After a couple of years of on and off rain at Rhinebeck, happy to report this event was well attended on this beautiful day. As usual, I did an inadequate job photoing this great event, but will endeavor to share what I captured. So many nice cars I never had the chance to visit. My loss! Managed to pick up a Model T turtle deck for a friend. No rot no pitting. Great shape overall. Also managed to pick up a million +/- insects on my windshield on this 270 mile venture. Most important: had the opportunity to reconnect with a number of great people and share some stories and get some advice. Guessing Mark will have many more and better photos. One last point: I did photo a nice Dodge.
That was a nice T turtle deck, wish I knew that was you carrying it away, I would have said hello. The Vicky door down the hill from it came home with me. I liked this A Coupe.
Same here! I managed to get through the crowd with the most difficult/crowded area being not too far from that coupe. As my truck was in the show field, I was wondering what the neighbors would say as I strolled past their beautiful rides. Thankfully we were parked in single rows. I think you had the heavier load to carry out though.
Pete, I didn't make it to Rhinebeck, but I made it to Fitchburg in the rain. I hope we will get together again for Hershey.
I was not going to say "No" to sitting in the same car driven at the Indianapolis 500 by Jim Hurtubise! The last front engine car to qualify and race in the Indy 500!
That Cross Ram 413 impresses the hell out of me. 1963, I hitched a ride from Tulsa, OK to OKC on the turnpike from a guy with a brand-new Chrysler 300 J. At the time, it was 100 miles from toll gate to toll gate and the speed limit was 65 MPH. When you paid your toll, if you were speeding, the toll booth attendant would add the speeding fine to your ticket. When the driver of the 300 pulled in, the attendant figured he had been running almost 130 the whole way. I grabbed my stuff, got out, wished the driver luck, thanked him for the ride and went on down the road with my thumb out.
I put those photos on my Farcebook, one my follow race club members called me, his wife’s maiden name was Hurtubise and she was from Tonawanda NY. Jim Hurtubise home city. She knew she was distantly related to a race car named Jim, and her husband has been compiling history, but she was completely shocked to see those photos! I think it was an “Oh my god!” moment, I phoned the man who owns the car and passed his information to my friends. He is going to contact Jim Hurtubise’s son and help them compile more family history.
I stopped and looked at that car, new nose & tail looked really nice. Did it end its race car life as an Oswego car?
Robert, Nice to talk with you Sat. By the looks of it, that car was a pioneer for barley based alternate fuels.
The nose and tail are new but were never used and original spares for the car, the wheels are the original to the car too. No, the car never raced Oswego, but it came close to becoming a Super Mod the mid-plate/bulkhead is drilled for Chevy bellhousing.
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