1975 NSRA Nationals (photos)

That's cool Don. I am sure i had a pic of your ride at some point but i have lost some of the other pics i took. Too many years and too many miles have gone by. I consider myself lucky to still have these, LOL.

 

drove from San Diego that year, 30 coupe chopped and channeled w/ wife and two kids, yes it was crowded. we went on to the coast and returned. Remember the hemi powered T with wing and hot lady for sure.

 

not to hijack the post but where in memphis? motel? mid-south colum. went to the cl***ic chevy nats there in..uh .mmm lets see. dang forgot!!

 

same car???

 

Cool pics thanks for postin !!

 

Man !,.... great memories !,.. Thanks for posting.

 

god I was 21 that year. had a nice 66 chevy ss 396 at Ft Benning Ga

 

I was there with my wife in my 40 coupe. On Saturday Elvis rode thru the fairgrounds as a p***inger in a 40 Ford (not mine)

 

Excellent photos! I was there in '75. The flip-up Crosley belonged to Dave Lukkari and was the "Grand National Champion" for the event. Sadly, Dave p***ed away earlier this year.

My brother has some great movies of the '75 Nats. They were doing work on one of the building roofs and left the ladder up, so he climbed up on the roof and shot the driving events and grounds from up there.

 

Thats what I was wandering,still got the same profile with the arm hangin out...

 

i was there . that was my first nationals. when i went it was 2 months before i was getting married. told my soon to be wife that i wanted to go at least once as i would be giving up old cars after wedding. shes still with me and i havent missed a nationals since . i have a lot of pictures of the same cars.it's been a fun ride all these years!!!!

 

Been way too long since I've seen this one. The late Gilbert Bugg's pickup. Love it.....Thanks for posting these. EDIT: it's the red ,full fendered one.

 

Your very welcome guys. I am glad to share and always ready for a trip down memory lane. Seems like yesterday to me and now here it is some 36 years later, WOW.

 

Over the years I have owned two of the cars from your album. The light green 32 Chrysler split windshield coupe and the flip hardtopped purple T-Bucket called the FiberFreak.

Does anyone know the car show name of the early Vette at the bottom?

 

Not sure what it was called. I don't recall. I was too busy snapping pics, LOL.

 

I wasn't at Memphis in '75, but the crazy painted roadster shown in two of the lower pics looks familiar. If it's the car I'm thinking about, the body was something strange like a Jordan.

 

Me, my wife and4 year old son left south east Texas in a T bucket with no top for the 750 mile trip. The car had less than 300 miles on it when we started. It rained from the time we got there to when we got back and still had a good time and saw Graceland while we were there

 

Heard stories from friends that were there about Phyllis Diller, a late night pool party and something about all the poolside furniture ending up in the pool while the sun was coming up. At the time , fun with cars and beer.

 

LOL, I missed that one but i can imagine it was a wild one.

 

Thanks for sharing

 

I was there. My first Nationals, never saw so many cars.I also have pics of most of the same cars.Went to Tulsa the next year.

 

This comes in two sizes that I know of. The edge of the blue plastic thing is sharp and while squeezing a few drops of the solution you work the blue s****er under the photo. The photo will lift up off that nasty magnetic photo album page like magic. I wish I was closer I'd help you with this project.

 

Awesome pics thanks

 

Thanks i will pick some up and get these pics stored properly.

 

I was thinking and trying to remember the name of the Vette. I think it was called "Swamp Rat".

 

The Vette was named "Super Rat" and was owned by Willie Wagner.

Mick

 

I was close, LOL. Who owns it today, does anyone know?

 

Yes, I do vaguely remember Willie. Could not remember his name. Bob Raines had a very similiar car on the car show circut about this same time. It was a bright candy red one called the Cherry Smash

 

I believe it is a lasalle and is owned by Ed Leapold from the alton Illinois area, I think he still owns it to this day and it has been untouched.

 

That is cool if he still owns the car, thanks for the info.