Here we go. One year at a time. 1948 Don is now 19 years old. He has put in the 4 banger in the rear of the 27 while sitting on the 1932 chassis after the end of the 1947 season. This is the first documented rear engine roadster to run at the lakes. He ran it as number 524 and 524B. I have the 4 timing tags from that season. He ran in April, June, August, and September. Best speed was 117.85. I have only found 3 pictures of the rear engine while on the 32 chassis. The family did not have any photos of it during this period. One photo is from Hot Rod magazine from the race results, one is from Ryan of this website (the best photo we have ever seen of it in this build), and a big thanks to Jimmy who spotted the car in Ryan's photo collection. The third photo is the picture of the car in 1950 on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine. In Ryan's photo the large truck behind Don's roadster was the company truck from their egg ranch. It can be spotted in some earlier photos when the car was being worked on at the ranch and it is in the background.
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