I have a new project, it did not come in with any history. So far I have found it to be a B/MR cl*** car, looking to see if anyone might have crossed paths with it. The door is numbered "360" and both sides of the cowl are branded "B/MR. It came out of SoCal, and paint on the lower left on the cowl vent branded it as such. Also on the cowl vent is script, but unfortunately any effort to highlight it is removing it. . Light water / soft sponge is even too much, so I stopped and used a blue water based marker to try and highlight what is left in an effort to read it. Possibly a car club... not sure. In any event, back on the strip it will go. Appreciate any help...
So, can't help out, but could you tell us ( someone has to ask ) . Why is the 'trunk' in the wrong place?
Looks to be same car that is listed as an entry in the following NHRA program: INGENUITY IN ACTION Official Program of NHRA Fifth Annual National Championship Drag Races Sponsored by the National Hot Rod ***ociation September 3-7, 1959 Detroit, Michigan CL*** M - Modified Roadster: This is where the Model-T and the Model-A get a real going-over. Fast machines running in this section seldom bear much resemblance to their original counterpart. Radical changes are in evidence and originality is stressed in the quest for peak performance. Again, two cl***es are provided; A/M and B/M. NO: 360 (of 783 entries at time of printing) ENTRY: Stratorods DRIVER: Michael McCabe CITY: Sunnymead, Calif. CAR: '27 Ford ENGINE: '56 Chevy Cropped photo from Petersen Archives taken at 1959 NHRA Nationals in Detroit:
Modified Roadster Cl*** Description, Safety Regulations and Standard Elimination Procedure from NHRA 1959 Drag Rules:
The Stratorods was a hot rod club of active duty airmen from March AFB near Riverside, California. Sunnymead was a community adjacent to the airbase, now part of Moreno Valley.
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