NHRA Museum visit
 

Had a couple of hours in L.A. on Thursday afternoon so I grabbed an Oldsmobuick from Thrifty and sped out to the NHRA museum in Pomona. I got there at 3:15 and was the only one there until they closed at 5:00.

Replica of Tommy Ivo's 1961 "Showboat" 4-Nailhead Buick, 4-wheel drive dragster. The real Showboat, converted to a Riviera-bodied exhibition car, is being restored to go on display beside this breathtaking replica.

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Tommy Ivo's T-bucket, built in 1956 using the Grabowski car as a guide.

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The Sam Barris '49 Mercury custom, thought to be the first chopped '49 Mercury. Breathtaking. It is on display alongside the George Barris built Hirohata '51 Merc, owned by Jim McNeil since about 1960 and bought off of a used car lot!

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Barris-built '55 Chevy "Aztec."

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Barris-built "Blue Danube" '51 Buick. I think this is a replica.

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Replica of the breathtaking Barris-built Matranga '40 Merc.

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Rod & Custom "Dream Truck," built by Spence Murray from a c50 Chevy pickup. "Arin C" refers to the magazine, as well as cartoon character "Arin Cee" from the early '60s issues.

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Ed Iskendarian's high school hot rod, built in the late 1930s and probably not changed one bit since. He made the valve covers for the ohv conversion in his high school metal shop class, about 1939.

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"The Bug," thought to be the first purpose-built "rail" dragster. Santa Ana c1950.

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Stone, Woods, Cook '41 Willys "Swindler A." The original SWC car, "Swindler II," has also been restored. The A is the second car the team fielded and this is its c66 configuration.

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'63 Plymouth "Melrose Missile" S/S car.

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