Actress Natalie Wood holding a drive in movie theater speaker by her ear in a 1957 Ford Fairlane Club Victoria in the fifties! I went to the drive-ins in high school, we called them passion pits, a great dating venue. LOL
Bob McGee was photographed at El Mirage Dry Lake, August 29, 1944, during a Russetta Timing illegal inter-WWII meet. McGee’s flathead featured 21 stud Federal Mogul heads with no water pumps and a Thermo cycle process years before Smokey Yunick tried it. No speed is known. The car would later be featured on the cover of the October 1948 issue of Hot Rod Magazine.
The Justice Brothers Family from left, Gus, Ed’s wife Maureen, Ed Senior in car and Zeke. The V8-60 powered midget the brothers built was sold to Bay Area racer Jack London and financed their trip to Florida and the Wynn’s Friction Proofing Distributorship that put them on the map for real.
This A. J. Watson creation was first run in 1962 as the Leader Card number 7. In ’63 it was bought by Norm Demler with Ray Nichels as Chief Mechanic. This ’64 shot shows the car when Danny Oaks took over as Crew Chief (far right in the shot) and driver Johnny White after he had just put the car in the showdown in 21st starting spot with a qualifying speed of 150.893 mph. Everyone was surprised at the end of the race when Johnny crossed the finish line in fourth place. The following year not a single front-engined roadster made the field
Mechanix Illustrated April 1954 Come see more ads and other things at https://misforgotten2.tumblr.com/
1949 Philadelphia & National Antique Auto Show program June 11-18 1949 Come see more ads and other things at https://misforgotten2.tumblr.com/
The Jalopy Journal
