Vintage shots from days gone by!

So what's the story about the U.F.O.?? Never seen that before?

 

Here's that nerd E.J. at it a bit later...

 

I just finished reading "Area 51" by Annie Jacobsen. Is there a story behind this photo? Centurion9

 

It's just as real as this shot.

Gullibility test.

 

What was used for exhaust.Is it the square stock?

 

From a local electrical contractor, still in business today and family-owned. Someone liked their Chevy trucks....

 

And it looks like they had one of every size.

 

He's the REAL Michigan Madman, not some wannnabe.

 

Yeah Total MadMan!!
He took a Harley Davidson frame and put a small-block chevy engine in it, sideways. This engine had Hilborn injectors and burned Nitro, and was producing about 500 Hp. It was started by having a couple guys hang on from the side, and it was pushed with a truck. When the engine fired, the assistants lifted the rear of the bike (these must have been some strong guys!) and put it up on a wooden stand that kept the rear tire, a 10" wide racing slick, off the ground. When the christmas tree said go, E. J. would rev the engine to 6000 RPM and the assistants would push him off the stand! It did a wheelie about half-way down the strip, and did about 160 MPH in the quarter mile. E. J. tried to find a small, light clutch for the thing, but he never found anything that would work. He tried helicopter clutches, but even they didn't quite do it. The rear wheel was coupled to the engine with a huge multi-width roller chain. Well, one day he reached the end of the strip and closed the throttle, and nothing happened - the throttle was stuck! He cut off the magneto, but a very hot engine (no radiator, just the thermal mass of the water in the block) burning nitro at wide open throttle doesn't need much ignition! It kept right on running. He hit the brakes (dual caliper aircraft brakes) and that slowed him to about 150 MPH, but he could feet the handle retreating under his grip. There was no fuel cutoff! As he was approaching a line of trees at the end of the strip, he took the only action he could think of, he jumped off! He slid on his rear until it burned through his chaps into his skin, and then did some somersaults. Amazingly, he ended up being able to walk after all this, and followed the new gap into the forest to see what became of his machine. All he could find was an engine block! Nothing else recognizable.
via: http://pico-systems.com/ejpotter.html

 

Here are some great photos from Clyde Blair’s hot rod family photo album. Let’s see, we have… Garlits' Dart at Detroit Dragway May 1966, Al Bergler's ‘More Aggravation’ 1966, Vern Tratachaud's ‘Touche'’ also at DD 1959, Chili Catallo's Alexander Bros/Barris built rod, and McKesson Bros Plymouth and ‘El Cobra’ are from the 1965 Autorama.
via: thehotrodsofdearborn

 

Oh man!, does Ronco have an Lp size cleaner?

 

^^^He,he,he,...

 

"NAH"----BORIS KARLOFF---Before surgery!!!

 

This Stuff is awsome ! The one I can persoinally relate to was digging out the car. I can sure relate to that. I went to school in Olean NY and when I first drove my 1951 Ford Convertable to school in January in a snow storm I took me two days to find it in the parking lot as only the atennas were showing.

 

Wish I could have had THAT POWER in my old '47 Whizzer!!!

 

is this bobby "boris" the guy that did the song monster mash?

 

"great balls a fire"!!!!!!!!!

 

I recognise these cars, they are from the Vancouver Canada suburbs.

Not sure about the T-bucket with the playboy bunny rear window, but the others are still nearby. I know who owned the playboy T, and he is still building great cars and so are the owners of the other two, still active rodders as well.

 

Popular Science Nov '49

 

Not just your typical white boy.

 

Got that right doc, who is that grey haired old fart anyway? Do I know him?