History L.A. Hot Rods at the beginning

My family has deep roots in Hot Rodding around Los Angeles after WW2... I am trying to collect some info from the beginning , so digging this very close to my heart thread.

 

@jimmy six When you mentioned the pipes it made me think of this...

 

That’s my dad’s 29 at Muroc in 1938-9 with no fenders. My mother took the photo. A single Winfield carb that day and the grille bars out of the shell for some reason. Mom told me he never made a timed speed run. He passed away in 1963 when I was 19.

 

Great thread. Don't know how I missed it.

 

55 Years in Southern California . . .

Eppard Bros. 1947


Eppard Bros. 1948?

Bill Freeman on the Track 1951?


Bill Freeman 1951


Bert Leithold, Bonneville 1954

Bert Leithold, Colton Opening 1954

Bert Leithold, Bonneville 1955

Hot Rod Magazine 1956


San Berdoo Roadsters, Riverside 1966


San Berdoo Roadsters, Bonneville 2003 . . .

 

Tom Medleys Coupe /now Dads... Around 1955 Glendale Ca. Blew the soft top off it around 120-125mph at the lakes. Coming back to life over 60 years later!

 

fellas keep em coming
fabricator john
miss you dad

 

What a thread! Reading it and going back to look again at pics and seeing Isky and 'the Boys'...
It was similar to the feeling I got last time after driving into my driveway here (Atwater) back home from my trip to Pomona show.