a call at (775) 625-3555, our address is 500, East Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, Nevada 89445. Otherwise, just drop in and say Ralph sent you.
The green T is the famous "Trojan T." It won a ton of points at all the big shows back in the early 60's. Picked it up from fabled drag-car collector, Mike Guffy. He and Mark Moriarity found it lying derelict at a midwest swap meet a few years back. We plan to debut it at Detroit in Feb along with some other wickedly cool show rods from the period, including an unbelievable unit that Mark M. has been doing up for the last two years.
That's like every single drag race strip in the US is nicknamed "Thunder Valley", whether it's actually IN a valley or not! LOL!
This one came directly from Harry. This was his personal custom; he started it when he was 18. He named it for his home town, La Jolla CA (La Jolla means "the jewel" in spanish, thus the jewel Harry placed in the center of the grill!).
Ralph actually bought "La Jolla" from Jack Walker, who I believe bought it from Mr. Bradley. Jack has sold several cars to Ralph, including the Westergard built 40 Merc convert and Larry Watson's 58 T-Bird. Mick
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