Vintage shots from days gone by!

Wow, well, there you go. WRJ was a frequent stopping point for us, we would then go up to St.J and go over to Lancaster and on up the Rangeley Lakes.

 

Different but the same LOL stovebolt in the background



Dean Batchelor Socal Speed Shop 32 Roadster Muroc Dry Lake 1948



Fred Larsen & Don Cummins with their 212 MPH Bonneville Roadster



Fireball Roberts leads Junior Johnson at the 1961 Daytona 500



Fred Lorenzen at the 1961 Daytona 500

 

Jack Moss dualie 1961



Jackson & Richardson Kelly Chadwick Chevelle in the background



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Jerry Agrima & Don Murphey make some adjustments on their Mercedes powered D/ Dragster Texas Yankee. Chassis built by Eddie Hill



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Pur Hell, Famoso in 1960's

 

I worked as an on-site supplier engineer at Ford for several years and had no previous exposure to the way terms used in the rest of the automotive world have a completely different meaning at the OE level.

The term " show quality paint " had nothing to do with rods and customs. It meant the repainting and extreme body detailing of vehicles meant for the new car show circuit.

Ford was the same about their photographic people playing up the product and the home area. It wasn't uncommon to see shots on Ford's interweb that have made their way on to various threads here on the HAMB that were taken in random locations here in Dearborn, including my church's parking lot, just to showcase the product. I find it interesting that as old as some of those photos are that a lot of those locations still exist and look pretty much the same today as they did then.

 

Speedwrench you pointed out "The term " show quality paint " had nothing to do with rods and customs. It meant the repainting and extreme body detailing of vehicles meant for the new car show circuit."

I would guess that Ford would have been as particular as GM but in a way the car show work I was doing (some of the cars I was doing at this competed at the top shows such as Pebble Beach and Meadowbrook) was easier than the truck show work. When I painted a show car I chose PPG which I was familiar with and could lay down a pretty nice job out of the gun and then I would cut and buff it. More intensive and required discipline and great attention to detail but truck show work they wanted as close to perfect out of the gun. They would supply very nice trucks and then I had to remove all texture and lay down a really smooth coat and cut and buff was never allowed. They wanted the final job to look like they painted it and everyone would know a cut and buff job was not done at the factory. They did most of the final detail on some of the jobs, especially when they were rush jobs.

Every job I did was different and most of the time it was a paint I was not overly familiar with so I had to do a number of tests to see how it would flow out and gloss up out of the gun. I guess one of the reasons I liked it is that it was more challenging than just picking up a gun and aiming. I enjoyed working with GM and worked with them on paint projects (both show and fleet) for about 8 years before I figured I better get away from all the fumes on a regular basis. Money was good though.

 

God aunt Ruth, I'm not gonna pull your finger.............

 

And the "hump" at the top end of the strip.

 

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I reckon that gal is about 8 foot tall.

 

Actually, she's 5' 8" and it's a current photo