Event Coverage SHHHHH!: PHOTOS of SECRET Collection of VINTAGE INDY and RACECARS.....Just AMAZING

If the swelling doesn't go down in another two hours I am going to have to call my Doctor !

 

Nice collection!

Great photo's!

Thanks for sharing!

 

What is wrong with those people in the pic's walking around???? your supposed to get on your knees and prey when your in church!!!

 

Hoarder !!

 

Isn't that a 500s Kurtis?

Great pics!

 

Best barn find I've seen in a while.

 

Love to shoot this as a do***entary special. I will PM you.

 

Incredible, thanks for sharing!

 

Some people have all the fun! Thanks for sharing this incredible collection, Kirk!

E

 

That car was built by Paul Beck who is good friends with Denny and Matt Lesky of Ionia Hot Rod Shop. Paul got it to go 170 something with a cast piston 350 that was going in his tow truck and a few miles an hour faster (190 I believe) later with a BBC. Mooneyes (sponsor) hasn't been able to go past 200 with big bucks being spent on it since Paul sold it.

Frank

 

I'm Speechless....

 

Thanks KIRK! Very cool collection to say the least. Thanks for the detail shots of the Tony Bettenhausen helmet and pics. He is a distant cousin and enjoy any old pics or artifacts from his racing career. I believe 1961 practice is when he was killed, testing out a friends car for the Indy 500. He was strongly favored to win the Indy 500 that year. Wish I could see all the collection myself, but your pics are as good as being there. I guess us Bettenhausens all have hot rods in our blood.

 

So, be honest.. When nobody was looking, did you hop in one?


Ya know. There may be a reason I do not get to attend such things...


Thanks for sharing!

 

Rosie Roussel's old CRA winner with the Riley, last I saw this was being looked after by the NHRA museum (admittantly that was just prior to Rosies death), is it being stored there, or did Rosies daughter sell it (which I find hard to imagine)?

Great collection of awesome cars, all with pedigree and cl***.

Thanks,

Drewfus

 

wow...wow....looks like fun

 

Fantastic collection! Thanks for posting up the photos. I think I would have been taking a BUNCH of close up detail shots of those cars. Cool!

 

Thanks for posting. A special thanks
for all the detail shots. I love detail
shots, they tell me what I missed.
Matt

 

Un freaking believable. Thanks for posting, to share with all of us...

 

Kirk, thanks for posting. Love the collection of Indy cars. THANKS! that's all I really can say.

 

Awesome!!!

Any way First Page second picture, rods parked on street.
Any one have Info on red and black primered 33 Ford sedan?
Owner ect.

 

Sure looks like the Curtis replica road racers my uncle used to build, the whole collection reminds me of the late Otis Chandlers' collection of motorcycles, 1900 touring cars & rare muscle cars he had. I really dig the 80's Indy cars, thanks for sharing..

 

Wow ! Great stuff, thanks for posting.

 

Wow!!!!!!!

 

Add me in as WOW

 

Thanks KIRK! Bad ***. Slim

 

I knew I'd seen a couple of those cars before. They were in the NHRA museum back in 2006.

 

Now I'm going to be late for work and it's all your fault! You and your fantastic photos of really cool ****! I hope your happy now Mister!

 

Wow! And it is great that he let you guys walk around and look/take pix & that the cars are not "roped" off.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

 

Its great to see so many wonderful cars and history preserved. I sure hope this collection gets to a good museum one day, instead of being broken up on the auction block. Thanx for posting these! Gary

Question: Do any of the "nuev-o rod-o" guys ever wonder why all the circle track related threads on the HAMB are so friggin' SO HUGE?

 

Jeeezzzzzzzzzee..........i'm going for a lie down....simply awsome to have that collection under one roof........ hats of to the owner for preserving History.


Great shots thanks .


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