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Ah yes! I remember those days. Like you said, we weren't poor but just used common sense in not throwing something away because it had a hole in...
That nighttime shot of the mill is great. That is the Jones and Laughlin mill on Second Avenue next to the Parkway East. When we were kids we used...
This is Ed Lowther's #2 sprint car. I believe this day the car was being driven by Cotton Farmer. Ed's regular driver was Van Johnson (both Ed and...
Ed Lowther's #2 sprint car. I believe the driver this day was Cotton Farmer but am not sure. Ed's regular driver was Van Johnson. Van was killed...
[IMG] This kinda reminds me of the Chinese guy standing in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square.
The one on the left is Matthew Broderick's long lost mother Maxine.
Wow ! That is a classic. What a real gas station should look like.
Buddy O'Connor with his 1954 PRA chmpionship winning car at Claridge Speedway and 12 years later with his 1966 PRA (Pittsburgh Racing Assn.)...
Simpler times . . . Oh to be a kid again !
Here is a shot of downtown Pittsburgh in the early 60's. The yellow brick building on the left is the old Pittsburgh Press, a Scripps-Howard...
On post 13327 - Check out the Tastykake billboard on the left. Their stuff is real good . . . tastes more like homemade than most packaged stuff.
Back on to the old truck photos, here's an old Pittsburgh Press Company newspaper delivery truck.
Hi Deek. I don't know if you remember me. I'm Tommy Miller. First of all let me say how sorry I was to hear about your dad. I saw him at...
I meant a dark blue Pontiac. It also was a 'woody'.
Here's a few more pics I dug out. #1 is Heidelberg front straight in 1967 (check out the old ambulance in the 4th turn - a dark blue Cadillac if...
I beleive it's Jimmy Bryan in the car . . . Sam hanks leaning over . . . and possibly Nancy Pelosi . . . nah, maybe not !
I remember the car shows there. Is it just me or were they better back at the Civic Arena than they are now at David Lawrence Conv. Ctr.? Even...
I'll check that out. I have been to the Vintage Racer site but just briefly. Never really got past the top part of the site. Thanks for the tip ! Tom
About the scoops on the roof . . . Buddy was no kid at this time (1966) and was beginning to have some trouble breathing with all the fumes in the...
Here's a few pics of the some of the models I have built of old PRA cars.
A little off the subject. Recently closed Civic Arena in Pittsburgh shown shortly after itr opened when the roof was opened.
Herb Scott model I built. Heidelberg from the stands. Buddy O'Connor by his 38.
Here's a few more. I'll be adding more. I just have to find them and scan them. #43 is Bob James car in pits at Heidelberg. Others are ones I took...
Forgot to include this info. the 38 cars are Buddy O'Connor.
Here are some pics of race cars from the Pittsburgh Pa. area around 1960
Back row - third from left - looks like 'Lady Bird' Johnson ?
Is that the Catholic Church near Bedford on the Pa. Turnpike ? You can park on the side of the turnpike and go up steps to church without having...
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