The Old Days

[427TJ]

From late 1960s Hot Rod Yearbooks.

Jacked '67 Elco.
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Jacked Nova on the prowl.
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Nice Nova with straight axle and five-spokes!
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Willys gasser with black CA license plates.
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Morris Minor with straight axle! Didn't say what the engine was.
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Another Brit, this one a Hillman, done the same way!
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Altered wheelbase '65 Goat.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/0007HRM.jpg

'62 Impala done like the Goat. Wheelies anyone?
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/0008HRM.jpg

Detail shot of straight-axled Nova. Budnate, taking notes???
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Sold new at the Compton Chevy dealership (Los Angeles).
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Grumpy's '67 L78.
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Hemi '68 Barracuda with skinny Cragars all around.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/0012HRM.jpg

Recently departed Mr. Four Speed working his craft.
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Staging lanes were full of cool iron back in those days!
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Mr. Jenkins and his '68 Camaro between rounds.
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Heading down track off-throttle.
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Indy Pace/Festival Camaro heading out onto the track. Is that a "Viva Montesa" t-shirt at the back of the Indy car?
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Tom McEwen at speed with the slicks trying to come off of rims!
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Wild Willie had to push it through the lights to win this event.
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Jacked '64 Goat street machine ready to go hunting.
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Steve McQueen flogging a dune buggy.
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And then having to clean the sand out of the V-dub engine. Nice pants. (He looked cool in anything.)
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427 street Cobra at Bonneville. Sunburst wheels. No oil cooler scoop or sidepipes. Scoop added to hood. Non-Shelby roll bar. It probably wanted to do 360s rather than go straight down the black line.
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[Xplantdad]

Cool Bill! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

How was the drive this afternoon? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[kwhizz]

Wow!!!!......Look at the ElCamino in the first pic........Can we say "Steering Geometry".......It's amazing what Fads did to common sense......But , As I remember.......the "Look" was everything....
Great Pic's...Thanks for Posting http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

Ken

[427TJ]

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How was the drive this afternoon? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

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No burnouts, just 50+ miles of freeway running to blow out the junk and cobwebs. Took this pic when I got back. Running much better and no knocking. I'm going to order some Max Lead 2000 and run that in the gas until the '96 comes out for rebuild.
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[Xplantdad]

Good deal on the drive http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

I LOVE the altered wheelbase cars! Speaking of AWB...anyone know of a good used 6-71 blower for sale?

Mark, who owns the AWB Orange Biscayne that I (often)post pictures of...wants to get a blower for his car...

[budnate]

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[47Hammer]

Great shots, a lot of those street cars had California plates. On that Cobra at the Salt Flats....Where are the jack stands?

[markjohnson]

Thanks for the photos! I love the straight axle look and vibe. They just scream HOT ROD! I've NEVER been a fan of the current Pro Touring/G-machine fad and those old photos are as far away from that as can be. Call me a dinosour, but I've always preferred the fast, low tech approach of the sixties race and muscle cars.

[musclecarjohn]

Love that Mongoose picture...is that Charlie's '67 Pace car?

[retengw31]

Bill:
Not sure where that pic of the staging lanes was taken, but that 51 Stude looks suspiciously like Ted Harbit's 51 that I raced against at Milan Dragway in 1967. he still rows the gears in the Plain Brown wrapper and the red Tomato 63 Lark's at Pure Stock. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Here's why we needed straight axles under these "concoctions". This is my 61 Valiant with a 383 driver train that ran B/MP in the 60's. It had stock suspensin with the torsion bars wound all the way up to level off the car with the rear end. I put it on the street (even had snow tires on it) and it had a nasty habit of changing lanes whever it pleased. next step was a solid axle, but sold it when I got married. As Al Bundy said, "End of Life".

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[427TJ]

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Not sure where that pic of the staging lanes was taken,

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I don't think the photo had a caption but I'll check it when I get home. I thought the same thing about that Stude. I think it was in a recent magazine feature?

[Paul_S]

That Compton '63 Nova SS, if I remember right, was running an Olds rear with coil springs and a six pot intake SB. I'm sure I don't have that mag but don't remember which I saw it in. Hmm... maybe it was a CarCraft flashback from years ago.

[Paul_S]

...and it looks like McQueen is running a Corvair 6 in the back of his sand toy. Sounds about right. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[retengw31]

And no roll bars at all on that McQueen Dune Buggy....

I think I also spot the "4-4-2 Much" 66 442 in the staging lanes just to the right and forward of that starlight coupe. If so, that car was from Minnesota, if I remember right, may give some hint as to where that pic was taken. I believe that car is being, or has been restored and is on tour like the Hurst Hairy Olds was a few years back. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Astock]

Pretty rare bird in front of the 442.

[SS427]

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Pretty rare bird in front of the 442.

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If in fact this was Minnesota Dragways there are a LOT of rare and valuable cars there. The White Mustang if I recall was a 428 SCJ, there are a couple of Hemi Darts and Hemi Barracuda's there and several 396/375 Chevelles as well. Those were the days! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif
Rick

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I¨m thinking that this guy probably shouldnt be trusting that jack of his this much.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[olredalert]

--------Ah,,,Cobras are light. It will probably just bounce off his chest!!!........Bill S