Pics: Nationals 1955-1958

Gotta love the C/G 56 Buick, either it was a stick or it ate dynaflows. Later pictures shows what looks like a Mc Coulough {?} blower on it if its the same car

 

Thanks for posting the old pics. Best I've seen in a long while, good quality and in colour too. (yeah, I say colour - I'm a Limey)
Mart.

 

Man those are great, I love old photos. Where is all the Black primer??

 

The chick in the blue and white dress is HOT. Im tired of seeing fat chicks in belly shirts thinking they look good.

 

This looks like fun. ...as long as you never run into anything.

 

that chick in the background IS hot!

oh yeah, cool find indeed on the photos

 

The way it was and the way it should still be.................great stuff.

 

Spent a couple of hours lost in the 50's last night looking at those

 

Man Awsome thanks for sharing.This to me is what the HAMB is all about.
Lets try and keep this post at the top...................

 

Ryan can you put this on top so it dosen`t get lost ?

 

Or grandmother!

 

What a cool post, thanks for taking the time to share this.

 

This gives me a really good vibe.... must bolt Paxton onto hot rod..... must bolt Paxton onto hot rod.....

 

Anyone know where this lump came from. Can't tell what kind of block (chevy I think, by the intake arangement) it is, but with a nose-driven supercharger, it looks like a lakes engine.

That is pretty cool!

 

I bet this hauls ass

http://public.fotki.com/inkorekt/oknats58/oknats58026.html

Thanks for showing us the link

 

This is a cool custom truck that, I think, was recently rediscovered.

http://public.fotki.com/inkorekt/oknat58/oknat57064.html

Chuck Porter built this from a 48 F1 Ford pickup. A real cool truck and a cool custom. A real classic.

 

AWESOME Pics! That is a gold mine of photos.

Anyone have any more info about these 2 cars?

 

Cool Thread!

Here's some pics of my car at the '58 Nats in OK City:


Pops ran in the "B Altered Coupe" class. Turned 13.40 ET with a top speed of 107 MPH.


Back in the 50's, the car ran a 1953 331ci Chrysler Hemi with 4 Stromberg 97s:


The "4th Annual National Championship DRAG RACES" stickers are still affixed to the car:

 

I used the link on the Journal to get to the photos. As I looked through the Strokers album I kept thinking the stuff in the backgroung sure looked familiar. Then I came to the picture with the "Westroads Texaco" sign and realized this was my home town. I worked there my senior year of high school, 1960. I remember there were car shows on the parking lot.

 

WOW Thanks...Great pics with great backrounds to look at. Smokey

 

Makes me wish I grew up then...

 

This Buick is a Bad Muther, Thanks for sharing.

 

That Buick has a McCulloch blower on it. Pretty neat.

 

The 56 Buick was bought new by St Louisan Dixie Killgore who installed a Mc Collough blower and raced at many midwest strips as well as the Oklahoma Nationals.
The 40 pickup was owned by Kansas rodder Ray Farner and showed the truck in St. Louis.
deChrome

 

One more, the lump photo is of Bob Helmuth, Brother John, Ernie Arteaga, and gas class racer Wayne Arteaga posing around Waynes Potvin blown Olds that ran in the Henry J in background. The car was featured on the cover of Hot Rod in late "50s.
deChrome

 

The 3rd pic in the 56 album is the Ford from this thread.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=167779
Cool to see it in color.

 

Nice to see the SCORPION back in the day!

Fantastic collection of shots. Thank you.


jerry

 

Hats off to the photographer, gorgeous clear images, I was going to bed but I have to keep looking at them. This site is worse than crack, cheaper and more addictive.

 

Great pictures. I was in OK City in 58 and have some pictures of the same cars plus a few others. Here is the cover of the program I still have.....