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Found this,,,,,


http://cacklefest.com/Albertson.shtml

 

HMMM
Hello,

Albertson Oldsmobile dealership was in the forefront of drag racing sponsorship in the early days. They along with Quincy Automotive were the big names that come to mind. Both were from the south bay area of Los Angeles and we saw them at Lion’s Dragstrip weekly.

“The "Albertson Olds" (their sponsor) gas dragster was owned by Ron Scrima, Gene Adams and originally driven by the late Leonard Harris It had a short life span for cars of that era as it only ran for the 1960 season and part of 1961.”

“In search of more power, Adams built a 462-cid replacement using a '59 block and a 6-71 blower. On May 21, they broke it in with a 9.08,163.33-mph pass to begin an amazing string of 12 straight Top Eliminator wins at Lions, then the most hotly contested Top Gas track in the country with fields often in excess of two dozen entries.”

Note:

My brother, Atts Ono and I were in the staging area with our 671 SBC 40 Willys Coupe prior to the last race for number 13 for the Albertson Oldsmobile FED. The staging area in front of the tower and bleachers was packed with several gas coupes (us + grist bros + others) and the contingent from Albertson Olds. A sort time later, the dragstrip closed at 9:30 pm and everyone went home, so the 13th win was postponed until later.

Jnaki

“After Leonard Harris’ prolific top eliminator runs all over So Cal Tom McEwen took over the driving, beginning a long and successful partnership with Gene Adams. It was necessary to add a second hoop to the roll cage, as McEwen was quite a bit taller than Harris. According to Gene the car never lost a single round of competition at Lions during the fuel ban. But then the car became obsolete quickly, and was sold for something newer, longer, and lighter. The additional bar was another sure sign of the car's authenticity.”
Tom McEwen
The addition of a second roll bar, due to McEwen's height, and the parachute are the major differences from the Albertson trim. Here, McEwen was out first against eventual Top Eliminator Jack Chrisman in the Howard twin, setting the fastest single-engine speed of 170.77 mph.

McEwen version

versus
Leonard Harris version

 

Alright! Which one of youse knuckle heads is responsible for this debacle?! Well??!!!

 

Torque Drive. I was wrong and stand corrected.

Gary

 

It's perfect.

 

Is this real? It doesn't look real for some reason. Bitchen car either way.

 

Found it here,and better pic quality ,,,,