Vintage shots from days gone by!

1952
Marshall Teague

 

http://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2011/01/dkw-germanys-post-war-wonder-car.html

 

1903 Panhard

 

Twin pipes ?

 

I saw that too

 

1088 pages, holy shit..!! glad I've been keeping up, it's gonna take a while for someone to read through this from page 1..

I love this post..

 

I worked at a Chevy. garage in 65. We got one 65 Chevy. in 65 with a 409 2 BL. carb. from the factory.

 

You can say THAT again, 65Riviera!




Thanks for posting this Lowcat. '52, when Marshall Teague was called
"King of the Beach" for his numerous early wins on the sand at Daytona
in his "Fabulous Hudson Hornet." Hornet pilots, including Teague, Tim
Flock, Herb Thomas, et.al., amassed more than 100 wins and two out-
right championships from '51 to early '54 when Hudson could no longer
afford to assist teams.

Teague worked with Hudson engineer Vince Piggins to develop the
vaunted 220-hp Hornet 7X, introduced for '53 -- damned good for
a flatty! He was the first driver to win factory backing (Hudson)
and sponsor (Pure Oil). His team included the famous mechanical
master, Smokey Yunick. Well liked by everyone but Bill France,
versatile Teague left NASCAR after 1952, excelling in other series,
including Indy racing. He left with seven wins and an enviable
winning percentage of 30 percent. Among his many awards and
achievements, he was named two-time AAA national stock car
champion ('52 and '54).

Marshall was a family man but had balls of steel when racing.
He was the first man to die (testing an Indy car) at the new
Daytona Speedway in 1959. One of the greatest in NASCAR's
first 50 years -- a great in ANY series!





Marshall and his daughter Patty, THANKS to Legends of NASCAR!

 

Above appears to be a hand-tinted postcard image of the Teague
#6 Hornet, THANKS to The Car Domain network. This illustration is
from a GREAT feature done by Jim Brennan in 2009 on the Fabulous
Hudson Hornet. Look it up! It's a real blast and FULL of facts about
the Hornet flat six in early NASCAR when the flatty six spanked the
performance V-8s of the era, from the OHV 303 Rocket 88, to the
Merc and Ford flatties, to even the Chrysler 331 Firepower hemi!
(blog.cardomain.com/2009/03/25/cardomain-obscure-muscle-car-par)

 

Finished!!! It's taken me four days, countless hours each day to catch up. And that was scanning, stopping only to look at the best and reading followups to the posts. This is an amazing collection of photos and memories. When I figure out how to post pics I will add a few of my own. Thanks to all for a great thread!!!

 

WaldorfNomad;welcome! Now get yer butt over to the introductory thread and introduce yourself please! You're gonna love it here.

FOUR days?! I've been viewing it for months and I'm only a quarter of the way through it. Please feel free to contribute to it as well;we love the diversity of this thread.