vintage race photos - too cool to not share

[held1823]

Jack Werst "Mr. 5 & 50" photo by jim simmons, borrowed from  facebook

[fy469rtse]

  thanks for sharing

[held1823]

James Hylton's charger 500, photographer unknown. the photo pre-dates an ominous event in the car's future at the same race track.

this is the car which later became the daytona that hylton would sell to talmadge prince.

[Ghoste]

I love Wert's state of the art tow rig too.

[TUFCAT]

I love Wert's state of the art tow rig too.

 

[Stevearino]

Here are some pics of some Charger 500's I took as a kid.

[Stevearino]

 Here are a couple of Coronets for Tuffcat. Sorry they are 69's.

[Ghoste]

Those are amazing!!!

[JB400]

Thanks for sharing 

[Mopar Nut]

Awesome!

[tan top]

  good pictures , thanks for sharing 

[djcarguy]

 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

 

[Ghoste]

The Charger carries the stock car glory from back then but we forget how much the Coronet marched into battle for Dodge as well.  Any more of those?

[Stevearino]

The Charger carries the stock car glory from back then but we forget how much the Coronet marched into battle for Dodge as well.  Any more of those?

I have a few Daytona pics but I will have to root around for them. I also have more non aero Chargers but I wasn't sure I should post them on this page. Maybe I will post them on the Charger Discussions and then link the thread here.http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,112138.0.html

[tan top]

good pictures !! thanks for sharing 

[Stevearino]

Here are my wing car pictures from back in the day.

[Stevearino]

More.......

[Stevearino]

A couple more....

[Aero426]

Can you imagine seeing those rigs rolling down the highway?   What a boner. 

[held1823]

wow, wow, wow. and ditto on the boner.

[Indygenerallee]

Is that you posing on the cars Steve??? Very cool pics!!! That #71!!     

[Ghoste]

Imagine them letting you climb on the car for a picture like that today.

[JB400]

It would have been great to see these cars race in person, let alone get your pix taken with them.  I guess I can dream

[Stevearino]

Is that you posing on the cars Steve??? Very cool pics!!! That #71!!      

Yeah. That's my 14 year old self sitting on the quarters. Needless to say those cars left a permanent mark on my brain. These pics should get you fired up about your #71 Nascar tribute project. No?

[TiMopar]

Great pictures, thanks for posting!

[tan top]

Is that you posing on the cars Steve??? Very cool pics!!! That #71!!      

Yeah. That's my 14 year old self sitting on the quarters. Needless to say those cars left a permanent mark on my brain. These pics should get you fired up about your #71 Nascar tribute project. No?

  more awesome pictures !!    thanks for sharing them 

[odcics2]

Brooks at the Daytona 500 - 1971

[Aero426]

Bobby Isaac signing autographs at North Wilkesboro, April 1970.

[Aero426]

Bobby in front of the K & K hauler.

[Aero426]

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[Aero426]

Richard's winning car, loaded up after Wilkesboro, 4/18/70.    Look how the fender decals and NASCAR door decal have been peeled off the car.  

This car would meet its demise three weeks later at Darlington.

[Stevearino]

Just imagine all of the pictures sitting in boxes and at the bottom of drawers long forgotten. I am sure there is tons of gold sitting out there in private hands.

[Aero426]

Just imagine all of the pictures sitting in boxes and at the bottom of drawers long forgotten. I am sure there is tons of gold sitting out there in private hands.

That is the truth.  

It is great to get to the stuff before someone passes away and it gets thrown out. 

[odcics2]

You mean like this one?

[Stevearino]

Richard's winning car, loaded up after Wilkesboro, 4/18/70.    Look how the fender decals and NASCAR door decal have been peeled off the car.  

Here is proof that I was one of the culprit souvenir hunters pealing decals off cars. This is a picture of half of the windshield out of Jabe Thomas's 69 Road Runner with lots of contingency stickers on it and some white letters and numbers off of a Petty Superbird.     No I don't still have it. It went into the trash 40 years ago

[Stevearino]

You mean like this one?

Yes. I do.

[odcics2]

You mean like this one?

Yes. I do.

You like the snappy caption?   

[Stevearino]

You mean like this one?

Yes. I do.

You like the snappy caption?   

Absolutely. 

[tan top]

   awesome pictures Guys , thanks for sharing 

[chargerman69]

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[Aero426]

That's cool!

[Stevearino]

That's cool!

What is cool is that the internet has made it possible to link up a small group of like minded people to share what would otherwise be just obscure memories.

[odcics2]

That's cool!

What is cool is that the internet has made it possible to link up a small group of like minded people to share what would otherwise be just obscure memories.

Agreed!  The IR POWER TOOLS sticker is gold - took me some time to find it NOS.   

[Mike DC]

    
It's weird seeing candid pics of Bobby Issac.  He is well known in Mopar circles but he's more of a name on a car than a face.  He disappeared off the racing scene and died so young.

[mpdlawdog]

Thanks for sharing these....very cool

[Stevearino]

A few more taken at Trenton in 1970.

[held1823]

i feel like i need an after-sex  cigarette...

and i don't even smoke

[Aero426]

An angle you rarely see.   Note how the hood is raised up ever so slightly at the cowl. 

[held1823]

are you saying the petty body man was a little slack with the hood alignment?

surely they weren't taking advantage of the fresh air that might accumulate in that area...

[Aero426]

are you saying the petty body man was a little slack with the hood alignment?

surely they weren't taking advantage of the fresh air that might accumulate in that area...

I can think of another Superbird with a red hood that has a similar panel alignment "problem". 

The engine air intake is taken at the cowl and is a sealed system.    Raising the rear of the hood could help exhaust air trapped from the underside.

[odcics2]

are you saying the petty body man was a little slack with the hood alignment?

surely they weren't taking advantage of the fresh air that might accumulate in that area...

I can think of another Superbird with a red hood that has a similar panel alignment "problem". 

The engine air intake is taken at the cowl and is a sealed system.    Raising the rear of the hood could help exhaust air trapped from the underside.

Base of the windshield is a high pressure area.
Besides, you have a pair of Exhausters over the tires to relieve pressure in the engine compartment, and lower drag!

Get your yarn tufts out, some masking tape and clear the local freeway!!   
I'll be looking forward to the results from your experiment on Youtube!   
 

[Ghoste]

I think maybe Aero426 was being slightly facetious, slightly. 

[BROCK]

I agree that the air would not vent out at the rear of the hood - but what about the heat?!