History Dad's old drag racing photos...

Awesome. What a treasure! And thanks to your dad for keeping them all these years. Got a hold of a similar stash from my dad a few years back, and it is one of my prized possessions.

 

Thanks for sharing and tell your dad he made every HAMBERS day.

Pat

 

whoa!!...my grandpa's farm is about 3 miles from there...

 

None that I'm aware of, but you never know what may turn up in the future.

 

From Cordova???? Which direction? We lived on a farm just a cornfield or two away from the strip, until 1971.

 

thanks for shareing with us I saw the 66 dart of big daddy it was first built by the Landy brothers and the first pick the five window is the earlest pick i have seen with an indepenent front end

 

These photos are some of the most interesting I've ever seen!!! Fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing!

 

well, maybe its like 6 miles...not sure of exactly the distance, but its really close. It is on highway 30 in between Fulton and Morrison. They ran a saw mill there from 1925-1980. They also raised livestock, pigs...cows, ect....plus the farm fields. It would have been in full swing in 1971. Wouldn't be suprised if you knew about it then. My great grandpa's last name was Abbot. Arnie "the farmer" Beswicks farm is about 500 yards from the edge of our field.

 

uh oh... this picture now makes IFS on fenderless 30's cars "traditonal".

49 - 54 Chevrolet. good thing this didn't catch on.

 

bad ass photos,thanks for sharing...............

 

Yep.... It was done... A few year ago a buddy of mine had a '33 Plymouth coupe, originally built in the late 50's, that had IFS (From a 1st gen Vette, I believe)... Ugly IFS, but IFS none the less.

 

The black flathead powered pick-up FA 208 is Dave Reitz. Here is a quote from Dave, he just saw this pic for the 1st time, about 10 minutes ago on facebook !!!


This is the Burgess and Reitz A/FC it set the record and won class 1957-8 Dave Reitz Driving . I have never seen this picture. dave


Thanks a million for posting these gems Marty !!!

 

not surehow i missed these, but im glad i got to see them! this is the roots of our sport. this is back when it was fun. sometimes not safe but fun. these pics are the reason people really enjoy the reunions. you get to go back for awhile. thanks for posting these!

 

That pointy nosed coupe is rear engined ?? In 1957

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c...hotos/1957 World Series of Drag Racing/1a.jpg

 

Marty thanks for posting these. All great pics.
Pictures like this make me wish that I was born a couple decades earlier.

 

Some iron from the '57 Cordova Nationals..

My dad, Dick Gulliver and his brother Bill swept class SE that year, with Top Speed and Top Eliminator. The trophies live today in my office at my collector car dealership. Couldn't be more proud!