VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

Generva Mudge, the first woman to have a drivers license, and was a race car driver

 

Mooneyes on the helmet and headlight area, and a straight six

 

Amelia Earhart

 

Le Mans 1959, the year Carroll Shelby won

 

early no prep car
fabricator john
miss you dad

 

some traveling salesman were going around in style

 

. a mobile human cannon ball exhibition truck! 1934

 

a hot rod before and after Larry Watson worked some magic on it

 

B-24

 

the AMF Drag Team, weren't employees from the AMF company (who famously owned Harley, made snow mobiles, and bowling equipment) having fun together on weekends, it was the 'Adios My Friend' (allegedly) team. I suspect that was the PG version around the easily offended public

 

any day at the dry lakes beats every day at the office

 

I bet this was a lot of fun to race

 

they sure did work on the aerodynamic factor on this race car. it's other racing factors, like fuel,

 

the self taught racer so good, that within 7 years of learning to drive, she nearly beat De Palma, and caused male racers and the AAA to ban women drivers, because they felt that threatened. I present, Joan Cuneo

 

that is not photoshopped, that is a really BIG trophy

 

Mike Randall's race car tow truck

 

when there's nothing left to do to make it go faster, cut holes in it, relieve the car of some weight, and some air dams