[60man]

This was posted on Facebook recently. Picture of Bob Walker Jr. & my Arapaho match racing at old 75/80 dragway in Monrova,MD. back on July 9th I think in 2009...Old cars, Old track, & good old times..
Hated to see track shut down...Bah-Humbug..

[Alvin]

May be a repost but it's MT w Pontiacs @ Salt Flats so...

[Alvin]

[Keith Seymore]

Wow, Alvin: Your second photo was taken on the patio at the Design Dome (at the GM Tech Center).

Mickey Thompson you know; Bill Mitchell (Head of GM Design) you might not recognize.

That sort of speaks to Mickey's connections high up in General Motors.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

This car was sitting in the Design Studio lobby when I drove past just now.

K

Has it been two pages ago already?



This was on display in the VEC lobby today.

K

[YNOBIL]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Wow, Alvin: Your second photo was taken on the patio at the Design Dome (at the GM Tech Center).

Mickey Thompson you know; Bill Mitchell (Head of GM Design) you might not recognize.

That sort of speaks to Mickey's connections high up in General Motors.

K

One of these Firebird scale models was part of the "Automotive Exhibit" at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. When they remodeled the exhibit it vanished never to be seen again.

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by Alvin

May be a repost but it's MT w Pontiacs @ Salt Flats so...

I read MT was breaking all kinds of records with Pontiac power at the time - even at a Air Force Base

[60man]

Originally Posted by Alvin

I might go to jail just to own the 60 rag top !!!!
Was that a standard color ??

[Poncho60]

Pretty sure that's the X-400. I think Joe Bortz owns it now.....or at least he did.

[Jeff Hamlin]

Originally Posted by Poncho60

Pretty sure that's the X-400. I think Joe Bortz owns it now.....or at least he did.

http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/...feature15.html

[camerjeff]

No Pontiac'sin it, But I like it. The Plane is a "Carvair" a converted DC4 that was initially used to fly Cars over the English Channel. By the Chevy's on the Truck I would say this picture was taken late 1970 to Mid 1972.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/...d9a95ca7_b.jpg

[goatless]

Originally Posted by camerjeff

No Pontiac'sin it, But I like it. The Plane is a "Carvair" a converted DC4 that was initially used to fly Cars over the English Channel. By the Chevy's on the Truck I would say this picture was taken late 1970 to Mid 1972.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/...d9a95ca7_b.jpg

I dunno- that back car on the bottom looks an awful lot like a '71 GTO to me!

[camerjeff]

You could be correct, it is either a 71 GTO or a Heavy Chevy, the Vega's and Chevelle's made me miss the Possible Pontiac. I must be getting Old!!!!!

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/...feature15.html

That car is KILLER! Never heard of it before, thanks.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by goatless

I dunno- that back car on the bottom looks an awful lot like a '71 GTO to me!

The Chevelle is a '71 as well.

(70 Chevelle = dual headlamps)
(71 Chevelle = single headlamps, split parking light)
(72 Chevelle = single headlamps, solid parking light)

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/...feature15.html

Quote from the Hemmings article:

"The car was driven by GM design chief Bill Mitchell, and later given to Jim Jeffords in appreciation of the two national driving championships he won as a member of the Chevrolet Corvette Racing Team. It underwent a complete restoration a number of years ago, and is now in the care of Joe Bortz, the noted Chicago, Illinois, dream car collector. "

Those were the days, eh?

Nowadays you'd get a lapel pin or something.

K

[Alvin]

More MT related

[camerjeff]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Quote from the Hemmings article:

"The car was driven by GM design chief Bill Mitchell, and later given to Jim Jeffords in appreciation of the two national driving championships he won as a member of the Chevrolet Corvette Racing Team. It underwent a complete restoration a number of years ago, and is now in the care of Joe Bortz, the noted Chicago, Illinois, dream car collector. "

Those were the days, eh?

Nowadays you'd get a lapel pin or something.

K

I hear what you are saying Keith! Alittle off subject. If you ever heard a Latham Blower on the street you would never forget it!!! An Officer in my Fathers Squaden had a 3 or 4 rotor version on his Chrysler 300 back in the late 60's. It sounded like he had a jet engine under the hood!!!! You could hear that car coming at least 2 miles away (it was at NAS Corpus Christi so nothing to block the sound unless the F-4's were taking off) Only bad thing was my Father always knew when he was running late!!!! Thanks for the memories, I had forgotton about that car it still had tailfins so it must have been a late 50's Model.
I don't think you could drive a Latham on the street in most parts of the county, even back then you would get noise complaints!

[Steve Barcak]

Originally Posted by Alvin

May be a repost but it's MT w Pontiacs @ Salt Flats so...

My understanding is this picture was not taken at the salt flats but at March Air force base in California.

[Steve Barcak]

Merry 'vintage' Christmas everyone! Thank you for making this thread one off the best here. It is always so cool to see old pics.