VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

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Bleach said: ↑

This was more of the company I kept with in school.
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"Well, this is the last thing in there, and still no squeak!" -Curly

jimmy six · Apr 10, 2023

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SR or Sports Racing as a Bonneville class turned into gas streamliner after Nolan White and Jack Lufkin started building “2” seat special construction sports cars.

'28phonebooth · Apr 11, 2023

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The gal holding the steering wheel - same show ? View attachment 5699180
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I think so.... Yumm!

Volksrob · Apr 11, 2023

swi66 said: ↑

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Wow....some Big Beasts there !

'28phonebooth · Apr 11, 2023

HJmaniac said: ↑

I would say yes. Wearing the same outfit and from Hemmings

On models on Hemis: the 1952 Los Angeles auto show | Hemmings

The model's name is Shirley Buchanan, and she claimed to have won more than 20 beauty queen titles by the early 1950s. The show is the 1952 Los Angeles International Auto Show.

What led Ms. Buchanan to pose with the Hemi, we don't know, but we see her posing with a cutaway Hudson and an Oldsmobile chassis at the show, along with models Carla Lauterer and Janet Brett
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Thanks for the info!

'28phonebooth · Apr 11, 2023

Bleach said: ↑

This was more of the company I kept with in school.
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Hey.... those guys went to my high school too!!

'28phonebooth · Apr 11, 2023

ramblin dan said: ↑

I think you guys are in luck. Looks like these chicks would like bad boys. View attachment 5699233
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My kind of girls!

'28phonebooth · Apr 11, 2023

HJmaniac said: ↑

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Now THAT'S an "Oh SHIT" moment!

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Lots of history in that photo. Looks like Indy.

D.Lee · Apr 11, 2023

jnaki said: ↑

Hello,

Thanks for the nice comments. You have some nice photo finds in your collection. Not too many knew about District 37 and the rankings.
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The last vestiges of our foray into desert racing motorcycles.

So, after our horrendous ending to drag racing, how did we convince our mom, who was aghast at our “motor” participation in anything hot rod/drag racing, to watching us build and rebuild two Greeves desert racing motorcycles? A great answer from my brother was that it was therapeutic for him to be outdoors and in the healthy sunshine, clean air area of the desert. Add in some camping with the two brothers still working together and the scenario was perfect for the brotherly activity. HA! Heading for a washed out stream in the dust and not knowing there was a 6 foot drop to the trickling water in the center. Some mild desert activity is always heart pumping.

As all good things go, there was an end point to my final episode of our Greeves motorcycle racing. After countless races in Baja, Mexico on the beach, hard sand, soft deep sand, and short dirt hills we had gone and raced in multiple styles of terrain. We even had to cross flowing water that came up to our skid plate and motor. The “Blooey” pipes made a gurgling sound, but, later the higher mounted expansion chamber was not affected.

I was entered in a Corriganville big race around a famous TV/movie set in So Cal. All of the big names were there. I had just come from my best race results out in the desert the week prior. Number 10 out of 50 in the class. It was a 1 hour full on race on a single 5-6 mile desert course. I was pumped and was ready for a closed course flat surface race.

I got a great start and was in front of several other racers clipping my wheel. But, I stood my ground and got more space between us. But after the great start, I knew this was going to be a fun race. Shade, flat dirt surface roads, incline slopes, downhill off camber turns and a fast straightaway to the finish in the shade. I almost made it around the first lap when I was headed into a blind turn covered by huge scrub brushes, some sticking out into the road surface.

I got forced to take the inside line, which is normally fine, but I could not see what was ahead. The guys on my tail were forcing me closer to the bushes. All of a sudden I went over the handle bars and landed on my head and faceshield. My bike was stopped and others were going around the blockage in the dirt surface road. So, what happened?

My throttle cable got caught in a branch sticking out and instantly accelerated my bike. Then the next branch instantly stopped it in its tracks. Flinging me over the front end. I was out for a sec and then walked my bike off of the track. A great start, leading into the first several turns and then out like a light. I was not seriously injured, but it took a while to recover from a super high to a “under the ground” low in aspirations and sense. It was a little demoralizing to be in the lead and having a great time, but sitting against a rock, out of the race in an instant.

Jnaki

So, the last straw was out in the desert after another 50 mile each part of a Hare and Hound race. I was doing ok with the new dual spark plug head, in my latest, 1966 Greeves Challenger model and making good time. But on a steep soft sandy hill, I got in the race with two other guys for a narrow track up hill. There was room for one. They inched me over to the side and finally, one guy actually kicked my gas tank and made me fall down the sandy slope off course and into a Manzanita bush.

Needless to say, injuries out in the desert were a common place, but not like this one. I felt a sharp sting and my helmet made it worse each time I turned my head. In my neck was a 6 inch Manzanita stubby branch, sticking out from under my helmet, in my neck. (luckily, I could not find the guy, since I was injured.) So, I went to the hospital on the way home. Of course I got the full set of comments about being the only person in the world attacked by historic tribes from the area with an arrow sticking out of my neck…

The nurses just could not help but laugh. There is still a lump in the spot and 50+ years later, when I rub my neck, I am reminded of those funny comments from those cute nurses in that desert hospital.

Finally, due to other injuries and impending graduation from college, my desert racing days were coming to a fateful end…AHHHH.

My latest 1966 Greeves was set up correctly and sold quickly to another racer from the District 37 area.

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Dude, great stories! Very fun to read, probably a hell of alot more fun to hear in person, I’m glad your on here to share them. Thanks a lot

Bleach · Apr 11, 2023

Yes it was real!

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Sheesh, the Easter bunny sure has gotten better looking with age…

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I REALLY WANT A "BIG DICK"

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