Background stuff is great! Nearly every support vehicle is an open truck. The only shade in sight is on the timing tower guys.
what a grouse stack of photo's the cover photo is a killer! It just looks so right to my eye. The size of the rear tyres is what stands out to me, in the sea if super tall big's of recent times
There is nothing more magical than the Bonneville Pits. I have been 19 times I reckon, and I hope to hit a few more . The people met here emblazed in the memory, sometimes fuzzy on the names .but conversations bring you back to lives that shape you forever. A truly captivating Experience. Thank you Heroes ,from then ,and now.
I think about this more than I should probably admit. At any given moment, I’ve got a running list in my head, sorted by genre like some deranged internal “best of” broadcast that never shuts off. Hot rods. Customs. American Race cars. European Race cars. Pickups. Production cars. Etc... It shifts constantly, depending on mood, what I’ve seen recently, or what ghost decided to crawl back into my brain that day. But the American made race car list right now? It’s locked in. SoCal Coupe (Pre-hammer chop) Gurney Eagle-Westlake Mk I Ford GT Prototype And what’s interesting is how different those three are. The SoCal Coupe feels like defiance. Built by guys figuring it out as they went, chasing speed with grit and instinct. The Eagle is precision. Purpose built. Surgical. The kind of car that makes you believe in engineering as a form of art. And the Ford GT… that’s war. Corporate money, national pride, and a singular goal... Three completely different philosophies. Same end game. And depending on the day, I could argue any one of them deserves the top spot.
If you stare long enough you are transported to another time and place, I swear! I feel the fatigue and excitement.
Funny enough... I have a screen print setup here in my shop for short runs. I did one of these on a whitesville t-shirt for me... and it's so amazing. I might do a small run, but on regular ole t-shirts to sell...
Your choices are all good, although the Gurney Eagle will always be in the #1 spot as far as I'm concerned. Having said that it's a good example of how color can make all the difference - if it were white or red it wouldn't look as good, but that deep blue is just perfect.
All of it sooooo cool! What caught my eye too, was the intake on the 7D roadster. Looks like it could be from a modern Formula racer. Seems to me way ahead of its time.
Further questions arise; was the steering box and column mounting changed just to fit the Ardun, or were there steering issues to improve between the two versions? These Cobb archives are mind -numbing.
Awesome pictures you are so lucky to have that file. Enjoy every time you post these. The Gurney Eagle is on display at the REVS Ins***ute in Naples Fl. where my wife and I volunteer time. It is truly a work of art. Probably one of the most important and financially developed cars in the 60's. We also have two Ford GT's one a 1966 and one Mark II 427 Holman and Moody powered car driven by Gurney and A J Foyt.
These are, without question, the two most important race cars in American history... And I'm the lucky one?
I’m sure it’s purely to clear the head, to be honest from a geometry sense it’s in a worse place with the Ardun than it ever was before but it actually remained with the 34 box in this position all of its racing career into the 90s. It’s interesting to see the footage of the muroc reunion where the so cal car is still a rough and ready race car being campaigned and the Pierson car is fresh from restoration on the lake as a display piece.
Another good one Ryan. What really knocks my socks off is the 41 pickup, other than the 40 chrome headlight doors and rear view mirror, it’s all stock. 41’s sit a little higher in the front than a 40, that’s because of the dropped front cross member, ment to accommodate the new 6 cylinder engine offered for 41, but that’s alright with me……Wonder who owned this beauty?
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