post war dry lakes door numbers/letters?

ok, did a search but didn't find anything, i'm finishing up my postwar dry lakes av8 roadster and want to put some numbers on the door, what do they mean?
thanks

 

Copying is the highest form of flattery.

 

their just the car number you pick through the scta. the letters on the other hand tell what class you are.

 

Ok here you see the numbers from my old '32. The number is just that and was picked from available numbers suggested by the SCTA. On this car the XX indicates the engine size and type. Vintage inline or Flathead V8, supercharged or with specitality overhead valve head or greater than 325 cubic inches but less than 376. This is an older classification no longer in use. The Alt. means it's an Altered coup.

 

chill out on the fake numbers....it will see el mirage.......

 

I disagree...lots of guys raced their hot rods at el mirage and kept the number on, usually painted with white shoe polish...the number you got from SCTA (or Russetta), and the letter was engine size...the larger the engine, the higher the number, so "D" was for big-inch Marmons, etc. Most of the street cars were "C" and the little V8-60s were "A" I say go for the numbers.

 

If it will really see El Mirage you need a rule book to find what the letters mean and how they apply to your car today. Not what they used in '48. Then you should join one of the SCTA charter clubs and the SCTA. Apply for and be assigned a number. You can not just slap on any number you like if you plan to run. Someone else may already be using that number. Lots to do if you really mean it.

 

I was wondering if the real racers get an attitude if they see their number on a hot rod that obviously will never race on the lakes? They are the only ones that I would care about.

The fake police, period correct police and the safety police can all kiss my ass but if a real racer was offended, I'd feel like shit. Id think that their number would be a point of pride that they would want to protect.

 

I don't think anybody is going to put 104 on thier door to look vintage. Most guys put a single or double diget number and B or C. 44B or such. Most of those two diget numbers are assigned to streamliners or cars/owners that have been around for a while. If anyone put 76 on his door I think lots of people might be irratated. But I don't think anyone would consider it a big deal. It's your door and nobody has a copy right on numbers.

 

thanks! looks like the info i need is on the scta website.

 

I drove race cars profesionally for over 20 years, I have the number I used most of my career on my hot rod, does that make me a poser?

 

i'd say not..

 

Who said anything about fake numbers? Dude was wanting to see what they looked like in the past and what they meant. Damn... cool it.