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Taytor's Dodge, South Salem, New York 183 MILLER. One of the 16 ORIGINAL Dodge Brothers Dealerships...............closed by Washington DC last month.

 

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Of course if yer haulin a rocket car around ya need a tandem.

 

that's sweet!

 

Very cool stuff! I love the old board track racers, they had balls of iron!

 

I've got one of those seats if anyone needs one for a restoration. Thanks, BigO

 

Thanks BigO, any idea what board track the Comet is on?

 

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I love these pics. Such an awesome thread.

 

DemOldDodgesGoEverywhere, even the board tracks. I'm liking the haulers as much as the racercars.

 

There's a nicely restored '27 Dodge chassis on Espay right now, if anyone's interested...

Item number: 170347401858

 

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That #1 Car is the Disteel sponsored Duesenberg Ira Vail drove at INDY in 1922, he finished in 8th place. May be the first car to run solid steel wheels, not the spun disks used on wire wheels.

 

some misc. stuff, walking beam, miller 183 goossen drawing...

 

Bob, did you share this pic with the fellow who has the Fronty Radiator?

 

Disregard the title, Atlantic City 1926:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=25285

 

I think this is the only surviving Franklin. This is a 1911.
I'd like to find out more on this racer.

 

Kurtis, '37 kid can tell you more about it. It was at Hershey a few years ago. The second picture may have been taken there.

 

The only bit of info i found so far-

1911 Model D Franklin. Raced by Ralph Hamlin in the LA to Phoenix finishing 2nd. In 1913 it came to Oklahoma and then it states 'thats it'.
What i'm trying to find out is has it just been found or stashed away since '13, or any other history that it might have. Who built it, etc, etc..

 

This has to be the best film footage i have seen yet of the boards. I might look into buying a copy.

Great Harry Hart victory at the 300 miler

 

Yeah, for some reason board track film seems to be pretty rare, I'm sure there's plenty archived out there but just hasn't surfaced yet.

 

A really nice shot of Louie Meyer at an anniversary (50?) at Indy.

 

If I haven't said it before, THANKS to everyone that has posted info and pics in this most interesting type of racing that I didn't know much about.

 

If you never told me, would I have found the HAMB on my own? THANK YOU!

 

Wow, watching that video gives an idea of how wicked fast they were going then, and a sense of scale of these tracks. It's amazing that wood was the material of choice during those times. Really if you didn't see it , it's hard to get a grasp of the magnatude. Thanks.

 

You would have found it, or it would have found you. To put things into perspective, I compare how many people I've met and have become friends with from the forums I frequent. Without a doubt the HAMB takes the cake!!

 

Amen to that!!!

 

OK- I went to the site and typed "car race" and found a bunch from Brooklands.. heres one with sound... crazy fast. Great site- thanks


http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=7624

 

THANK YOU! That is one film I'll have to add to my collection of Atlantic City Board Track history.