[MikeNoun]

Here's an old ad for a speed shop, and a few speed shop photo......





This photo (below) is Don Garlits Speed Shop in Florida, circa 1971. That's the man himself behind the counter.

[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Here's an old ad for a speed shop, and a few speed shop photo......

This photo (below) is Don Garlits Speed Shop in Florida, circa 1971. That's the man himself behind the counter.

Yes, that's definitely Don behind the counter. There's no mistaking those sideburns and that trademark profile.

On a family vacation to Wally World, we stopped at his speed shop around this time. I was very young, but I knew who he was because both of my older brothers were into drag racing. Don actually thought I was a good kid because I called him "that Swamp Rat guy". He asked me if I wanted an autographed 8x10 photo of him, or a record album. I graciously accepted the record album, which I still have to this day.



Mike

[Jack Gifford]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

... circa 1971. That's the man himself behind the counter. ..

Gee... I don't see Don in that picture. When I first met him in 1961 he appeared older than the guy in that photo.

[MikeNoun]

Hmmm...well I don't know what to say. The photo came from National Dragster, and identified him as Don Garlits behind the counter, and it's his Speed Shop, in 1971. Sure looks like him to me.