[69 DAYTONA]

...see Steve McQueen

[69 DAYTONA]

...more strange pix

[69 DAYTONA]

...remember Elinor Donnahue
..."Little Ricky" from I Love Lucy
...Goober
...Mayberry Days in New Castle

[69 DAYTONA]

...girl in the tub, Elizabeth Montgomerys' aunt...she was a stage actress

[69 DAYTONA]

some really old shots...

[69 DAYTONA]

...more shots

[69 DAYTONA]

...more pix

Easy Rider, Jan & Dean, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Me & Linda Vaughn 1984, Dirty Mary & Crazy Larry

[Bjorn]

Originally Posted by 69 DAYTONA

...see Steve McQueen

what kind of car is he in....RHD, maybe British? looks like a version of a Spitfire or Jag almost

[jusjay]

Originally Posted by Bjorn

what kind of car is he in....RHD, maybe British? looks like a version of a Spitfire or Jag almost

I think its one of eight Scarab build by Lance Reventlow in the late 50's. McQueen had one with a 283 FI converted to to street.

[Deadhead]

[Bill Holm]

[Bill Holm]

[MikeNoun]

The old speed shop days...everything is mail order now.....

[Tripower455]

A couple of neat ones from Republic Aviation. I worked at this airport as a mechanic, in the hangars in these pics.

XP-72 sitting in front of Hangar 2, which is the oldest hangar still on the airport and was one of the original structures used by Seversky Aircraft, which later became Republic. I used to service Cessnas right where this thing is parked.

The second pic with the XF-91A on the stands is also in Hangar 2. I spent 5 years working in and around that hangar, but it was filled with Piper Navajos, a Lear 25 and other GA type airplanes.

The 3rd pic shows an XR-12 Rainbow flanked by a P-47 and an RC-3 Seabee, in front of Hangar 3. I also work in this hangar once in a while. It is now the American Airpower Museum, and is once again filled with WWII era airplanes! The Rainbow still holds the speed record for 4 engine piston aircraft.

4th pic has an F-105, again parked in front of hangar 2

5th pic is hangar 2 in 1937, when it was part of the Seversky factory.

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by Tripower455

A couple of neat ones from Republic Aviation. I worked at this airport as a mechanic, in the hangars in these pics.

XP-72 sitting in front of Hangar 2, which is the oldest hangar still on the airport and was one of the original structures used by Seversky Aircraft, which later became Republic. I used to service Cessnas right where this thing is parked.

The second pic with the XF-91A on the stands is also in Hangar 2. I spent 5 years working in and around that hangar, but it was filled with Piper Navajos, a Lear 25 and other GA type airplanes.

The 3rd pic shows an XR-12 Rainbow flanked by a P-47 and an RC-3 Seabee, in front of Hangar 3. I also work in this hangar once in a while. It is now the American Airpower Museum, and is once again filled with WWII era airplanes! The Rainbow still holds the speed record for 4 engine piston aircraft.

4th pic has an F-105, again parked in front of hangar 2

5th pic is hangar 2 in 1937, when it was part of the Seversky factory.

Very cool pictures. That XP-72 looks like a cross between the Thunderbolt and a Mustang. The F-105 looks like it was painted in the Thunderbird paint scheme. I had never heard of the XR-12 but man what a cool looking plane. I can understand why it holds the speed record.

BJ

[Tripower455]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Very cool pictures. That XP-72 looks like a cross between the Thunderbolt and a Mustang. The F-105 looks like it was painted in the Thunderbird paint scheme. I had never heard of the XR-12 but man what a cool looking plane. I can understand why it holds the speed record.

BJ

The XP-72 is basically a P-47 with a PW 4360 in it. It outperformed the P-47, but it never saw production, because the war effort needed airplanes as fast as they could be produced, and couldn't take the time to shut down the P-47 line and retool for the p-72. I think they only built 2 XP-72s. IOne of them had a contra rotating prop on it. None survive AFAIK.

The Rainbow was definitely a neat airplane that was about 5 years too late. After the war, they were gonna try to market it as an airliner, but all the surplus transports were so cheap, that they'd never compete.

BTW, when I worked at FRG, we had a Super Seabee on the certificate. I got a few hours in it with the VP of flight ops. Neat airplane!

[68gtoMN]

Originally Posted by Tripower455

A couple of neat ones from Republic Aviation. I worked at this airport as a mechanic, in the hangars in these pics.

XP-72 sitting in front of Hangar 2, which is the oldest hangar still on the airport and was one of the original structures used by Seversky Aircraft, which later became Republic. I used to service Cessnas right where this thing is parked.

The second pic with the XF-91A on the stands is also in Hangar 2. I spent 5 years working in and around that hangar, but it was filled with Piper Navajos, a Lear 25 and other GA type airplanes.

The 3rd pic shows an XR-12 Rainbow flanked by a P-47 and an RC-3 Seabee, in front of Hangar 3. I also work in this hangar once in a while. It is now the American Airpower Museum, and is once again filled with WWII era airplanes! The Rainbow still holds the speed record for 4 engine piston aircraft.

4th pic has an F-105, again parked in front of hangar 2

5th pic is hangar 2 in 1937, when it was part of the Seversky factory.

My Grandfather was an inspector for the P-47 for Republic. He lived on Long Island, NY.

[Tripower455]

Originally Posted by 68gtoMN

My Grandfather was an inspector for the P-47 for Republic. He lived on Long Island, NY.

Very cool! It's a shame that all that history is just about gone now. Republic and Grumman were responsible for more than a few of our guys getting home alive!

[importsmasher]

Here are pics of my 66 GTO convertible back when it was new. One of the pictures is dated April 6, 1966, which is the day my parents took delivery from Bud Meadows Pontiac in Seattle.
Importsmasher