[Alvin]

"Wheels up!"

[Alvin]

[Alvin]

"Otter Crrek Speedway" 1962 Pontiac
Note: Zoom-in photo to see '62 Poncho rag-top in background

[Alvin]

[Alvin]

Hopefully that's the surviving driver standing behind car describing his adventure

[Alvin]

Cool WWII aircraft engine view in Brit or OZ scrap yard?

[U47]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Cool WWII aircraft engine view in Brit or OZ scrap yard?

P-40

[Alvin]

Pontiac-action in the far lane

[Alvin]

Here's a MOON decal installed on a future $1,000,000 (million dollar) Cobra Race Car. Who knew?

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by U47

P-40

Thank you Sir!

Hemi Headed Olds 442 engine

[U47]

DOHC 421 Pontiac Imagine this one at NASCAR
http://image.hotrod.com/f/26163815+r...ock_engine.jpg

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by U47

DOHC 421 Pontiac Imagine this one at NASCAR
http://image.hotrod.com/f/26163815+r...ock_engine.jpg

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Hopefully that's the surviving driver standing behind car describing his adventure

And it was a '59 Fuelie!!!

[The Boss]

Alvin, I think you have too much time on your hands.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by The Boss

Alvin, I think you have too much time on your hands.

yeah, prolly right...in engineering mtgs as I write this too

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

And it was a '59 Fuelie!!!

Glad you noticed the Fuelie setup too...most may have missed that

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Cool WWII aircraft engine view in Brit or OZ scrap yard?

Alvin:
I'm a pretty serious WWII aviation buff and I've never seen this photo in any books, documentaries or otherwise. Do you have any info on it or know of its origin? Those are definitely P-40 Warhawk fighters like those used by Claire Chennault's AVG Flying Tigers in Bruma in the early days of WWII. They saw action in North Africa as well as in the Pacific and Europe before being replaced by the P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-47 Thunderbolt and the fabulous P-51 Mustang.

BJ

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by Alvin

"Wheels up!"

Love that picture! The Blue 2009 Pontiac GXP in my sig photo came from Gay Pontiac in Dickinson, TX.

BJ

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Alvin:
I'm a pretty serious WWII aviation buff and I've never seen this photo in any books, documentaries or otherwise. Do you have any info on it or know of its origin? Those are definitely P-40 Warhawk fighters like those used by Claire Chennault's AVG Flying Tigers in Bruma in the early days of WWII. They saw action in North Africa as well as in the Pacific and Europe before being replaced by the P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-47 Thunderbolt and the fabulous P-51 Mustang.

BJ

I'm a WWII av buff as well and I've never seen it either. Mixed insignias are visible. There's a British roundel on the one in the background on the far left and an American star on one about the same distance back on the right.
They are later the model P-40 design... E models perhaps.
The Brits were using lend-lease P-40s before America even entered the war and they were used by practically all of the Allied forces right through the end of WWII. Although outclassed by almost every other fighter by then, it was a solid, rugged design and still had plenty of use left in it.
Aesthetically, I've always preferred the early model B as used by Chenault's original Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group (AVG).

[67drake]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Love that picture! The Blue 2009 Pontiac GXP in my sig photo came from Gay Pontiac in Dickinson, TX.

BJ

Is the owner of Don Gay Pontiac the same guy as Don Gay the bull rider?

[OVERULD]

I'm sorry, but I don't know the answer to that question.

BJ