Vintage shots from days gone by!

Another beautiful NW car, this really made an impression on the teenage me! Gary Parham is still building and racing, reads the HAMB sometimes! The car was RED!
AND FAST.

 

Looks like Bruce Geislers 200 mph Bonneville coupe "Hanky Panky" same # too.

 

Was the only reason for building Henry J's to eventually become gassers?

 

Big CHEVY power! The immortal Jim Hall

 

Pomona 1954.
I sure wish the strip hosted more than the damn "Big Show", TWO races a year. A night race would be fun, but noooooooooo.

 

Pomona 1952

 

Good lookin machine!

 

NHRA has a noise abatement agreement with the City of LaVerne. I lived 10 miles north of the track for years and could hear the Winternatonals from home, no problem. 'Course I enjoyed the noise...

 

Any idea what the car weighed? 1.5 liters is small for a straight eight. Must have had thimbles for pistons.

 

HOT DOG! Man, I couldn't quit staring at it. Now to hear it Run! Damn...I want it. HA

 

You smell good honey but I'm gonna have to write you up.

 

This is the kind of crap my kids pull on a daily basis. HA!

 

Really. Those are the cliffs at Santa Monica.

 

Ernie Hall, Fire engine builder, drag racer, friend. Cornelius Oregon

 

Here's a more HAMB type pic of Ernie Hall and one of his many gas dragsters. he ran the National record, was a real contender. photo from Marty Strode.