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Now, these are the days when ever gas station in my town had a race car sitting out in front of the station. I started at about 12 years old...
This photo looks from the background like it was taken in Sefner, Florida to me. Jimbo
Is this the old Charlestown Drag Strip in Charlestown, R.I. ? Jimbo
Another legend in the world of drag racing history as passed on. Rest in peace and know that you will be missed. Jimbo
When purchasing a crate engine, it is always a good idea to let who ever built the engine dyno it for you before shipping. It cost extra money,...
I use a product called Carbonite to back up my site every day after having a hard drive failure and never wanting to go thought that again, I use...
UOTE="65pacecar, post: 14483893, member: 125097"]Posted by @buickfunnycar.com on the drag cars in motion thread, but perfect for this one too....
I believe a customer of mine did restore the car. I do not remember his name, but he lived in the Colorado Springs area. He had sent me a photo of...
Just wondering what drag strip this is? Jimbo
Love the Radar wheels on the car. They were very popular back in those days. Jimbo
I thought his Anglia was T-boned at the end of Westhampton when he crossed over the track in front of two cars that had just made their run done...
Wow, just seeing the old Dover Drag Strip again brings back many wonderful memories for me at 75 years old. Thanks for posting it. Jimbo
Have you checked out the Dover Drag Strip site. Dino seems to have thousands of old Dover cars with plenty of photos. Jimbo
My 75-year-old memory may be wrong, but I thought that Al Oakes drag raced either a 63 or 64 Chevrolet with a 409 engine and I believe the car was...
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I find it interesting that the part that is hard to come is finding a good set of lifters. The lifters seem to made out of junk material...
Comp Cams used to have a few cams that only a few engine builders could their get the hands on, and they were not listed anywhere in their...
I still have all the old Hot Rod Parts magazines from the 60s piled in boxes out in the shop. Never want to sell them until I am gone, and then...
55blacktie: Your comment about being happy if your car last the race is very true. When you start building a race engine with a 14 to 1...
I lost a bet one day because a good friend of mine asked me if I knew how to change the performance of a cam shaft without changing the cam...
Jim Minnick and Dick Moroso were good friends and I remember when Dick's Corvette had written on the rear quarter "Jim Minnick Enterprises" years...
Hemi Dav: I always like seeing the photo's that you post! They are always very interesting and bring back great memories for me. Thanks for...
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Wow, "Hellspoppin" with a supercharger instead of injected tubes sticking up. I don't think I ever saw that before. Jimbo
The reason I stopped racing lay-down karts was all the travel time involved in doing it. I lived in Connecticut at the time and the only track in...
It's interesting that I see a lot of sit-up style karts from Rupp but back in the 60s they also made a different style of karts called Lay down...
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I asked a friend of mine who owns his own car dealership how he thinks he is going to sell any cars when they are priced so high, and what he told...
The Karts I owned and raced in the 60s had McCulloch Engines and I thought they were fast, but once my sons started racing Karts in the mid 80s...
What was the name of the book written about the Corvair ? I forget the name of the guy that wrote the book. Jimbo
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