Vintage shots from days gone by!

You're correct, that's Reid in Bill Johnsons Silnes with a Chet Herbert built Wayne headed Chevy-1951. IIRC that was the first roller cam engine.

 

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OK, Rootie you keep posting them and I'll keep asking. Is that Sonny Meyer on the right???

Thanks, Mike.

 

Can't say for sure, but it's a scan from a Louis Meyer Inc. ad from 67.

 

Sir Sterling and his sidekick........... Harry Potter?

 

The offspring of Alfred Moss?

 

when burnouts go bad

 

http://www.trakbytes.co.uk/syp08.JPG

 

http://www.coolhand-records.com/Gary-Usher/four-speeds1.jpg

 

http://www.nhra.com/UserFiles/image/2009/News/June/golden.jpg

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4316404510_84f4701cf0.jpg

 

http://frederatorblogs.com/the_finster_finster_show/files/2008/04/midstate-dragway.jpg

 

http://www.nhra.com/2008/images/news/december/8002.jpg

 

http://federicodecalifornia.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/3_drag_strip.jpg

http://federicodecalifornia.wordpress.com/tag/bonneville/

 

http://www.standard1320.com/Ivo/Hemi/Barnstormer/BarnStormerMaster.html

 

http://federicodecalifornia.wordpress.com/tag/bonneville/

 

Actually the show with Froggy started years before that on radio and then TV with Smilin' Ed McConnell. I can remember listening to it when I was very young in '49.

http://michelesworld.net/dmm/frog/gremlin/ed.htm

Andy was a great guy and had an amazing career.