[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Ford Racing - repost?

Jimmy Clark and Graham Hill, 1965 (I think)

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Drag wagon

[Jeff Hamlin]

Cold weather SUX! come on Summertime.

[snakepod]

Is that from OC MD boardwalk?

[OCMDGTO]

Yes, Eden Roc is in Ocean City, Md. Very cool pic!

[snakepod]

I stayed there about 20 years ago just for the nostalgia trip. It was OLD and run down at that time, but it was just very cool just to stay there for the throw back effect to old Ocean City.

[Jeff Hamlin]

Sorry Guy's I'm a Jersey Boy

[robertf]

[Alvin]

M/T on foot next to flopper burnout

[blue67gtoragtop]

My mom and dad when they were dating....58 Impala with a 348.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Ford Racing - repost?

"Old #999" was the first man made vehicle to exceed 100 mph on land, which helped secure investors for Mr Ford's fledgling motor car company.

The rear engine Lotus Ford winning the 1965 Indianapolis 500 is what drove the final nail in the coffin of the old front engined roadsters (AJ Foyt won in 1964 in a front engined car).

Both "#999" and the Jimmy Clark Lotus Ford still exist and reside in the Henry Ford Museum.

K

[The Boss]

& what's the story with the GT40 in the picture?

[muscle_collector]

can you imagine driving that thing over 100 mph

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by The Boss

& what's the story with the GT40 in the picture?

That I do not know....but I love it.

K

[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by hurryinhoosier62

Jimmy Clark and Graham Hill, 1965 (I think)

No, that's not Graham Hill, that's Colin Chapman, designer and creator of the Lotus F1 cars. I believe this photo may be from the New York World's Fair inside the Ford Pavillion.

Mike

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

No, that's not Graham Hill, that's Colin Chapman, designer and creator of the Lotus F1 cars. I believe this photo may be from the New York World's Fair inside the Ford Pavillion.

Mike

Thanks for the correction, Mike. Colin Chapman makes sense because Jim Clark won Indy in a Lotus chassis. I think the GT40 was there because 1965 was the year Henry Deuce declared Ford would win the LeMans or know the reason why they couldn't. Wasn't the New York World's Fair in 1964? Jim Clark won Indy in 1965...

[MikeNoun]

The New York World's Fair went from April 1964 to April 1965, so you're correct, probably not from the World's Fair as Clark's Indy 500 win came in May of 1965, unless some of the exhibits remained there after the fair closed (many of the buildings of course remained for months or years after the fair). The pic is not from the Ford Rotunda as that burned down in 1962. The pic could be from from one of the auto shows, or possibly from inside the Henry Ford Museum.

Mike

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

The pic could be from from one of the auto shows, or possibly from inside the Henry Ford Museum.

Mike

Doesn't look like anywhere inside the Museum.

K

[MikeNoun]

Keith, I didn't think so either, it was just a thought....

It really seems like it's from inside the Ford Pavilion at the 1964-1965 NY World's Fair. The fair officially closed in April 1965, but from what I've read, many of the exhibits and pavilions stayed open through 1966 (and remnants of that fair still exist today).

Mike

[hurryinhoosier62]

Makes sense, Mike. What better place to advertise Ford's racing success than next to Manhattan..."Win on Sunday, sell on Monday".