Mayhems Oldies

[Mayhem]

We'll start with some of my office goodies:

My Mobil station and some cars (one is an old AFX car):

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0061.jpg

My Diner with some really cool cars some guy on Ebay builds:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0064.jpg

My S&H Green Stamp store with a couple cars:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0065.jpg

Some of my antique Matchbox car collection (some date 1949):

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0066.jpg

Another view along with some Hot Wheels stuff:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0067.jpg

Remember these Hot Wheels beauties? The Chrome package:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0071.jpg

Some of my Tonka antiques and restorations:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0069.jpg

This is just an old doodle drawing I did way back:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0075.jpg

This is the old ZZ TOP Chevy. It used to be parked at a house in my hometown (Austin).

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0077.jpg

Old Chevelle at a local strip back in the 70's. It's still open today-Temple Academy Dragway (Little River):

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0078.jpg

[Mayhem]

A Camaro, same track, same day:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0079.jpg

Ditto:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0080.jpg

Project in works, about 12 colors, named Rock Candy, won car shows after completion:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0081.jpg

A Buddys 70 1/2 Camaro/454. Was red with black stripes, but on the 9th coat of pearl, it changed to pink with purple stripes. He left it like that:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0082.jpg

An idiot friend back in the day, burning off an original set of Polyglas tires on his mint 70 Chevelle SS 454:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0084.jpg

[Mayhem]

If anyone can tell me how to capture 35mm slides, I would have hundreds of pics of my parents vacations in the late 40's/early 50's. All with cool street views and cars.

[Mayhem]

Really bad picture of a bike, and what became my first car, a 65 Malibu, 283 & Powerglide:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0073.jpg

[Mayhem]

I used to be a Ford nut. This is from an old scrap book:

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0074.jpg

[SS427]

Very nice collection!

[Mayhem]

Thank you. Just some of my other interests. When the weather is bad (or in Texas' case-too hot) activities move inside to easier to work on vehicles.

[CC Rider]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mayhem</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If anyone can tell me how to capture 35mm slides, I would have hundreds of pics of my parents vacations in the late 40's/early 50's. All with cool street views and cars. </div></div>

Try one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/FILM-35mm-Film-Slide-Scanner/sim/B001RUGOIY/2
This was the first thing that came up in my google search.

I'm thinking about getting one too, as I also have tons of slide pics from family vacations and other neat stuff.

Cool pics by the way. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Mayhem]

Here's a cool one: &quot;The new 57's are in!&quot;

Austin Texas October 1956-Capitol Chevrolet

(Texas Portal-Neal Douglass)

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/New%2057s.jpg

[Mayhem]

<span style="font-weight: bold">HOT ROD Magazine - August 1970</span>

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0100.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/870.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0101.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0104.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0105.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0106.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0107.jpg

[Mayhem]

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0108.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0109.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0112.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0113.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0114.jpg

[Mayhem]

<span style="font-weight: bold">WHAT??? This crap will never catch on! &quot;Electric cars&quot; - pfffttt</span>

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0115.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0116.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0117.jpg

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0118.jpg

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[Mayhem]

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Night%20Hawk.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Jet%20Drive%20In.JPG

LBJ &amp; JFK 1960-Austin

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/JFK%20LBJ%201960.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/CTT%205_27_49.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/GroveDrugs.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Mobil%204_30_55.JPG

[Mayhem]

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Pontiac%204_15_50.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Stallion.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Train%20buses%202_7_40.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Jax%20ABC%2011_7_1949.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Camaro%20Ad.JPG

[Mayhem]

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0011.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Ruidoso%20Christmas%202010%20137.JPG

Me and my Daughter on vacation in Ruidoso last Christmas.
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Ruidoso%20Christmas%20Western%20Pics%20004.JPG

<span style="font-weight: bold">Route 66 Tour-</span>
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Ruidoso%20Christmas%202010%20026.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Ruidoso%20Christmas%202010%20045.JPG

Nothing but a sign left-
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Ruidoso%20Christmas%202010%20054.JPG

[Mayhem]

<span style="font-weight: bold">A pair hiding in Tucumcari-</span>

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Ruidoso%20Christmas%202010%20078.JPG

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Ruidoso%20Christmas%202010%20136.JPG

<span style="font-weight: bold">My retirement location-plots for sale down in that valley with the mountain as your backyard view!</span>

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Ruidoso%20Christmas%202010%20196.JPG

[kwhizz]

Great Pic's.............That single gas station in the middle of nowhere reminds me of that classic scene in &quot;It's a Mad Mad Mad World&quot;.....LOL

[kwhizz]

What a classic picture.......You can almost hear the &quot;Crackle&quot; from the exhaust and smell the &quot;Nitro&quot;...


http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0112.jpg

[Salvatore]

great pictures1 Love your retirement view. The view is worth more than the houses themselves in my opinion. Like your collectible set-up displays too.

[Mayhem]

Thank you, thank you.

I love that movie.

I live for the day I can retire there.

[PxTx]

Great stuff man thanks for posting so much already. Loving the pics!

[Mayhem]

1967 - Charger - &quot;The Head Hunter&quot; 426 Hemi, stolen from another website, not sure where.
Claims it was at &quot;Austin Raceway Park&quot;. I have lived here all my life and never heard of it.
But cool chopped drag car either way.

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/Charger%201967.JPG

[Mayhem]

Apparently, unbeknownst to me, Austin had a race park/drag strip up until maybe 1970.
It is probably easiest to just share some of their info via link:

HERE (http://www.motoraustin.com/buzz/default.aspx?tags=8)

AND HERE (http://www.motoraustin.com/buzz/topic.aspx?topic-id=4)

AND HERE (http://www.motoraustin.com/buzz/topic.aspx?topic-id=115)

AND THIS ONE may be best. (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421342)

Oh how sad these finds are.

[PxTx]

We've got an old drag strip here in PA that closed right around 1969- called Vargo. In the last 7-8 years they've begun an annual car show on the old abandon strip. I think the same happens up at the Pocono Drag Lodge.

Might be kinda cool to do one out there in Austin. I bet you get a surprising amountof old iron you haven't seen, but is still hanging around the area.

[Mayhem]

Sadly, only a small portion of it is left. I have been researching it since yesterday.
It appears there were a couple of deaths there, it closed down, and has since gradually been sold off to developers, as it is now in the city limits and surrounded by growth.
Back then it was way out of town. I really wish we could do as you suggested. It is sad to lose these places.

[Mayhem]

Here's something many of you in the East may love:

CLICK HERE (http://www.bangshift.com/blog/Killer-Vintage-Match-Race-and-High-Performance-Ads-From-1960s-Drag-Mags.html)

Very cool collection of old drag and speed shop ads.

[Mayhem]

Also this one from JJ.

Wasn't this covered on this site somewhere?

How crazy is this? Indoor drags.

CLICK HERE (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=529552)

[Mayhem]

And even more total coolness:

HERE (http://www.beaversprings.com/results/2007/2007%20Nostalgia%20Nationals.htm)

Tons of pics, keep scrolling.

[Mayhem]

Here's some of those slides of my folks I spoke of earlier. I just snapped phone pics for now, until I go get a slide scanner.

Enjoy. You guys can probably date these better than me by the cars shown. All are late 40's to late 50's.

My Dad and his 58? Desoto?
(The gold hubcaps were stolen 4 times before the insurance agent made him get chrome ones)
Washing the car- He is 91 now and still has that damn metal bucket!
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0366.jpg

Dad and his 56? Chevy
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0361.jpg

Cars in Williamsburg?
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0363.jpg

40's? cars in Washington DC
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0364.jpg

1958 trip to Mexico
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0367.jpg

New Orleans?
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0368.jpg

Mom &amp; Dad, before us kids, Mt. Bonnell-Austin
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0365.jpg

More to come.

[Mayhem]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mayhem</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Apparently, unbeknownst to me, Austin had a race park/drag strip up until maybe 1970.
It is probably easiest to just share some of their info via link:

HERE (http://www.motoraustin.com/buzz/default.aspx?tags=8)

AND HERE (http://www.motoraustin.com/buzz/topic.aspx?topic-id=4)


AND HERE (http://www.motoraustin.com/buzz/topic.aspx?topic-id=115)

AND THIS ONE may be best. (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421342)

Oh how sad these finds are. </div></div>

UPDATE- I went to this location and was able to walk in to what was left of this track. I stood about mid track and looked both directions. All that is left is about 100 yards of old pavement. The rest is surrounded by new homes and business parks. Very sad!

[TimG]

Mt. Bonnell sure looks different in the background.

[TimG]

Also, if I remember correctly, one of the owners of Corvette Grand Sport #1 wrecked it at Austin Raceway Park. It sat in his yard for years until Mr. Shinkay bought it.

[olredalert]

----Tim,,,Jerome only bought it (traded for it really) after Richard promised to paint it red. There were, I think 12 cars of his involved in the trade. Some of them very tasty! Tommy Turnas tracked the car down and bought it from the Texas guy with Richards money. Tom, a GM employee, also tracked down an original 377ci original Grand Sport engine, complete with &quot;58&quot; sidedraft Webers and manifold. Engine was a beast. You could just about stick your whole hand down one of those Weber barrels......Bill S

[Mayhem]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TimG</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mt. Bonnell sure looks different in the background.
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My folks had a house built on Towerview Court, just off of Manor &amp; Airport in 58. They have many slides of this during and right after the build. It was out of town and the streets were gravel. We moved over off of Cameron Rd in 66 when I was 3 1/2.

You might also love this:
http://youtu.be/lvAClVBNBls

[Mayhem]

Anyway, onward with some more slide pics.

Here is Dads old ? 58 Desoto?
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0375.jpg

California possibly Route 66? 1958
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0371.jpg

San Fran 1958
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0372.jpg

San Fran 1958
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0373.jpg

Dad and a couple friends, 1949? Chevy
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0374.jpg

Just me with my feet up going through these slides
http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/IMAG0378.jpg

[Mayhem]

Picked this up the other day- Bruce Larson USA-1 Vega

http://blueicehouse.com/n5ssi/BLVega.JPG

[markjohnson]

That's cool. A friend of mine owned the REAL Bruce Larson Vega Pro Stocker in the late '70's and was racing it as a Bracket Car in the Indianapolis area. It even still had the Lenco in place.