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My college ride......mid-'60s........"crate" 327/365, T-10, 4.11 posi......

 

Those were the days! Lots of cool drivers.

 

I think that was Billy Foster's car from Victoria.

 

Could be as @Chevbucket posted additional info and pics and it was identified as Cal Morrow Coupe and built by same also of BC maybe now owned?...lovely ride either way and it could deliver the goods...

https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Cal_Morrow's_1934_Ford

Quoted from Kustomrama...below...

"Darryl Foster bought the coupe an turned it into "the Orange Krate." The Orange Krate version was shown at the 1963 Vancouver Pacific International Motorama."

So maybe a Relative...

 

Here it is in Car Craft July 1959
I just happened to be flipping through some old magazines tonight and I recognized the picture..

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More orange krate pics (before it was painted orange). Victoria B.C. Canada

 

Big Thumbs up @Chevbucket...

This ones well do***ented and really did the Hotrod Walk...so cool...

 

Don't think Billy Foster (race car driver from driver from Victoria) ever owned the orange krate it was sold to 10 different people after Cal Morrow built it and Billy was not one of them. But maybe he did own it and his name was not on the list. In the late seventies the car was sold to a Hell's Angels member on the mainland and from there the trail goes cold.

 

Well look what I found...just another night of flipping through my old magazines , kind of makes it more interesting when I run across something that is currently being posted ....makes the trip to Hot Rod past worth taking when I can share the ride.
Hot Rod magazine November 1958

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Some shots I grabbed while page flipping through some old magazines.

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I posted pictures of this '57 before but here it is from a different view and without the lake pipes...

 

I don't know how famous the car or its owner is...but it's a Roadster and it's owned by a lady....nice car and owner, I like at the end of the story, total investment $1500....Hell you probably couldn't even buy the front wheels for that now days...and I don't mean the one's with lug nuts that are Popular these days.
Actually I'm not sure how they got the front wheels set up on this one ....it says early brakes on a drop axle ...with spindle mount wheels?

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I remember the car, I grew up not far from Fontana. Unfortunately I don't remember the details!

 

The orange Fiat in the bottom picture in this post was built by my friend who is helping with my roadster. He still has it and drives the **** out of it.

 

Thats very cool..it's always nice to hear of a Hot Rod that is being driven and enjoyed by its owner ...as they were intended in the "Fast Lane"

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Ford Y Block power

 

An earlier shot.

 

I love that Early Times Rod & Custom cover.

 

^^I think that is Mazooma1's Crosley powered dragster on the trailer, with ol' Doug sitting on the tire.

 

I grew up in Fontana and remember this car well. The owner was one of my friends nextdoor neighbor and was rarely seen out of the garage. The blown flathead and red metalflake radiator hoses were really cool standout items for me. Really a standout car as most hot rods in the area were pretty rough. Ironically the R&C photo spread was taken in the parking lot of Palmetto Park in Fontana. I just happened to be at the park when they were taking the photos. Being the car crazy 12 year old that i was I started asking questions. They told me they were busy and blew me off!

 

Heres some shots from the 81 "The Best of Hot Rod"
Well I got work to do now ...I have been going through my magazines, sorting and switching from boxes to tub containers, and I had about 8 stacks of some of my late 50's to late 60's Hot Rod and others , over waist high and I just heard a odd sound and looked up to see them all go over like dominoes and shoot across the room....****.

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Continued....

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Posted a few days ago by Hotrodart, this photo immediately took me back
to 1966, ducking out of study hall and going cruising with one of the older
guys in town, listening to "Hanky Panky" on WLS-AM out of Chicago. My pal's
car was a white '61 bubbletop with a 283, four speed and chrome reversed
wheels. I can picture one of those days now. I hope HRA doesn't mind me
messing with his pic.

 

I'll ask my friend that's him on the other tire. He did say something about the dragster being Crosley powered.

 

Don't know which version of this one this is? Maybe down under Right hand steering.

 

This is the period look I wanna go for!

 

This is the period I like!
Tiny front wheels, big ones sticking out in the back! None of this tuck under the rear fender stuff you see nowadays!
Life size Hotwheels!

 

I remember attending the Hartford Autorama with my older cousin, it may have been this event as I can't recall it year just that I was amazed at all the beautiful cars, thanks Butch.