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More trivia The attached photo of Bob Rounthwaite's modified '34 coupe was taken at the Saugus drag strip in 1951. Bob is the guy standing in...
When hot rods started racing at the Lakes it became apparent that some classes were needed to promote some fair competition. The early Muroc races...
In 1946 Don and Bruce Blair (Gophers club) ran this Modified with a prewar Mercedes supercharger on their Ford flathead V-8 engine. The recorded...
[ "]Thanks, Don...Don has lots of history at this shop, told me that Don Blair also used to keep his sprint car there, it is on North Fair Oaks,...
Mike A little trivia on your posting of the Hot Rod magazine article. The modified roadster entered by Don Blair's was the roadster that your...
This would appear to be Jack Mickelson's neat roadster. Jack was in the Gophers club and worked with Earl Evans to get top speeds. The roadster...
The Tower theater was in Pasadena at 114 E. Colorado Blvd. That was 1 1/2 blocks east of Fair Oaks Ave., the center of the old part of Pasadena...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I mentioned that the photo of no. 98 C Roadster was the entry of George Kalem (RoadRunners), taken at the May...
The '32 roadster, car number 98 C roadster, in the background was owned by George Kalem of the Roadrunners club. This is apparently an SCTA lakes...
In 1950 my Hudson sedan was my transportation car, my street racer, dry lakes racer and when drag racing started my drag racer. The car, with the...
Ted Truesdell was a member of the Stokers club in the SCTA. The club was from the general Glendale area. There were club members from the...
In the 1940s a large percentage of the Southern California hot rods had tachometers. Most of the cars running at the Lakes had tachs so the driver...
Here is scans of a October 10, 1948 Russetta Timing Assn. (RTA) program. Those that are interested in hot rod history will find many names in...
Russetta did programs. Note the drawing on the cover of the Oct. 10, 1948 program has a drawing of Howard Markham's streamliner. It held the RTA...
The page about the 1950 Russetta meet shows a 1936 Cord on the bottom of the page. Tom "Acmo" McLaughlin was probably my best racing friend. We...
Hi Dave Don Blair was a prewar and postwar member of the Gophers with guys like Jack McGrath, Nelson Taylor and Johnny Ryan. The Gophers club...
I lost part of my post - Sorry Re: Russetta Timing Assn. - RTA The RTA was started with about 16 clubs. Two SCTA clubs, the Gophers and...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Wilmer McNatt's 1947 Russetta timing plate In 1947 Russetta Timing was a solely owned enterprise that operated...
Thank you for your comment. I have had so much fun meeting or hearing from people interested in the early days of hot rodding. As most of you know...
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Thanks for asking. I have published 8 hot rod history books. I still have 3 titles in stock. They are: Old Hot Rods Scrapbook - 600 photos from...
[ATTACH] Hi Harley Here is the photo page from my book of Bud's roadster in 1941. He was in the process of "fixing it up". A later photo in the...
Correction - I made an error. I misspelled Bud's name. It is Bud Van Maanen. He was a member of the Outriders club. He raced his roadster before...
Here a a couple of photos of Phil Weiand's track roadster. Bud Van Mannen drove the roadster at the CRA (California Roadster Assn.) track races...
The text did not appear on the previous post so here it is again. The no. 58C roadster was the entry of the Vogel Bros. (Pasadena Roadster Club)....
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Hi Mike I believe that the '29 roadster in this photo was George LaRue's. George was in the Velociteers club in the RTA and also the Glendale...
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