Showing posts with label El Mirage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label El Mirage. Show all posts

new color photos of 1940's dry lake bed hot rod racing




(Actually this one is a "new" picture. It's of the Reelers c.c. out of LA, taken within the last 3 years. AJ Elias commented) Well it has an old vintage look, it fooled me!

Well one black and white photo had to find a good place to be posted. Not like anyone is going to complain.
Photos from http://5window.tumbler.com/

for more color photos and one video of the late 1940's dry lakes racing: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/04/looks-like-el-mirage-in-1948-they.html http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/04/back-to-1948-and-el-mirage-im-excited.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/chris-at-speed-seekers-foudn-more-1947.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-lake-in-48-oh-wonder-and-amazement.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/05/el-mirage-is-this-weekend-to-get-you-in.html

15 Minutes has a gallery of bellytanker photos from 1947-48

Above: the first Burke bellytanker

cool things found at Greyhandgang.com

What do you think, an airport runway snow melter?

Buckminster Fuller and a Dymaxion
Cuban taxi's.... aren't they awesome! Looks like a 55 Ford and a 53 Chev. I'd take a ride in these over a modern taxi, damn right I would

I'm not sure, but it looks like the trans-arctic vehicle

A street car used to build artificial reefs

The Vereycken Diwheel 1947 and you can read more about it http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/diwheel/diwheel.htm

The Munsters coach it looks like, it is on Santa Monica Blvd, and it's 1964

An Autogyro over New York

a photo of the Blitzen Benz I haven't seen before
looks like El Mirage

What an Americana moment, the purple car is a Studebaker Commander I think

the Scandanavian Street Rod bellytanker was at El Mirage




















the Bean Bandit Ford Mainline, #296 XF/PRO, because it doesn't wear pretty paint doesn't mean it isn't cool and fast. I love patina'd old race cars




The above shot had me recalling the pose that Snoopy strikes as his alter ego, Joe Cool