Vintage shots from days gone by!

Hey, NovaDude! Gable with nice Ford woody. I'll bet he drove
this a bunch out at his ranch and on hunting and skeet trips with
his wife, Carol Lombard. Perfect vehicle for rough-it gear, eh?

 

Hey thanks Jimi,
If you ever see one for a reasonable price, I could use one on my ranch too!

 

Sure thing! Myself, I'd love to have a ranch. But I'm like
the ol' snake, so poor he didn't have a pit to hiss in! LOL

 

"Racy" cover art for '60s paper-
back pulp fiction. Whoo-whoo!

 

in hollywood just south of santa monica blvd about 1957 or 1958. the family helping my grandpa move into his latest digs.

 

this is effin awesome

 

I`ve spent the last 4 hours on these photo`s and haven`t even made a dent in it.

 

http://maxwedge.com/articles/transmission-diagnosis.php

 

Looks like a 1940's batmobile!

 

http://www.motohistory.net/news2008/news-jan08.html

 

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags...stom_cars_hot_rods/custom_cars_hot_rods_3.jpg

Bob Feuerhelm, mentioned in the above article, holds a special place in Australian drag racing history. He came to Australia accompanying two imported Plymouth cars, from Milne Bros. in California, in 1964. These cars were BIG drawcards at drag racing events.

 

Cars that came to Australia were adaptable. Alan Caelli (one time owner) drag raced this car and entered it in a circuit event.

 

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9166/sharpphoenixamaroovy7.jpg

1963 Dodge Phoenix (with TorqueFlite transmission) raced by Barry Sharp and Lindsay Derriman in the Gallaher 500 (mile race) in 1967. It went the distance.

 

Riverside (Australia) 1965
http://moondog.net.au/pix3/p39.html

 

http://www.slotforum.com/forums/blog/manitouguy/index.php?showentry=1762

 

Only part of another article

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/manitouguy/2-petty-cuda-5.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_q7ta3qfQBCU/S6Xf4-Afa7I/AAAAAAAAA7E/Mny0Ryu259M/s1600-h/AFX+Showdown.jpg

 

http://image.hotrod.com/f/10117837/hrdp_0712_03_z+bench_racing+.jpg

 

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0712_bench_racing/photo_02.html

 

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0712_bench_racing/photo_01.html

 

The final between Art Chrisman and Tony Waters at the very first March Meet; Tony had a length or two on Art, but got wiggley-squiggley down track and had to click it.
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[SIZE=-2]Don Garlits taking in the action during the '59 March Meet[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-2]Garlits' Don's Speed Shop Special was not equipped with a supercharger at the first March Meet; two weeks later he showed up at Kingdon with a 6:71 blower under the Strombergs and won the meet.[SIZE=-2]
Steve Gibbs photo
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[SIZE=-2][SIZE=-2][SIZE=-1]A classic Chrysler/ Chevy duel at the '62 March Meet: Sammy Hale and Champion Speed Shop (near side) on the losing end against Kondaroff-Powers from Detroit, MI.[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]
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[SIZE=-1]J. L. Payne at the wheel of Vance Hunt's fuel dragster; the week before the '62 March Meet, they had raced Garlits-Swingle for the No. 1 spot on the Drag News Mr. Eliminator list (and lost); Swingle got the better of J. L. at Bakersfield, too.[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]
Brad Kittredge photo
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[SIZE=-2][SIZE=-1]'The Greek' did not win the '63 March Meet, but after losing, came back Sunday afternoon to set low e.t. at 7.99.[/SIZE][SIZE=-2]
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[SIZE=-1]Nando Haase started out in the right lane and ended as so in the left lane; as they say in drag racing, "shit happens"; '65 March Meet.[/SIZE]


More to see:
http://www.wdifl.com/March-Meet-History.html


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1961 season champion Jack Chrisman, near lane, won the 1962 Nationals Top Eliminator title in Mickey Thompson's dragster. Here, his hemi-headed, Pontiac-powered machine defeated Connie Kalitta's Chrysler-motivated Bounty Hunter in early eliminations

http://www.50th-usnationals.com/apc...ry.asp?articleid=805&zoneid=52&navsource=1962

 

"As I walk along, I think about
the things we done together,
while our hearts were young."

Del Shannon,
"Runaway," spring 1961








The movie poster images I post on this thread are just here for entertainment and nostalgic and historical discussions. They are all available at VERY reasonable prices on eBay and easy to search, if anybody wants various-size repro versions for their garage or home. (The images presented here are generally low-res, so somebody couldn't make a large version if they wanted to anyway.) Not a commercial, for anything or anyone, just trying to return a favor to those who do present these repro images on eBay and other sites to try to make a living for themselves. Fair enough?

 

http://lacajadelostruenos-slotator.blogspot.com/2010/04/la-scca-transam-del-70.html

 

Australian actress Olivia N-J with the Ambassador-at-large for QANTAS. He likes to fly other US citizens to Australia, too.
http://www.inquisitr.com/84753/john-travolta-to-fly-oprah-studio-audience-to-australia/

Did he try acting at some stage??????

 

Anyone else friggin' tired of winter? Time to head for the beach.

 

And get totally baked.

 

And get some "exercise".

 

Looks like she forgot her conditioner.