You don't need me to tell you it's the Galpin Ford sponsored "Back Up Pick Up" unusual wheelstander, but you can't read that this is Lions in 1971
Briggs Cunningham at Le Mans 1950. Who is Briggs? race car driver and museum owner, and a sports car legend as he was one of the first in the 1950's to go all the way to try and win the European races as an American, like Reventon did after him, and Shelby after Reventon http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/le-monster-of-briggs-cunningham.html
From the movie "The Quest" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-is-something-you-really-ought-to.html


http://hellformotors.tumblr.com for many more interesting and variety of wide range photos of race cars
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
great photos on Hellformotors tumblr
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Labels: AMC, BMW, Cadillac, corvette, Cunningham, Gremlin, slingshot dragster, top fueler, unique, unusual, wheelstander
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Dragmaster Special
see it in a 1958 Hot Rod magazine movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bqCm7YO2GOI
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Labels: dragsters, slingshot dragster
Friday, June 10, 2011
extremely great photos from 21 studs tumblr, excellent site, part 2
Ain't that the cutest thing you've seen today?
1950 Nash dealership
Navy Shore Patrol helping a fellow sailor into a Medical Department ambulance




I think this is the earliest american flag tank I've seen, and it looks great on this bike







a Ford dealership in 1932
Ozark mountineer burro train ride (can't read the last word)
The Rebel Gal crew and the partially completed nose art that shows how one artist made the painting the right scale
see more at http://21studs.tumblr.com/
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Labels: advertising, ambulance, art, Blimp, Dealership, duece, El Mirage, Gasser, humor, Indian, kids, mooneyes, motor wheel, Motorcycle, Nova, pedal car, roadster, slingshot dragster, tools
Thursday, June 9, 2011
1963 Smokers March Meet in Bakersfield video (but who's slingshot has the windup key pushbar?)
Looks like Otelli, but nothing comes up on a google search. The announcer is muffled when he speaks the name at the 50 second mark
found on http://wwwmartelo.blogspot.com/
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Labels: ', drag racing, slingshot dragster
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Fouled plugs Tumblr, just hot rods, and nothing but hot rods... freaking great to find a pure hot rod tumblr site







http://fouledplugs.tumblr.com for a lot more like this
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Labels: beautiful engine, belly tanker, Don Garlits, drag racing, Edelbrock, Gasser, Hot rods, slingshot dragster, top fueler, Wheelie Bars







