Barney Navarro, legend, genius, hot rodder

 https://carsradars.com/car-reviews/hot-rodding-pioneer-barney-navarro-and-his-ground-breaking-model-t-race-car-then-and-now/

Renowned Indy car and midget builder Frank Kurtis had his shop in Glendale on the same street as Ed Winfield and Barney Navarro

 the 50s were just that incredible for hot rodding, 

Tony Nancy was a shop away from someone famous too, and Barris, Jeffries, etc etc. 

Famous guys just seemed to have businesses in the vicinity of other famous guys

https://patganahl.com/2020/11/02/spence-a-tribute/

Hop up magazine deliberately moved from it's offices on Colorado St to 4949 Hollywod Boulevard, because Hot Rod was at 5959 Hollywood Boulevard

https://www.pinterest.com/rhoodlumstore/hot-rod-magazines/

And Barney Navarro traded tech articles for free advertising space. 

3 reasons to go read the Nov 1963 Popular Hot Rodding magazine. Larry Wood, Barney Navarro, and Bruce Crower were all adding content. Who do they have now at PHR, and would you even care?

If you aren't familiar with who those legends are,
Larry Woods is the designer for Hot Wheels and has been forever, plus, recently he made that cool Spartan trailer and COE http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/most-impressive-hot-rod-truck-and.html
Barney Navarro was the genius racer / flat head parts designer that also made a hospital artificial heart pump, and a 700 hp 199cu in AMC slant 6 for Indy racing, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/700-hp-199-cu-in-amc-rambler-straight-6.html
and
Bruce Crower is the genius race car engine designer (flat 8) that invented or improved roller cams, cranks, etc that Garlits and others use, and was a chief mechanic for Indy cars. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/crower-legacy-display-at-crower-1st.html

3 carbs, Navarro heads, Vertex mag, Moon fuel log... lots of great go fast stuff. Plus one thing I've never seen before, an Oberg tattle tale oil filter

one of the few cars that has had the year stickers piled on

700 Hp, 199 cu in, AMC Rambler straight 6, 105 lbs of turbo boost, and all in a 1967 Indy 500 race car. Only Barney Navarro.

 

The Navarro equipped 40 Ford and the Monocles caddy hearse at the Beatnick Blowout 2010

You might be unaware of what Barney Navarro accomplished, besides making great flatheads... for example, inventing a heart lung machine used at a hospital,
core drilling and concrete cutting equipment,
and a 700 hp 199 cu in Rambler twin turbo Indy engine.

read a short but illuminating bio here: http://www.navarroengineering.com/about_barney.html

Mike Herman from H&H Flatheads, and new owner of Navarro Racing Equipment

Blood sweat and gears... very cool tattoo

Read a great article from Rodders Digest http://www.flatheads-forever.com/navarro-racing-leftnav-129.html