Cool pictures! Post them here!

Just having a cig..BY THE RACE FUEL TANK..!!

 

Metalshapes..

I should have known as I saw #70 Old Yaller I.. run at PIR a few years ago. Owned by a guy in Phoenix..

 

The Baldwin Payne Special..

As told by His son...

This car is probably the most memorable “Sports Rod” of the early days of the sports car movement in America, being a typical example of a late 1940s "California Hot Rod", carried a step beyond what the normal hot rodders were doing at the time. Known in the States as an AV8, i.e. an A Type Ford chassis housing a Ford V8 motor.
In 1947, my late father, Philip Payne, drove across the States in a Brook- lands Riley, before working at Roger Barlow’s ‘International Motors’ in Los Angeles. He became interested in the local sports car and hot rod scene and was an early member of the California Sports Car Club, as well as The Glendale Sidewinders (SCTA).
He purchased this Special (91 S 663) in November 1947, from Willis Baldwin of Santa Barbara – the “father” of road racing specials. Baldwin built this, the first of four specials, in 1947, using the frame of a 1932 Ford. My father quickly replaced the Cadillac sidevalve, installing a hot 4.4 litre (268.4 c.i.) Mercury Flathead with an Iskenderian track-grind cam, Evans 9:1 heads and triple-carb intake manifold, producing some 175 bhp @ 5,000 rpm. Drive is through a lightened flywheel, 10 in Mercury clutch and three-speed Ford Pilot transmission with a home-built remote shift linkage to a 3.78:1 rear axle. The cowl covers a split-centre Ford radiator whilst the grille consists of curved lengths of welding wire. The bonnet is of 20 guage alloy and the air scoop is from a North American aircraft, whilst an Auburn dash is used. Front cycle-type wings were made from spare wheel-cover bands.
The “Baldwin ‘Payne’ Special” proved very competitive and successful in many Southern Californian events, ranging from circuit racing to hill climbs and dry lake trials. Returning to Portsmouth, England in October 1950, my father continued to sprint the car (FTP 348), gaining successes at Southsea Motor Club events, held at the famous Goodwood circuit, as well as Gosport Automobile Club speed trials. Bill Boddy wrote a very favourable ‘The Editor Encounters A Hot-Rod’ article in “Motorsport” of January 1952, having previously been very sceptical of the performance of Hot Rods – this lead to a very heated exchange of transatlantic letters in that magazine! Naturally, the car has a very special place in the Payne household (Philip’s widow Vicky, and son Stephen), and is superbly maintained by Alan Collins, the Jaguar specialist, of Maldon, Essex. An overhaul was completed prior to the car’s appearance at The Cartier Style et Luxe at the 2001 Goodwood Festival of Speed, keeping the car as original to its’ illustrious sports rod heritage.

Philip Payne displays his trophy after winning the "Gold Cup Race" on Dec. 12, 1948. This event featured "sports cars versus hot rods".

 

Cool pics Docc...

These Cars were awesome Hot Rods & Racecars...

 

Not HAMB material,but cool and car related.

 

Just enough





This Mustang did 170mph on the salt at Lake Eyre in Australia


Havin too much fun

1988


472 Hemi in a 60 Caddy

 

Oversteer...

 

Some more, with Fenders...

 

Jim Clark ...... Hero Status

 

Jim Clark

This is not my photo, but it is a great racing shot.

 

Note the car in the ditch.. as JC goes airborne...

 

Someone's catchin' me..?

Nice arborial crash fence..

 

Hey..that's my car...er..maybe..

 

Arfons..Green Monster in Kuzma shop..

 

Twin engine Porsche racer..

 

Who is this man..?

 

Zora Arkus-Duntov

A life lived at speed....

 

JC is that the V-16 BRM? I seem to recall a picture like that (if not the same one) that was captioned as such). Can't remember where they said it was though.

 

A few of local cars, a friends project truck, one of my own and

a few of "Ol Duece's" tank. He is here on the HAMB but is one of the old guys who has a hard time posting pics

 

"Cool" pic.

 

Lotus 49 Ford Cosworth v8

 

Now this is "Different"

 

This picture reminds me of Biffs car on "Back To The Future".

 

I'd pay money to watch an NCRS guy lose his mind after seeing this car.

 

That crazy Arizona wrecking yard had some cool folly, but-end the forces of cheerlessness obtain conspired to erase that yard from the face of the earth. Not so at the Historischer Autofriedhof Gürbetal in Switzerland, which keeps a important yard full of moldering Opels, Studebakers, and who-knows-what-all. You can’t buy any parts there, but you can (apparently) shoot all the photos you want. Thanks to SOS10 for the tip! [foto.blick.ch, Flickr, Autofriedhof.ch]
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Stumbled on this looking for other stuff, thought some guys might find it interesting. Took a long time to load all the pics., you might want go get a smoke and beer.

 

NCRS guy would would throw-up.

Car guy would appreciate it and the scoop mounted neon green rearend.

 

Here is a couple that I like.