Bob Estes, before the Mobil Economy Runs, had this cool woody and an Indy race car

Leaving for Indy in 1948

Bob Estes grew up a car-crazy youth in Los Angeles who would own a couple gas stations, that he would sell in 1937, and go on to run a Hollywood Hudson dealership and later his own Lincoln-Mercury dealership.

Through the latter, he built many a car - oftentimes in conjunction with Bill Stroppe - to compete at Indianapolis, in La Carrera Panamericana, at Bonneville and in economy runs, with a number of noteworthy drivers.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-212#post-13268761

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2011/09/25/sia-flashback-a-life-in-cars-the-bob-estes-story
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-6559

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-5375#post-12683298