[496CHEVY3100]

Originally Posted by boothboy

Here's a good one. We're talking about a dead guy.

What very famous car, race, speed, mechanic, designer, innovator person was buried in his fire suit complete with wrenches in both hands, his engine manual beside him and a jar of earth at his feet?

BB

Lets try this, sorry about poor quality pictures ,cheap camera,

[boothboy]

Ain't Smoky

BB

Here's a Smoky maybe you didn't know about.

[MARTINSR]

DAMN I love stuff like that. I want to buy a ticket, really, what would it cost? Put that thing down here at Sears point raceway Sonoma Raceway and charge for rides, how much? How much is it going to cost me so I can start saving up my mad money! DAMN that must be wild!

Brian

[496CHEVY3100]

if it is still running Racoon mountian in Chattanooga,Tenn has these last time i went it cost $50.00 they have 2.3 ford engines have not been in a while,also Bill Elliot shop in Dawsonville has them also. I measured it on the map less than a foot ,should not take long to get here.LOL..

[John long]

Originally Posted by 496CHEVY3100

if it is still running Racoon mountian in Chattanooga,Tenn has these last time i went it cost $50.00 they have 2.3 ford engines have not been in a while,also Bill Elliot shop in Dawsonville has them also. I measured it on the map less than a foot ,should not take long to get here.LOL..

When you come to Racoon Mountain lunch is on me.....John L

[boothboy]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

DAMN I love stuff like that. I want to buy a ticket, really, what would it cost? Put that thing down here at Sears point raceway Sonoma Raceway and charge for rides, how much? How much is it going to cost me so I can start saving up my mad money! DAMN that must be wild!

Brian

I first saw this car at the Indy museum in Indianapolis and recently on loan to the LeMay in Tacoma. It's the Hurst Shifter Special built by Smoky Yunick and driven at Indy in 1964 by Bobby Jones. It crashed in practice and never made the race. Pretty neat!!

BB

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by boothboy

I first saw this car at the Indy museum in Indianapolis and recently on loan to the LeMay in Tacoma. It's the Hurst Shifter Special built by Smoky Yunick and driven at Indy in 1964 by Bobby Jones. It crashed in practice and never made the race. Pretty neat!!

BB

Friggin AWESOME car!

Brian

[boothboy]

Who is the dead Guy?

BB

[MARTINSR]

That I don't know.

Brian

[boothboy]

Pretty famous dead guy. We all loved him. Think white expanses.

BB

[496CHEVY3100]

Originally Posted by John long

When you come to Racoon Mountain lunch is on me.....John L

I would love to John ,i will be my treat ,does your wife like car outings ,my wife always goes she is very competeive especially on drag racing she has a better reaction time now than i do .so many times she wins,but not on these cars.about 5 years ago i hold track record ,it may be broken now .interested to find out..Mabe some time this summer.

[496CHEVY3100]

Originally Posted by boothboy

Pretty famous dead guy. We all loved him. Think white expanses.

BB

Only white car that comes to mind ,Team owner ,driver ,mechanic shine runner ,Inovater of many speed parts ,May have Bent the rules once or twice,LOL but i think he is still alive.

[John long]

Originally Posted by 496CHEVY3100

I would love to John ,i will be my treat ,does your wife like car outings ,my wife always goes she is very competeive especially on drag racing she has a better reaction time now than i do .so many times she wins,but not on these cars.about 5 years ago i hold track record ,it may be broken now .interested to find out..Mabe some time this summer.

She has never driven but frequently will go with me to some of the local cruise ins or maybe the NATS South. She is a NASCAR fan. My family did not have much money when I was young so I got more involved in custom cars than performance cars. I had a brother that was 6 years older who had a '49 Merc with a 392 Chrysler Hemi in it. He probably influenced me more than anyone. All you performance guys like a light post body and I always wanted a dropped, nosed and decked, hardtop to go cruising in.

John L

[496CHEVY3100]

I am giving up racing ,I Hope.I am building a cruiser pick up 53 ,probably not raced or competive show,

[John long]

Originally Posted by 496CHEVY3100

I am giving up racing ,I Hope.I am building a cruiser pick up 53 ,probably not raced or competive show,

We are probably getting off topic but to me the fun is hanging with the gang. I have no desire to compete for a trophy. Winning a trophy is, of course, a compliment but not the reason behind building the car.

Back to trivia.

John