[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Doug

Jesse and Clyde designed the first Panard bar on a race car of this era. It consisted of a spring taken from a railroad box car. This spring was placed on the right front of the car, which kept the car from pushing in the turns.

Good effort; but - that doesn't sound like a "Panhard Bar"...

Originally Posted by Doug

The first race at Daytona was a sweepstakes race, convertibles and hardtops. However, there wasn’t enough convertibles to make up the field, So, NASCAR offered Jesse to convert his car into a convertible. He accepted the offer and with the use of an ax and a hacksaw he began to work on his car in the infield. He worked past midnight to cut off the top off of the race car.

Evidently (per the pic) they put another top back on the car?

K