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Got it, very cool. Anything from 1948? 412030 was still on the east coast with Frank Griswold in mid/late October of 1948. I do not believe the...
This appears to be a Russetta Timing Association deal. Does anyone know if Russetta held any meets at Mirage after the October 10 event in 1948?...
Some additional info...this meet/these pictures have to be from before September of 1949, if that narrows things down at all...the Alfa was...
Tommy Lee's Alfa 2.9 (412030) shown in the photos wasn't on the west coast until early 1949. The car ran a full season of events for Lee that...
Coincidentally, the motor and other parts) that's in the Maserati that's linked/not linked to this car (Wright Special) came from my friend as...
What's been written about that car's history is the embodiment of "game of telephone."
Bump.
Our '70. [IMG] [IMG] We have very little history on it; it was originally from either Tennessee or Mississippi. If you recognize it or know...
[IMG] 1955 Ford-Simca Comete Monte Carlo. The Monte Carlo was the uprated and improved version of the standard Ford Comete, with more power and...
[IMG] I believe this is the car today: https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/haldrylakesroadster.html The different engine would track with the...
And here it is from the Harrah's Auction catalog (September, 1984). [img] Sorry for the low quality...the actual image in the catalog is tiny.
[img]1957HRA I finally found the magazine this was in. 1957 Hot Rod Annual. The description: "the exceptionally immaculate modified "B" Ford...
[IMG] My '89 Saleen.
I think that Modified was on the cover of one of the magazines back in the day...super zoomed-in shot...you couldn't really see the car. It...
[IMG] [IMG] Our Vedette-based Simca Comete Monte Carlo.
For what it's worth, the last printing of Ronnie Spain's GT40 registry does not list any use of the car by Kar Kraft, and attributes the...
Thanks for posting. Miller-Ford, T51, Lee Special...how many cars did Tommy Lee have at this event?
Paul, I'll reach out to you today. Cris
The dash appears to be original; I don't think I've seen a photo in period that shows any gauges were ever present, but I'll check my files. At...
The McMillen Special can be seen multiple times in this movie from the ARCA's 1938 New London rally. [MEDIA] The rally was initially supposed to...
Just doing my job, Boss. Also, the head is a "RECORD" head, which is a brand that there isn't too much detail about. Bob can speak on it. I think...
McMillen's first name was Louis, not Albert (which was his middle name,) and he was an architect in Boston, where he met Walter Gropius and became...
This article was incredible. Thanks for posting it! Cris
Mark was a close friend of my family's, and over the years owned everything you could imagine. Despite not being a recognizable/marquee name to...
They moved it up; rumor going around last year was that they wanted to be able to reopen the park for the weekend, given that the weather is still...
Boss, you might want to revisit this statement: "The Cobra? Great car... had some success in Europe, but never consistently." Among other things,...
Tom, great shots. Thanks so much for posting.
To Fred!
My favorite A-V8 of all time. It would be a fun car to clone.
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