Art & Inspiration Traditional images that need no explanation.

“You had one measly job and that was to drive this thing straight for 8 seconds and this is what I end up with”

 

What is the tow vehicle ? It looks like a 1965 Chevelle based special.

 

The"Surfers" ?

 

Ed Byrne. His son Logan is a lawyer, and television personality.

 

Pat Foster.

 

I think that's Kelly Brown, the Surfers ran a Hilborn, as I remember.

 

The England tour, perhaps.

 

Okay, do you see this lever here? Good, do not, I repeat DO NOT pull that lever.

 

Marty, the reason that I thought it was the "Surfers" is no idler pulley.

 

One giveaway for me is the simplicity of the Surfers operation. I can imagine Tom Jobe saying- Why would we need cast aluminum valve covers and breathers when these steel ones do the job just as well and are lighter?

 

"For some reason, we could find only a black-and-white photo of the Surfer I alone, shown here on the styling court at the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. A production ’65 El Camino was relieved of its entire roof and greenhouse, creating an open-air roadster pickup with no apparent provision for a convertible top. The wheels appear to be Corvette items with fabricated center caps.
Like many factory show cars, the Chevrolet Surfer I had a short service life. The car and its matching boat were shown just twice, it seems: at the Chicago Auto Show on February 20-28, 1965, and in the General Motors Futurama exhibit at the New York World’s Fair that same year. The purpose of the California-themed rig, reportedly, was to promote the brand-new 396 cubic-inch Turbo-Jet V8, a mid-year introduction for Chevrolet in 1965."

https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/california-dreaming-the-1965-chevrolet-surfer-i/