Friday, September 21, 2012

Finally a Nascar Torino Talledaga with a BOSS 429 is going to be racing at Speedfest! LeeRoy Yarborough's #98







I was surprised to find the wood grain applique on the instrument panels... Who does that?




How about the malleable putty used to fill between the fender and bumper? Cool!



Great truck air foil too...


vintage photo from http://speedzone70.tripod.com/leeroy.html

1941 White (semi tractor trailer) that was originally a Gilmore Tanker!



















here is a photo of it with the trailer, which Mike didn't want the military to fuss about because Speedfest is on Naval Air Station North Island, and a fuel tanker might cause delays and security to get fussy, so he left it at home. 

Mini Marco... I've never seen or heard of one before...

 It was the only British car to finish Le Mans in 1966 and set four British land speed class records.
These are the flying mile, half mile, half kilometre and kilometre for cars up to 1600 cc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Marcos













Gene Hackman, crew chief. James Brolin, driver. 1973 Datsun 240Z












Found in Atlanta, and the seller didn't know the history of the car.