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. . Damn -- I lost the right side of this photo! It's of the San Berdoo Roadsters club that met at the Hudson dealer's garage on Base Line.

 

Way cool. Build it! Good on youuuuuuu!
Andy

 

Hello,

I could not help but feel I saw this Modified Sports Car somewhere back in time. So, in my search, I found this film I took in 1960 of a Modified Sports Car at Lion’s Dragstrip. It was one of the only Modified Sports Cars with a 671 supercharged motor at the time. At first, back in the VHS tape days, I thought it was my friends who built the Modified Sports Car. I had not seen them since 1960. So, comparing it to many photos, I found out it was not the same Modified Sports Car as the one I saw being built in the Westside of Long Beach. (frame and complete ch***is/motor only)

When they finally put the body on the finished ch***is, it took on a whole new look. I never saw the body when I visited their garage workspace. So, it was not the same Modified Sports Car from the film that I took. YRMV

Jnaki

But going over the sports car photo racing the rear engine roadster, that looks to be the same modified sports car from back in 1960, with a new paint job. It seems that everything else looks to be the same. Any idea who owned the sports car or information about the motor or driver?

 

Congrats! I like forward to seeing it at the GNRS.

 

I was talking to my buddy today about your find. He told me about about Bob White building it and Merrells sponsoring it. He said he got a chance to drive it at the Orange Show Parking lot. He said he he only hit 140 and it was running really bad that day. He has a pic somewhere of it at Riverside Raceway he'll try to dig up for me. My buddy told me the frame was s****ped and the injected 354 Hemi went into another car. My buddy bought a Model A Banger from Jerry Merrell and is storing 2 Model T's for Jerry and the T Bucket in this pic has the front axle from your car from what I was told. He's going to ask Jerry if he can give me his phone number and forward it to you unless you already have it.He told me Bob White is still around but he doesn't have his number .

 

Here's the pic from Riverside I mentioned in the above post.

 

Scotty's Muffler Shop on Court and G Streets . . .

 

For the kids........
Scotty's Muffler in San Bernardino,
founded by hot rod legend Charles "Scotty" Scott in 1946, was a pivotal part of California's early hot rod and drag racing scene, known for custom exhausts on race cars and its iconic Ardun-powered belly tank, evolving from a racing legacy into a respected auto service shop that still offers cl***ic custom exhaust work today under new ownership