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Some of the for truck 6 OHV distributors came with an oil port w/flip up cap. Kind of a mini Plews fitting.. The 1974 F-100 300"6 I bought new had...
In 2002'2003 when my son was in Afghanistan, we sent him the 1948 El Mirage photo of the T. He was in signal corps and had access to photo shop,...
They ran the gamut as far as powerplants go, but the Offenhauser reigned supreme for many years.
Very Cool History There Just up link to Balboa Stadium 1942 midget race pics History - Balboa Stadium 1942 Midget Races | The H.A.M.B....
Just up link to Balboa Stadium 1942 midget race pics History - Balboa Stadium 1942 Midget Races | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com)
These are photos my dad took in1942 of the action at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California. This meet must have been early in 1942 because...
Thanks. I'll be putting a few up from Balboa Stadium, San Diego 1942 in a few days. I fixed my original post. I goofed it up and there were...
Carrell Speedway pics are up. History - CARRELL SPEEDWAY January,1949 | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com)
As promised, these are the January,1949 images from Carrell speedway that my father took. Carrel was located in the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena....
After that dad was a Hardtop man. LOL For a while after the wreck in 1948 he was getting around in a 1939 Olds 6 cyl sedan. Then in 1950 he bought...
1948 a lot of stuff was available for dirt cheap on the war surplus market. Aluminum sheet, chromoly tubing, aircraft grade hardware & fittings...
"what was the basic frame?" Steel? LOL No seriously, as was told to me by my dad, they used Chevrolet frame rails for part of it. Not sure of the...
Stogy, While we were theorizing about the faded shield symbol on the driver's side door possibly belonging to the U.P. Railroad. I remembered...
Passing on the lore. That's what it's all about. Still some more to do.
Here's the rest of the story on the roadster my dad had in 1948 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If you drive your racer to the track, you hear every little noise it makes on the way home. "What was that? No seriously! What the **** was that?...
Stogy, It was probably close to a 200mile drive to get there. They drove up there in the summer heat. No A/C or other creature comforts. The sound...
You are welcome & thankyou. The Paratrooper is Bob Jackson,'44 or '45, one of the co-founders of Fisher-Jackson Engineering where the car was...
Additional pics. The Fisher-Jackson Engineering shop was a beehive of activity in 1948. They were even constructing a class E Hydroplane.[ATTACH]...
As discussed in the Harper Dry Lake 1941 thread I have pictures of my dad's '27 T roadster being built in 1948. History - HARPER DRY LAKE 1941 |...
Lots of other places to go if I want to talk about my iron, but someone asked ;-), and I don't lie, and that's not why I'm here. I'm here to pass...
Thanks, Glad to be of service. Better to have this stuff published and in circulation than moldering away in a shoe box somewhere. My experience...
"How cool would it be if you could get a pic your 97 year old Dad and 100 year old Isky with his roadster!?" That would be a golden moment to be...
And if you look very closely, it appears he's holding a cigar in his right hand.
This photo is a particulary special one that my18 year old dad took of a roadster at Harper Dry Lake in 1941. The back of the photo only said...
In a previous thread Hot Rods - Need help with this old pic, what body is this?? | Page 5 | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com) The identity of the...
I was there that night too watching in the stands with my dad & a cousin. I was 7 years old. It was awful. That memory never left. I remember at...
You and the good folks at the H.A.M.B are welcome. As a child I vaguely remember seeing a saved LIFE magazine article from the late '30s/early...
From: The SMALL WORLD DEPT. I know this thread is 8 years cold, but I have some new information to ad. My father in his late teens, who is 97...
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