My name is Frank I've been lurking around this site for about a year. I finally decided to make things official. I'm originally from upstate NY but moved to SC 28 years ago. At 14 my first car was a '31 Ford Vicky. Then in my late teens got diverted with dirt oval track racing. I built them and drove them until '77. Then I concentrated my first non-racing efforts on '55-'57 Chevs, then moved to muscle cars and eventually '36-'48 Fords hot rods (not street rods). In between I got the itch to race again, so I started messing with vintage oval track racing. I'm now retired and buy/sell/trade racing and hot rod parts to help subsidize my habit and race when there's an opportunity. I'm a hands on guy and am absolutely amazed at the knowledge and experience that HAMBers are willing to share on this site. I hope I can contribute a fraction of the knowledge I've received while cruising around here to other HAMBERS.
Welcome to the HAMB Frank! What track do you race at? And yes, I'd like to know what Moonville is famous for. Spark-O
Run the vintage race cars primarily at dirt tracks in the Carolinas and Georgia. Occasionally will run asphalt. Our clubs are a touring series. Right now I run a '36 Chevy coupe with a 356ci Chevy V8. No fenders. It's an open wheeled modified. We don't putt-putt around, we race. I'll have to bend over ta' show ya' what Moonville's famous for! Get the picture?
I get the picture,butt,I don't want to SEE the picture!lol. Do you know Bobby? (K-9 racer)? I think he still races down south,with a flathead! sounds cool. Sparky
Frank,you ol' dog,,,,,I have known this guy for a long time and he is a nice guy ,,,for a damn yankee! I'm glad ya got around to jumpin' in the pool! Frank has got a few nice traditional cars also!,,,,where's the pictures? HRP
I know a Bobby Hanshaw from NW GA. He runs a '34 Chevy coach with a 350 Chev. Can't remember a K-9 flathead car.
Just a little shy and am a private kind of person. But here we go and I'm looking forward to the ride!
HRP, I was wonderin' if you were gonna figure out who I was!! I'll work my way into this thing gradually. That really means I don't know how to post "pitchers"!! Give me time to get warmed up and off idle. Also, missed ya' at the Lanier swap. I'm shooting for my 5th in a row in Feb. Glad to see Randy got his car. i know from personal experience there's no worse feeling than selling a nice ride to get the dough to buy a car you "really want bad" and then have a turd seller change their mind. A car guy doesn't want a pocket full of $$$, and no car. He wants to be flat $broke$, but have his new prized acquisition in the garage.
You might recall me.My current car is a white 34 ford sedan with a no 5 on it. I have raced with 3 clubs out of the carolinas 2 clubs from ga but my favorite is the club out of Ky run by Roy Able.I have raced at all the dixie national until last year. I won all the flathead races ran their.I could out run most of the modern powerplant overhead 6 cyls but not all of them.. Plus I did not like how that Mike Bell [the originator of the dixie nationals} was treated and the silly rules about letting coilovers be installed on a vintage car.welcome and good luck..oh yes I been racing 44 years and still race a imca open wheel modified a limited late model camero plus the vintage racing. Bobby..
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