Bob Brooks, local, Bixby Knolls hot rod/drag racer at Lion's Dragstrip pits area. Hello, In the “hey day” of Competition Coupes before they were run out of town, the builds were all different. The top Westcoast builds belonged to Harold Hungerford and Eldon Dye with Don Hampton driving/wrenching, the highly modified coupes on custom chassis builds. Harold Hungerford Bakersfield Smokers. 1960 Harold Hungerford’s black Bantam was rare, but, as the years rolled on, Bantam Coupes were becoming popular in the Altered classes. But, not too many had lengthened chassis set ups for the Competition Coupe classes. Eldon Dye Cad powered brown A/C 1958-59 April 1959 old Friday Art Bob Brooks from Bixby Knolls also had a yellow 671 Potvin style motor set up in his Bantam coupe. Lion's Dragstrip 1959 Bixby Knolls’ Bob Brooks Competition Coupe sponsored from Reath Automotive in Long Beach. The ones with the longer frames were the dragsters disguised as a Competition Coupe and had bodies, like Bantams, on for the ride. The motors, being as far back as possible and not a heavy weight sitting in front of the coupe body. Jnaki So, for some, old dragsters with the modified bodies covering the rear area became a different way to compete as if one was driving a full blown rail drag race car. But, with a body of some kind. And there were some odd ball bodies on those unusual rails to qualify for the Competition Coupe Classes. YRMV
. My 80 year old neighbor did this for many,many years; up until he finally retired. Traveled all over the country and made a hell of a lot of money. His body is so beat to hell now he can barely get around anymore. And some days I'm not real sure if his brain is working very well either. He's still got some impressive arms and shoulders though. I help him out when I can.
Spencer House in Malibu, captured by Julius Shulman in 1956, is also known as "Spencer House III." This remarkable hillside residence was designed by architect Richard Orme Spencer.
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