El Mirage photo posted by Frans Vanwingh to pintrest

 

https://www.pinterest.com/francescowing/pins/

color home video of El Mirage in Oct 1948, thank you Marc!

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=56257

great paint design and color choice, Karl Orr at El Mirage 1947

 

skip to 7:30, avoid the corny-preachy gradeschool refrom baloney about street racing in 1952, and get right to the coverage of El Mirage of 1952... thank you Marc!

 

I wish I had a time machine

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-1439

I do happen to have a operators manual for a time machine, and highly recommend you get one as it's simply marvelous, you will NEVER find one better. I treasure mine. 

the Cudworth-Hooper Owner’s Manual: Operation and Maintenance  https://curioandco.com/products/gadabout-tm-1050-time-machine  this user’s manual, printed in 1953, is 96 pages of intricate diagrams and beautiful illustrations – a real gem of mid-century design.

A really cool gift for when you want to stun someone with a present unlike anything they've ever gotten

a day at the races beats any day at the office

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-238

Von Dutch flame job on Bob Arner's Streamliner at El Mirage

https://kustomrama.com/wiki/File:Bob-arner-streamliner34.jpg

El Mirage

 https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-6388#post-13025844

El Mirage in 1947-48, some photos I haven't seen before

I've posted dozens of other 1946-47-48 El Mirage color photos, just click on http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/El%20Mirage%20late%201940%27s  for all of them

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-335#post-3073068

El Mirage, probably 1949 or '50

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1514113915515179.1073741841.1486528934940344&type=3

Black and gold on the dry lake of El Mirage, the Ralph Schenck streamliner. It made its debut at the May 1940 SCTA meet at Harper Dry Lake with a debut speed of 118.57 mph.

https://www.facebook.com/Alte-Bilder-aus-vergangenen-Tagen-f%C3%BCr-Autofans-1476668465925600/?fref=photo

 Ralph had raced a roadster at the dry lakes in the 1930s, and in 1939 he decided to build a streamliner. He designed the body similar to the Harry Miller Golden Submarine, and built the chassis and frame while Joaquin Grosso formed the aluminum body panels.

A 183-cubic-inch Chevrolet block with an Oldsmobile head was fitted with Ford crankshaft and rods and a Winfield cam. It made its debut at Harper Dry Lake on May 19, 1940, and achieved a top speed of 118.57 mph. After many runs, the car was sold in 1945. The car’s body was damaged in the runs and was thrown away. The car itself was dismantled and the chassis and engine separated but they were both kept safe by Duane Steele.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachments/sch2web-jpg.671850/

Clipping from a Popular Mechanics, the word Screwdriver refers to the car club it was in, the Culver City Screwdrivers

The current owner (Terry Baldwin of Ventura, California) began its restoration in the 1970s, using many original plans and photographs from Schenck.

The car was shown at the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in its circa 1940 configuration:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/lakes-pictures-p-r-c.943878/page-7

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12226979@N03/4900059394/
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/ralph-schenk-streamliner.364511/page-3
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/ralph-schenck-streamliner-pb.516756/

and it was at the 2016 Grand National Roadster Show, I didn't notice it, but it was in the background of a couple photos I too

El Mirage, 1947

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/lakes-pictures-p-r-c.943878/page-7

Or see a thread focused on the photos in the Gophers and Pasadena Roadster Club photo album

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/lakes-pictures-p-r-c.943878/