Art & Inspiration Traditional images that need no explanation.

The above engine is in this.

 

I recognise that Bill Cosby is frowned upon in some places because of his actions (and apologise in advance if I offend), though when I saw this photo it really reminded me of his skit "Fat Albert's Car".

Might not be the "hull of a '42 Mercury", but sure feels like he "went to the graveyard and bought an old Cessna airplane engine".

Cheers,
Harv

 

Because 4 is not enough and 6 is too many.

 

More,,,,
https://oldmachinepress.com/2012/09/01/1935-monaco-trossi/

 

At some point Ted Frye was doing work with Isky and he was good friends with my Dad. Ted invited us to Isky for a tour. We got to see some stuff in the shop and the dyno room and Ted took us to an outbuilding and we stood in the doorway and looked at all the junk. Ted was pointing out stuff to my Dad. I was just a kid, I didn't know machines from Shinola, if it wasn't shiny and chrome I wasn't impressed. My Dad was building our boat at the time, I think he bought valve springs and screw in studs or a pinning kit or something. Another cool hot rod shop with stuff everywhere.

 

That probably didn't buff out!
A lot of the cars back in those days were driven to the track, raced, then driven home. This one probably didn't drive home either.

 

2 cars in the whole world are 5x205mm bolt pattern angelia and vw , the brit ford were 16" and literally 3 " wide
fabricator john
miss you dad

 

1959 early morning photo in the pits, Adriance Appliance FED

Hello,


It was 1959 in an inland raceway drag race meet. The morning was cold, but by 9:00 am, it was T-Shirt weather. It was fun walking around the large pits area seeing the racers we usually saw at Lion’s Dragstrip and the newcomers from all over the USA. It was going to be a fantastic drag race held at the Riverside Raceway course. The whole area was different than we normally were accustomed to seeing. The cool ocean breeze was non-existent and the different racers was a pretty good list of So Cal’s best in almost every cl*** available.

What more could one want with the popular Ch***is Research frames and supercharged Hemi Motors in play? There were plenty of top racers with this combo and they were all going for the Top Eliminator honors. They also sounded like the thunder was exploding right in front of anyone walking in the pits or at the starting line…

My brother was the insistent one, saying this drag meet was one for the record books. Every top racer in the USA as known to all of us from articles in the Drag News Weekly Paper was going to show up and prove the Westcoast racers that they, too can set records. The “Who’s Who of Drag Racing” in the USA was in the pits and on the dragstrip. It was a sight that will not get erased in our collective memories.

Jnaki

The new experience was being able to walk around all over the open fields and top of the cliff that gave a different angle on the racers that zipped by from morning to the afternoon. The “valley” between the cliff sides, with the dragstrip below, just made the sound of every race car like a roaring train coming towards you. They came by at speed, but it did not matter, the visions and feelings were there.

It is/was a record setting day and some were pleased at the outcome, while others were left standing around seeing a controversial race go down in history, changing the top eliminator winner for the event. YRMV

Note:

63 years ago on this March weekend, they traveled to the Bakersfield Smokers March Meet # 2 to compete against another round vs. the "best of the best" in the USA.

Adriance Appliance VS. Tommy Ivo “Close… but that only, “…counts in the game of horseshoes…”

 

Any info on this?

 

^^^^Timo Hersti Finland^^^^

 

58 Apache with elements of 57 Olds rear quarter panels .Paint emphasizes this tasteful modification!