29 Drag Roadster with DeSoto power....old pics.

A while back I started a thread about a 32 coupe that C9 mentioned in his book. I mentioned that the coupe owner raced a 29 roadster after the coupe, well here are a bunch of photos of the roadster. His dad owned the DeSoto dealership in Ventura in the 50's. His name is Jim Harris and he told me he bought the roadster from Ron Williams, The guy who race the roaster seen on the cover of the latest Rodders Journal. Anyway there are alot of nice pictures here of a car I really like!

 

Well isn't THAT awesome.

I'm actually interested in the slammed '57 Plymouth push car. Is it a wagon? It's definitely not a hardtop.

<---- has '57 2dr wagon

 

Gotgas......I have good pics of the push car coming up later.

 

Too COOL Kev!
In the 2nd pic, check out the white, chopped tudor....WICKED!

 

Now with spindle mounts..........

 

Now with a blower and 2 port injector.........

 

Push car has a louvered hood.......

 

You know, I wonder if that car isn't Danny's (Dirty2) '32 Tudor. It was a former drag car and is chopped pretty much exactly like that.

 

Guess the louvered hood is on a Ranchero. These pit shots are taken at Riverside 12.20.59. Jim was a member of the Motor Monarchs at this time.

 

Wish I had one of those jackets........

 

This pic is just RAD!!! Check out all the SPECTATORS!!
And the two guys standin' on the bumper of what looks like a '50 Chevy coupe....
All these pics confirm ONE thing......I was born to LATE!!!

 

I believe this is taken inside one of the buildings at the Ventura fairgrounds, same place they have the Primer Nationals..........

 

Great pictures.Look in the background of the picture above.
It looks kind of like the nose of the Speed Sport Roadster,,,maybe.

Here's my dad all suited up & ready in one of his early Top Fuelers. Riversides Fire-Up road,,1959.
Could've been the same day of the roadster pictures.

 

Very cool pics. Amazing how many Motor Monarchs are still around Ventura and into rods to this day!

 

Everyone, KEEP yer hands in yer pockets!!!!!!!........OLDBEET

 

When I first moved to Ventura I rented a duplex with a big garage right behind Culligan water, Well it turns out that the building that Culligan was in used to be the De Soto dealership and my garage was the very same one that Jim used to race his roadster out of as the duplex was where he grew up, it used to be one house. He also built his 32 coupe in that garage. I remember that the walls were full of old style beer cans!

 

The old De Soto dealershp, later Culligan Water and currently empty.......

 

Awesome thread.
The pics rule,love reading stuff like this.
Thats too kool how you lived in the same house years later eh!
Someone should rent that shop,would be awesome to make it into a club/hot rod shop......Shiny