https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...l-but-forgotten.1014604/page-27#post-14647050 Hello, Bill Coburn was well known in the early drag racing scene. He had many different builds from the very early days to the lightweight Fiat bodies as time moved on to the next phase. Most of the racers and spectators knew of the race cars as “Coburn Glaze Competition Coupes,” when described by the local announcer. Coburn Glaze was then a known commodity, without anyone knowing what Coburn Glaze was or who. 1957 For a long time, Carnuba Wax was the popular thing, it still is in varying forms, today. Show cars used gobs of it on prep days prior to the shows. We all had our favorites, but for some reason, in 1957, we did not use Colburn Glaze Carnuba Wax. Jnaki This is the early version of the Colburn Glaze Competition Coupe, we first saw at Lion’s Dragstrip. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/friday-art-show-1-15-21.1217685/#post-13903840 old Friday Art I had taken a film of one of the early versions of the Competition Coupe at Lion’s Dragstrip. Boy, was it ever impressive and loud. Here are several other versions over the years of drag racing. Fiat bodies modified to a certain degree. Cyr vs Coburn Glaze 1959 Friday Art 1959
My cousin Ed Docskalik's 61 T-Bird late model My dad (Willard Palmer) stretched the frame built the body on the ramp truck.
Corrected it, quite a history on that car. It was the car Maynard Forette ran in the 1968 Permatex Late Model Sportsman race at Daytona representing Fonda speedway as the 1967 Sportsman track champion. A local man wanted to race Late Models at Fonda and asked my dad where he could find a car to run. My dad knew this car ended up at the Grand Prox Truck Stop which was owned by Roerig Brothers. Who were local NASCAR Modified car owners. Dad asked Maynard about the car, a deal was made, and the car found it's way to Delaware County NY. The car languished then my cousin bought it and run it as a late model with the 60 body, then reskinned it with the 61 T-bird body (another one dad found) dad also put tubing from the center of the rear axle back. The sad part of the story is the chassis sat behind my cousin's house until about ten years ago. His son in law was moving it with a piece of equipment and the chassis broke in half.
We are still using an open trailer. This was a stock car trailer home built in the early 80's. We use it to haul our 51 AA/GS Henry J.
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