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vintage drag photos NEVER BEFORE SEEN in louisiana.

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by flamin' ace, Jan 30, 2013.

  1. ok guys, recently i received these vintage photos that range from 1957-1959 from my grandparents. they were taken by my grandfather and his friend at the only legal dragstrip outside of new orleans at the time. there are about 45 of them, and the ones that are blurry were taken that way. there is only one or two pics of cars actually draging, most are engine setups, and pics of paintjobs. i would love to learn more about these photos, and maybe find out where some of these cars are today, ill post them as i can load them onto my computer.

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  2. 296ardun
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    Thanks, look forward to more, these old photos are priceless, love the channeled deuce coupe...
     
  3. here's the rest:
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  4. sorry i forgot to resize some of those.
     
  5. here's the big ones:
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  6. Davyj
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    Great time capsule, thanks for sharing!
     
  7. here's some more:
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  8. and the last few:[​IMG]
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  9. here's the last one, ive never seen a 53 corvette drag car, but it does make sense. fibergl*** lift-off body, easy to work on, probably cheap around that time too.[​IMG]
     
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  10. richie rebel
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    pretty cool old photos
     
  11. blackout
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    Very cool post, thanks
     
  12. cool part is, my grand mother says she might have a bunch more somewhere.
     
  13. bobscogin
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    Would that have been the LaPlace Dragway, West of New Orleans on Airline Hwy/US 61?

    Bob
     
  14. 64falconsix
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    cool pics ..... Thanks for posting.
     
  15. tfeverfred
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    Corvettes were never cheap.:D
     
  16. yep, that's the one.
     
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  17. bobscogin
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    Cool! I used to race there around 1965-'66.

    Bob
     
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  18. lawman
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    GREAT picture's !!!! Thank's for posting.
     
  19. earlymopar
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    Very early use of Duct tape!
     
  20. Little Wing
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    from Northeast

    TE-440 with blower up front,,very nice

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  21. tommy
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    56 Ford with a McCulloch super charger
     
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  22. elgringo71
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    Now that's some history! Thanks for posting the pictures.
     
  23. DERPR30
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    from HARVEY LA

    laplace dragway i used to race there in 1965-67 lots of old memories
     
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  24. 64Cyclone
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    Your grandfather had a good eye. These pics are very cool.
     
  25. BrerHair
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    Cool photos, thanks.

    Normally I would ask this in a PM, but this seems too cool . . .
    can we ***ume you are 15 years old and you think music went downhill when Buddy Holly died?
     
  26. 296ardun
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    I don't recognize most of these cars, but this dragster might be owned/driven by "Q-Ball" Wales, one of the great LA drivers, sadly later killed in a top fuel car:
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  27. Homemade44
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    Don't recognize any of the cars, my first trip to LaPlace Dragway was in 1959 or 60. Had lots of fun times there.
     
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  28. bobscogin
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  29. Homemade44
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    Bob, thanks, that brought back a lot of memories.
     
  30. stillrunners
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    from dallas

    wowwowwow.....thanks for sharing.....
     

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