More Photos From Covington, GA Drag Strip 1959 and My 51 Ford Vic Very Fast Hardtop (1957) I Was Fourteen Years OldDanny Shelton

I saw your “Blast From The Past” section and thought I’d add two of my own photos to the collection. The first one was taken in the driveway of the house where I grew up in Metuchen NJ, on December 18, 1974, right after I got the car back on the road again for the… Continue reading Ben Deutschman's Blast to the Past

  Home Again 40 Years Later Roger Day’s 1969 COPO Chevelle   July, 1969 KAN GM Plant COPO Chevelle . . . My ’69 COPO Chevelle was manufactured by GM “KAN” facility located in Kansas City Missouri, assembled near the end of the ’69 model year during the third week of July. The car was… Continue reading Home Again 40 Years Later

The attached photo of my 1950 Ford was taken in 1959. This was my first car at age 16. We found it in rough shape under a snowbank in Story Clity, Iowa. With a little tune-up to the flat head engine, a brake job, and a some fresh paint….. it was good to go. I… Continue reading Photo of my 1950 Ford was taken in 1959

Here’s a 40 Ford Coupe that was nearly new when my friend bought it in 1955 or 56 in Sioux City, Iowa.  The lady he bought it from had someone put it up on blocks for her in 1941 after her husband passed away.  I don’t remember how many miles were on it, but I… Continue reading 40 Ford Coupe

Hi guys & gals:Don’t know if anyone cares about the earliest customs to come out of Idaho,but perhaps you Boiseans will get a chuckle from these:   Julia Davis park shots: The ’49 Chevy convert was my first attempt at customizing. Paid $300 for it stone stock from Roy C. Davidson’s used car lot. Tight budget… Continue reading Phil Carpenter

First day out in 1974 after a 3-year build with a $450 body and a $50 frame. After 96,000 miles, the second picture shows the new rebuild of the same all-steel car as it was finished last year.

Photos taken in ’61-’62. The ’41 Ford Coupe was my high school ride. My brother John and I had stuffed it with a Chrysler hemi. The ’51 ragtop towed it to Union Grove dragstrip, but the coupe was also my daily driver for several years

  Heres a pic of Me and my 36 3-window in 1965.Ray Schuler now ownes the coupe. John Stimac

Tommy Ivo Twin Engine Buick Dragster Was Big Star.  I Took A 33 Chevy Powered Plymouth Coupe, He Would Not Let Me Racer Because Of My AgeDanny Shelton Car Images: