tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post5826848031050475083..comments2024-03-28T19:12:11.348-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: Bonneville, 1954. Photography of Life magazine archives and a bit of photoshop crop and auto color with a hit of sharpenJessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-44400389064501926212019-02-22T14:46:49.446-08:002019-02-22T14:46:49.446-08:00me too... there were fewer rules, limits, and bill...me too... there were fewer rules, limits, and billionaires who'd paid for a blank check effort, and guys were still able to get a record from what they could afford and innovate in their garage. Breedlove built his first record breaker in his garage, as did the Arfons brothers. I think Mickey Thompson built his record setters in his shop though, and since then, it's become a rich guys hobby, just to pass safety and tech. In the beginning you could show up with a factory car, and hot cam and carbs, and hit the salt, no tech. Now? they feel you can't be on the salt without paying for a helmet, just to be on the salt, and you have to have your car, even a brand new factory dealership one, teched, and upgraded to fire suppressor, and cage... for a legally driven street car, not modded. <br />Sorry, I'm just not rich enough to play with millionaires<br />Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-20314559967800214432019-02-22T14:25:36.700-08:002019-02-22T14:25:36.700-08:00Love the amount of expermentation and individualit...Love the amount of expermentation and individuality in all types of racing in the 1950s and 1960s.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06776691495925110372noreply@blogger.com