History Dad's old drag racing photos...

Your Dad is one cool cat, and you are to for sharing those photos. THANKS !

 

That Chevy 2 rocks!! Kinda looks like the Shake Rattle and Run 57 Hardtop in the background on one of those pics too. Love those early drag pictures. Thanks for posting.

 

Thanks for posting the pics on here Marty. I knew this crowd would enjoy 'em!

 

Thank you for your efforts and for sharing. Wonderful stuff!!

 

Thanks for posting!!! Have to love the old pics!!!!!!

 

WOW!!!!!! Thanks to you and your Dad!!!!!!

 

AWESOME pics!! Thanks for sharing!

 

Kool stuff there MArty!!!! Now ya gotta build 'em all in plastic!!!!!!

 

He probably did in his younger dayz.

 

Actually guys, this one has deffinitely been calling to me....



Hmmmmm..... Maybe I need to hit the workbench!

 

How did I miss this thread???!!! Thank you VERY much for posting!!!! Awesome!!!!

 

Awesome!...........Rich

 

I spent some more time with Dad this past Sunday, going over more of his old photos,
trying to figure out where he took them and scanning them for posting and copies....​

Anyway, here is the latest batch of pics.... While he's not completely positive where these were taken
(At 76 years old, Dad's memory tends to get a bit fuzzy at times!),
the dates on these photos, as well as a pit pass that was also in the box with them,
leads me to believe that they may be from the 1956 NHRA Nationals in Kansas City Missouri....
If anybody here can confirm this, one way or the other, please chime in!​

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That is the first half.... I'll be posting more pics from the same event in a few minutes!​

 

Very cool pics.I wish i was around to see that stuff first hand .Thanks for sharing them ...

 

Here's the rest of the pics that may be from the 1956 NHRA Nationals.....​

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Wow man...Thanks for posting all the pics. I had forgotten about the Gartlits Dart. Was that Mom sitting on the roadster in the first batch?

 

Oh, GOD, no!!!!!!! LOL

That was a (then) young lady by the name of Sally Rocker... She was "Queen" at the 1957 World Series.

 

Another outstanding bunch of photos.....thank you Marty

 

And a big thankyou from me also Marty!! I was studying the pics and noticed this setup. Dropped axles are for wimps. Check out the spring.

 

That's probably the best set of old photos I've ever seen from an personal collection. If pictures like that were the only thing ever posted on this site (HAMB), that in itself would be enough to keep me comin' back. Thanks for sharing. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>
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Somewhere on the HAMB in the last week or so, I saw a photo of someone's recently acquired deuce 3 window project car that looked strikingly like one shown in this collection that had a radio antennae on the driver’s side. I'll have to dig around to see if I can find that post. <o></o>

 

These old hidden family photos are absolute history that is best shared with others.

THANKS for taking the time to do so!

 

Just "KOOL", nothing else to say!!!

 

Wow! That's some real history there. I really enjoyed seeing the variety represented...some cars looked very well thought out and professional and others were pretty cobbled together. Hmmm...some things never change.

 

More cool pic's, thanks for the "update" Marty.

 

i was gonna say that whoever drove this rail has got some balls ill tell you that much

 

AWESOME PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing them. Love this stuff.

 

Thanks for the ride back in your dads' time machine!

 

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Awesome pics! It amazes me how much the dragstrip looks just like I remember it looking when I first started going in the mid 80's

 

Does your dad have any pictures of Paul Stevens Little Puffer?