History So all Stockcars were crudely built junk? You better think again!

It’s perfect

 

With that tag it has to be tracked down.... someone knows who drove it.

 

• Vintage Riviera late model stock car …. I just came across this cl***ified ad on my local marketplace and think that this is one of the best looking vintage late models ever . The real cool thing about it is that the car is a ‘64 Riviera . Hope you guys enjoy . The price seems reasonable , maybe someone out there will want it . https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/886275706360648?ref=saved&referral_code=null

 

Modern Ch***is, only a vintage body.

The oval track equivalent of a Resto-Mod

 

I have to be a FB member to view it. Could you post some pix of the car? Thanks.

 

The listing is no longer on FB. It may have sold, or the owner mat have pulled the ad.
It was a more modern ch***is with the Riviera sheet metal. About the only pics were the outer body. Would have been a mess really quickly at tracks around here, way too ornamental to withstand any bumping or rubbing. That body doesn't transfer over to a race car very well.

 

Bob Moore's Channeled 36 Ford 5w raced Dover NH Speedway. 1951

 

I love "opening day" shots....

 

The Coupes at Toronto, Canada Exhibition Stadium. Mid 1950's or so I would guess. This cl*** gave birth to the Super Modifieds of the late 50's early 60's.

 

Bob Moore. 50’s. Dover NH Speedway. Rear engine.

 

1960 Flip Bodied stock car

 

Great until it gets tweaked a time or 2...

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/members/robert-j-palmer.257566/

this is a fantastic thread and i'm only through page one.

thanks for the link and suggestion to peruse RJP.

very much appreciated,

sid

 

I was just given an unused 1952 p*** for Exhibition Park by @seabeecmc

 

You know, I think people get confused on this subject because there’s a difference between crude, and getting the job done and going racing. Robert and his father, like me and the people I raced with, understand that this type of race car is/was built to be raced, a lot! Underneath, they have state of the art components and construction typical for the era. 50s era, the cars were ***embled by a man who could weld, gas and stick, as that WAS state of the art. 60s cars pretty much the same, but probably a few cars were built with newer processes. We were still using stick and gas welding in the 70s and 80s as the more advanced technology was just too expensive for the home shop builders, me included.

As technology was advancing, and equipment became more advanced and affordable, more small shops could afford that technology. I bought my first mig welder in 1992. My first tig in 1999. However I still don’t build show cars. It only has to look good at 10 feet going by fast. And don’t look too closely at it. You might not like the fit and finish. But the last car I was involved with was a winner if not the best looking car ever.

 

@AVater's photos-

Check out the engine mount on the 302

 

I had a guy in my cl*** wad his car up, really tweaked the front of the ch***is. The solid motor mounts ripped a section of the engine block out.