Hot Rods COOLEST "A" ROADSTER Ever!?!?! Lambrose/Iacono 99 Jr.

Yep.

 

It certainly ranks high up their on my list as well. Color scheme is killer!

 

Yep, definitely the coolest A roadster ever, great shot Kirk!

The car circled was the 99 teams other drag car a '33 3 window

 

That's not a push truck ... the Lambrose/Iacono 99 racing team also campaigned a '33 3wd Coupe ... with a matching orange-and-black paint job:







EDIT: D'oh! ... I see now that Jimmy B beat me to it!

 

Another kick*** car

 

49ratfink ... I think you're onto something there ... in the early '50s, Dale Lambrose owned King's Bicycle Shop in San Pedro!

 

hey kirk! wasnt that featured in TRJ a while back? im sure it was with the truck. great car. would love to see vid of it running. thanks for the pics.

 

Thats a real Beauty!, Thanks for posting

 

That's one cool roadster and to top it off they still have the thing. You just don't see that many old cars with the original old guys that owned them back when. Really a good looking sanitary car.

 

The (Wayne 12-port Jimmy powered) Ike Iacono Dragster and the Lambrose/Iacono 99jr Roadster were parked next to each other @ the '08 California Hot Rod Reunion.

Ike was in attendance at the CHRR event ... and sat in both cars ... I missed the photo-op when he sat in the 99jr roadster ... but here he is behind the wheel of his old dragster (now owned by Pat Ganahl):

 

I drooled all over that in Pleasanton. LOVE it!

 

Wow!

 

Bought my first bicycle at King's.

 

Read the Rodders Journal feature on it...it will give you all the answers. Great little roadster.

 

Sweet Car! I love the sound of a Jimmy six.

 

one of..if not my favorite A roadster....LOVE that car

 

I remember when the car was finished. It was on the local news and in the paper. I saw the car last weekend inside the building. That thing is beautiful.

I also saw your note on the seat about the photo shoot later.

 

Man that's cool. Love it. Thanks for sharing.

 

One of my all time favorite A's also. Great car.

 

killer damn roadster....the six cylinder makes it even more great.....

 

All of us who remember and love the old days of drag racing are in debt to the great restorers who bring these cars back to life...this job is meticulous! Hopefully other old drag cars lost to history will be found and restored as well as this roadster.

 

me too! born and raised in S.P.

 

Nice shots Kirk. I saw that car at the Reunion last year. Absolutely *****en and lots of history.

 

I'd like to see what they started with. that thing is way cool. it's gotta have a crazy sound to it.

 

Kirk, that is a 12 port flow thru head. The single cam is still in the block. Your right those were some torquey motors. They would really get out of the hole. Would give my left one for one of those.
Gary

 

Low 11's!

KIRK! is correct ... in February of 1957 @ a Lions Associated Drag Strip meet,
the roadster ran 11.24 @ 131.96 MPH! :


An excerpt from the February 23rd 1957 issue of DRAG NEWS

 

I'd love to put that car (and its tow vehicle) in the GNRS next year !

Cool stuff !

 

It was at pleasanton last year being towed by a very nice orange, early 50's chevy pickup WOW! Top 10 for sure. What a pair Nothing like the sound of one of those jimmy's! Thanks Kirk for the reminder.

 

I remember watching that run at Lions back in the day. You always knew it was about to approach the starting line by the sound of that GMC. It was loud and fast. That was in the days when they had flagman at the starting line, great piece of history.