Chris got it.. sorry quick look at book picked wrong car due to license plate read. Early pic with Tommy Lee shows 2 tone paint job. 412030 is the car
The hood ornament when zoomed into to appears to be a pierce arrow, but the hexagonal center of the hub caps appears to be Packard to me, but that grille isn't exactly a Packard grille, but everyone's results may vary greatly! Thanks from Dennis.
That would mean the Mercury and Shoebox Ford (middle picture third row) were fresh off the showroom floor.
Here's a link to American Hot Rod Foundation with the Beck/Rufi streamliner at Rosamond Dry lake bed 1942. https://shop.ahrf.com/products/hist...ldsjl06mC4wxhdJSn1lZ5ixkp-RTrYBwFnOR9j7wwCbD3
“Thirty minutes in that world. That’s all I’d need. Then, and only then, I could die happy.” Yup……what he said…….Mark
love the article. Cool pictures. Ryan comes up with some really rare photos. Kudos for him. I volunteer for 13 years and over 2600 hours at the REVS Institute in Naples Fl. Look up REVS.org and see the wonderful collection of cars. Mr. Collier has two very significant Alfa's the 1931 2300C and the 1938 2900C coupe the won the Mike Miglia on display. They came for the Briggs Cummingham Collection in 1986. Great pictures on line by professional photographer, Harholt of each angle, engines, interiors etc. Worth the time to look. REVS was recently awarded the Best Automobile Museum in the world for 2025 by the international Motor Museum Association in London. By the way the Alpha 2300C won LeMans in 1931,1932,1933 and 1934 the only car to win the race four years in a row.
Could be a 1934 Hupmoble ?? Rare then, Rarer now. A Hupmoble Hot Rod. Streamline Modern`styling of the day
REVS is incredible... I have spent hours on the website studying cars and have always wanted to visit...
I read somewhere that they were first introduced in June of '48 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York city and in the dealerships by July. Sold for a 16 month run.
This appears to be a Russetta Timing Association deal. Does anyone know if Russetta held any meets at Mirage after the October 10 event in 1948? Assuming all the photos are from the same meet, I'm just trying to completely eliminate 1948 as the year.
That's it! I didn't recognize it. I never would have guessed that the lights bolted to the grille shell were factory installed units, or that they weren't even the main headlights for the car. Wild.
Picture from the blog pic from here https://www.hotrod.com/features/priceless-images-1948-capture-dry-lakes-racing-el-mirage/photos/ note background hill profile I found a couple links back to here in the HAMB, including a movie that's gone private.
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