I recently asked my dad to scan some of his old photos so I could put them on the HAMB for you all to enjoy. Dad bought the body already chopped and chanelled. He did most of the rest of the work himself, which included adding the 265 Chevy V8 that he aquired from the local dealer, probably a warranty replacement. Anyway he bored it .125" to 283 ci and added 13:1 Speedomotive pistons, Harmon Collins roller cam, and Weiand manifold with 4 Stromberg 84's. He ported the heads himself. It ran a 39 Buick Roadmaster trans with 11" Shiefer aluminum flywheel and aluminum pressure plate and bonded disk. The rearend was a Kaiser Fraiser with a 4.27:1 gear. It rolled on 8.20 x 15 Bruce slicks and 5.90 x 15 front tires. He ran the car between 1959 and 63 at Samoa Drag strip near Eureka, CA. The pictures are from that time period. He remembers racing against a member of the Heaps Car Club named Al Vincent who ran a '32 Five Window. Dad's clubs were the Arcata Studs then the Nor Cal Slicks. Samoa is still running today: http://www.samoadragstrip.com/
That's what I'm talkin' about... Great pictures, bet the old man has a few good stories to tell. *****
Now that is very cool. Nostalgia at it's best!!! Something that a lot of us wish we were doing back in those days..... Next you'll have to get your dad on the keyboard and tell us a few stories. HC.
WOW.... I think ive seen the pics before...is it possible. What happened to the car. damn....ACEY....you could find the "ark of the covenant"
What a cool Dad you have. The car is wicked! Nice chop, tripower and zoomie pipes, what more could you ask for. I'm checkin out the cars in the background, is that a 55 Chevy and a deuce 5 window in the back yard? Thanks for the Awesome pics!
...being from placerville, do you know Jerry and Nancy Klitch? ...upholstery guy...useta live here in Tulsa. ...and like Paul Harvey says...we want the rest of the story , not just an appetizer!
Thanks everyone for your comments. I enjoy them all, please keep them coming and I wiil try to answer any questions. I asked Dad about the other coupe in the background and this is what he said: That is a chopped 32 5 window that had the two side windows welded up to make it a 3 window. It was done well and the chop was good. I don't remember how or where I got the car but I'm sure it was my first car, I remember making a 39 trans fit to the stock k-member and putting a flathead in and driving it around in the field. I wish I could remember more about it. As to what happened to the car, I know he sold it, but I'll have to ask him for more details. He's told me before, but that was a long time ago and he probably doesnt remember unfortunately. He is still going strong and still building and cruising hotrods and bikes. He has a 27 touring and a 49 Chevy biz coupe that he drives. He's building a Harley flathead chopper and also buildiing my A tudor. You can see pics on my profile albums.
I don't think it's possible that you've seen them before because he just scanned them the other day for the first time and emailed them to me so I could post them here. The car was sold in 63 and we don't know what happened to it after that. Irish
No, I don't know them. Do they have an upholstery shop here now? There's really not much more to tell about this particular car. Of course I have been *****ing at Dad since I was old enough to know what a Duece was about selling it and not keeping it around so I could have it! He sold it to help finance my parents first house I think, or to finance another project. After the coupe he had a 61 impala hardtop with a 348 and 4-speed that somebody ordered and then traded back in to the local chevy dealer in Arcata. After that he had a 62 corvette roadster and then I came along and he traded that for a 63 Barracuda with black racing stripe (Moms car). I remember the rear seat folded down and I used to camp out back there at the drive in movies!
haha yes tell me how a sbc ain't traditional! Just depends on what era you are talking about. 13:1 compression ratio was pretty stout. I need to find out what it ran at the strip.
Very cool photos! I can never get enough of stuff like that. Thanks to you and your Dad for sharing those.
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