Hot Rods 37 ford 50s race car

Im looking for any information on this car pics. etc. It ran Salinas, Freemont, halfmoon Bay, And Bonneville. it has been parked over 60 years. It ran a early olds, also was nitro injected

 

WOW, cool old race car. Always a sucker for slant back 37s... Gary

 

man what a find..... whats the plans ??

 

They just keep on seeping out of the hiding spots! Very cool. Good luck with the history search! ~sololobo~

 

those things are ugly but i sure liked mine----very cool find

 

awesome!

 

Sweet! The rear fender radius is bitchin'!

 

That would make a great hot rod

 

Im going to get running make a few passes in it. Injected olds, it was one of the first nitro injected cars in our area, and has a B&M hydro in it. im not running the nitro manifold but it is pretty cool

 

Brilliant car! Wish I had info on it but I don't.

 

Unique and very cool car

 

That's a great story and find !!!!!

 

Cool-Nice find.
JJ

 

Well when I opened the thread I was expecting to see a clapped out old roundy round car. I am pleasently surprised.

That is one nice old drag car for damned sure.

 

man..... sweeet find!!! super bitchin'!!!

 

very Kool. so, how did you end up with it? do you have name of owner/driver when car raced that can be used as a possible source to help locate info?

 

Two friends in ther teens built it, local men both gone now, I'm got it from there son and daughter, they have lots of story's, trophies , all the spare parts, it set a track record at Halfmoon bay drag strip before running off the end of the track, they blew up lots of motors experimenting with the nitro. Seems nobody took pics. I'm just starting digging I'm sure I will come with something.they ran a track in Santa Cruz, I've never herd of a track in Santa Cruz . I've got the trophies.

 

That thing is cooler then shit! The way the front fenders are bobbed, they look VW!

 

DAMN JOE!!!!!!!!

Robbie showed me a couple pics the other day. LOVE IT

 

Thanks, talked to an old guy today said they use to drive it on the street and do street wheelies. I wonder why, the engine is where the front seat use to be.

 

can you post close up pics of trophies with race track names on them? if you search The Lost Drag Strips of Southern California, in hotrod.com & socaldragracing.wordpress.com., from a article in HOT ROD Magazine October 2003. it mentions that there were less organized drag strips before Santa Ana, including Scotts Valley beween Los Gatos and Santa Cruz. in Scotts Valley you could contact Bruce Canepa of Canepa Designs that collects and restores race cars, and more, of all types. he might have info on racing in or around Santa Cruz.

 

Found some more parts today,

 

TLB@HCG has a thread going: Lost Drag Strips Book Now Available! - maybe he has info on drag strip in Santa Cruz, etc