has anyone heard lately of the restoration of the tokyo rose delivery. do not see any thing on here anymore. wonder if he still has car??
I was just reading about the current status of the old Rose color "Tokyo Rose" yesterday. Plans were to restore it as original (good thing), and read another thread saying it was going to be pro-streeted with a BBC, Glide, and tubs (bad thing). Threads were pretty old ... don't know what's happening with it now. Did save an unrestored pic of it though. --- Steve ---
Biscaynes, thanks for posting these shots. I see the Trenton Speed Black 57 delivery in the other lane, these are cool shots. Rumor had Mr Zip for sale a few years back but the money was heavy for it. I don't think it could be verified to actually be Mr Zip but was rumored to be .
I would say without a doubt those heads came off a record holder. The Franks brother cars were record holders and I'm sure Wayne Walker's Mr.Zip was a record holder.
The last time I saw Marvs car it was the same.I will see the owner it Sept.and get more info. Joe Scott told me his old delivery is still in Sunbery Pa. but not for sale. Steve Sweitzer delivery has been Pro Streeted and owened by his brother-inlaw
Tubs? really? where did you see that? Where were these threads? I personally know the guy that owns the car, and I can tell you NO WAY would that dude TUB anything! He HATES lowered vehicles of any kind and TUBBED vehicles just as much! I know I have gone to car shows with him and i'll be checking out drag cars (tubbed) and he walks away to look at stock and antique stuff. lol Put up that tubbed link so I can send it to him he will get a kick out of that!
I am sure he would post here had he not been banned! Pretty sure he still reads things but cannot post. He has posted at the junior stock on F Book. He still has the car.
Here it is for what it's worth, people can post anything on the net, might be BS. ----------------------------------------------------------- Honestly, I'm glad to see it on the street. From what I see on here, a racer is gonna put bogarts on it, a BB, a glide & a brake, & probably tub it, because his ego wont stand for going out & running 14s with it, which is what it will do if properly restored. Its probably better off where it is. http://sports.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/StockSSDragRacing/message/58835
I read through that whole thread and I see that as falcon67george's opinion of what would happen to the car if it was sold to a racer.
That thread was confusing to me in parts. At any rate, I hope the Rose gets restored properly to her original glory ... she's an important part of Stock Eliminator history.
It's hard to believe the first Junior Stock post was in 2007. There has been so much info on this thread for the last couple of years. It shows there is still a ton of interest in Junior Stockers. I'm with you guys. 500 more!!
I've been reading this thread for 6 years and can't get enough.... keep the story's and pictures coming fellas.
The yellow car went through Barrett-Jackson several years ago. The maroon and black 210 2 door sedan in the inset was one of the late Forrest Shropshires cars. It sold at his estate sale,north Ga., in 2003 and I have lost track of it since.
FI 57 chevy nut. My first guess would be in your possession but I see that it's not. So this ran "O" if I read the class correctly??? Is that correct??
I "had" been in frequent contact with Scott about Tokyo Rose, the Delivery years. Then he got banned from the HAMB, and I lost contact. He was having employment issues, and being in the asphalt paving business, there were too few jobs; no money, no progress. Last I heard he was working again. Hope he still plans on restoring the car/truck. KickinAsphalt, just how "well" do you "know" Scott? Butch/56sedandelivery.
BOTH of those cars are beautiful, and still doing what they were intended to do. Butch/56sedandelivery.
I'm sure it's the same car, not a clone. I took the picture at Lions Drag Strip in late 70 or 71. I knew Jim Lamatrice very well before I went to Vietnam in '69. I know he had a set of quads and 762 heads for a 225HP. That wouldn't make it an O/S. Jim later on moved his machine shop business to Arizona. After I started reading the HAMB I tried contacting him through a Google search but never got any replies to my e mails. I wonder if he's still kicking.
I never get tired of looking at photo's of old Junior Stock cars. It was a very cool time for drag racing and I loved watching them run. Jimbo
I really love the enthusiasm that the junior stock group has to come to York in 2014. The group is awesome and we look forward to knocking their eyes out with a display that will be placed in the drag racing history books. We'll do a group shot of all on stage with a special presentation!
The Jalopy Journal
