[SR-71]

When I saw that picture of Casey Beckham's Pontiac I thought of Keith Seymore's dad. Look in the background and there's Van's Used Cars

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by SR-71

When I saw that picture of Casey Beckham's Pontiac I thought of Keith Seymore's dad. Look in the background and there's Van's Used Cars

Nice!

I never made it past the '65 GTOs and Lemans sitting there.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

One of the most bizarre creations I've ever seen, a 1959 Chevrolet with a reversed body, created in 1973 by Phil Garner.

Those pictures are just plain unsettling....

K

[FirebirdHank]

Originally Posted by rexs73gto

There was one of those backwards cars on an episode of CHIPS were it caused a real big accident on the freeway in CA , about 40 + cars if I remember correctly. I think it was a caddy ??

Didn't every episode of CHIPS start with a big accident of some sort?

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by Alvin

"Blue" Race-car "Bits & Pieces"

Take note of the old Barracuda in the center. That is the 43 JR that Petty was drag racing when he lost it and hit a 10 year old boy. The boy died and Petty never drag raced again. There were two of those cars, one with numbers on the door and this one. This picture is pretty rare because it shows the body before it was buried.
Years later it was dug up because of building expansion, and Maurice Petty let Billy West have the body. It had to be taken away and never sold or profited off of.
Billy West died in 2008, but he showed the car to me and relayed the story as I just told it. When I saw it the front frame rails were still intact.
Here is a link to a recent discussion about that car.
Billy's wife still has the car.
http://www.forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-...rag-car.21780/

And that was not a GTX!

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Alvin

"Blue" Race-car "Bits & Pieces"

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

Take note of the old Barracuda in the center. That is the 43 JR that Petty was drag racing when he lost it and hit a 10 year old boy. The boy died and Petty never drag raced again. There were two of those cars, one with numbers on the door and this one. This picture is pretty rare because it shows the body before it was buried.
Years later it was dug up because of building expansion, and Maurice Petty let Billy West have the body. It had to be taken away and never sold or profited off of.
Billy West died in 2008, but he showed the car to me and relayed the story as I just told it. When I saw it the front frame rails were still intact.
Here is a link to a recent discussion about that car.
Billy's wife still has the car.
http://www.forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-...rag-car.21780/

And that was not a GTX!

Thank you for "the catch" and the great back story...pretty 2 you caught the "GTX" misnomer

So, appears this is the same (below) Billy West car, yes? I'd forgotten there were 2 Cuda drag cars...

Bonus: Note the GTO in the far lane. Anyone care to ID that car and driver?



Edit: And the other car you mentioned with "King Richard" Petty photo op

[tom s]

I bought a brand new 69 GP from Beckhams Pontiac!Tom

[MikeNoun]

Tom, here's a shot from 1968.

[Jeff Hamlin]

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

Take note of the old Barracuda in the center. That is the 43 JR that Petty was drag racing when he lost it and hit a 10 year old boy. The boy died and Petty never drag raced again. There were two of those cars, one with numbers on the door and this one. This picture is pretty rare because it shows the body before it was buried.
Years later it was dug up because of building expansion, and Maurice Petty let Billy West have the body. It had to be taken away and never sold or profited off of.
Billy West died in 2008, but he showed the car to me and relayed the story as I just told it. When I saw it the front frame rails were still intact.
Here is a link to a recent discussion about that car.
Billy's wife still has the car.
http://www.forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-...rag-car.21780/

And that was not a GTX!

Great Link/Story. Thanks for Sharing!
I had this in my Arnie File, Don't know if it's legit;

[The Boss]

43 Jr car.

[MikeNoun]

These board racer pics may have been posted before. I always found this sort of surreal considering the environmental views we have today. This is the 1.125 mile Laurel Raceway track in 1925. This must have been quite a spectacle back then. There were about 24 board tracks around the country in the 1920's, all were gone by The Great Depression era. A couple them were 2.0 mile tracks.

It looks like a modern NASCAR superspeedway, but made entirely of wood boards.

[Keith Seymore]

The issue there, of course, is that the boards would occasionally come loose and pop up, impaling the car (and probably the driver).

K

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by The Boss

43 Jr car.

Looks like ANOTHER perfect resurrection candidate for Graveyard Carz

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

The issue there, of course, is that the boards would occasionally come loose and pop up, impaling the car (and probably the driver).

K

Yessir, and would've been really if Mike'd posted the construction pix especially in the curves...

[MikeNoun]

Here's a nice pic from 1962-1963 showing the GM Tech Center. Lots of promotional pics were taken around that reflecting pool.



Mike

[The Boss]

....and from last May - thanks Keith!

[67drake]

I spot a Pontiac!

[400 4spd.]

The LeMans or the Firebird?

Looks like a Cosworth Vega on top. Probably a load of used cars being moved.

[Jack Peters]

'72 Luxury LeMans. Chrome valance. Chrome on front fender and grill.

[goatless]

I don't know how "vintage" that transporter picture is. Those trailers look pretty modern to me.