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| 8-5-05
Dave Ridenour drove a
Genie Mk.VIII-Ford in the early days of the USRRC Championship. Interestingly,
it seems Ridenour intended to recreate the Genie as a Ford GT40-like GT
car. Car is presently at "OldSchool
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| 8-4-05
Michael T. Lynch is looking
for information about this car: Ollie Schmidt's DeTomaso-OSCA. |
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| 5-11-05
From Richard Campbell:
I’ve got a 1957 MGA (registered in 1959) that may have been raced in California
and in the Southwest in the 60’s." |
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| 5-11-05
Bob Mosier's Special has
a chassis built to Chuck Manning's blueprints, but who can identify the
body? |
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| 5-11-05
Tom Styczynski is looking
for info on the "Oliver
Special". This unusual and very cute little car has a midwestern
racing history. |
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| 5-11-05
Jim Reed is looking for
the current owner of the Frostrom/Batchelor sports/racer. More info
HERE. |
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| 4-10-05
From Bruce Glascock:
"I have acquired a Special based on a Healey 100/4 chassis, running a Chevy
small block and 4-speed. I believe it was built in the late 50's."
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| 4-10-05
From Bruce Smythe:
"In late 1988 or 89 this car left Wisconsin and came to New Zealand, where
I've spent years restoring it, and now race it at historic meets. Does
anyone know who owned it previously?" (Click on image for bigger
photo & more info.) |
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| 4-10-05
From Bob Bodin in Minneapolis:
I'm looking for info on Dave Doolly out of Oklahoma in 1965. He had a new
at that time E-Type and raced it all over the country. Any help?
Oh! I now own the car and am restoring it. Hope to hear from you! |
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| 3-31-05
From Steve Silverstein:
"I wrote an article for the New England Alfa Club regarding searches for
race car records -- Titled "Finding
the line on that Race Car's history" (Look under past issues,
Feb. 2001)" |
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| 2-20-05
Eugene from Florida is
interested in information on this Devin-Triumph. He found it in a
junkyard. Not a bad looking car for a junkyard find! |
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| 2-16-05
Alex McGillavry of Tucson,
AZ, found this bare chassis in Phoenix. It may be a historically
significant "Morgensen Special" -- a twin car to Max Balchowsky's "Ol'
Yaller I". |
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| 2-16-05
Kevin Corrigan is looking
for information on his very clean custom sports car. It started its
life as a 1954 Austin Healey and now has Chevy power and a custom metal,
NOT FIBERGLASS body. |
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| 2-16-05
"I recently bought a very
interesting chassis with a non-original fiberglass body on it.
You can see pictures of my car HERE.
The engine was a tuned MG-TF 1500. The chassis is very similar to
an early Lister chassis, and I have read HERE
that similar cars were touring in California in the 50s...
(3-9-05) MORE
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| 2-16-05
From Daniel Smith:
"I recently heard someone talk about a BMW Formula 4 from 55/56.
I think it was a Griffin or Griffith. Any info/help would be appreciated."
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these cars HERE.) |
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| 1-4-05
Rich Bennett is looking
for information on the Huffaker- Chevy Special because his grandfather,
Joe Gilardi, once owned it. |
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| 1-4-04
Steve Silverstein, webmaster
of the Sunbeam "Alpines
in Competition" site, bought this car recently and is looking for information
on its history. |
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| 12-30-04
From Greg
Kolasa: "I'm the GT40 Registrar (historian) for the Shelby American
Automobile Club, and am currently working on an updated edition of our
World Registry. Specifically, I'm looking for any information on
a specific GT40, serial number 1024, originally owned by (Dr.) Al Whatley,
of Las Vegas. Al bought the white-with-blue-stripes car in April
of 1966, and so far, we know that it ran at the following races:
4-24-66
Las Vegas-Stardust Raceway USRRC, DNF, 7 laps
5-1-66
Riverside Raceway USRRC, DNF, 16 laps
10-30-66
Riverside Raceway, DNS, #44
I am wondering
if you might have any info on the above races (entry lists, photos) or
any Riverside Raceway entry lists from other races that I might check to
see if Whatley raced the car at any other races. I look forward to
hearing from you, and thank you in advance for any assistance you might
be able to give me." |
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| 12-23-04
Never in a million years
would I have expected one of THESE to appear as a "Mystery Car" here.
Can anyone help identify this Maserati
300S? |
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12-20-04
"My name
is Tim Ritter and I am trying to track down any information on this car.
It has a round tubular frame and a 56 Corvette engine with a 39 Ford gearbox.
It was finished at one time. The instruments are winged
Stewart
Warners. The nose tilts forward."
12-30-04
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| 12-3-04
My name
is Darren Crispin and I need some help tracking down info on a company
that made fiberglass bodies in the early 1950's. My grandfather and his
brother set out to produce a car in 1952 and featured a "Swallow" body
manufactured by Allied Fiber-Glass in Los Angeles. The body was purchased
for $585.00 as is quite beautiful... (More) |
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| 11-29-04
Andrew Williams
asks: "I recently bought an AC Bristol that was raced in the late
'50's and early '60's in SCCA by Skip Horney. I'm trying to track
him down to get some further history on the car and was wondering if anyone
might have any information. Alternatively, if you knew his first
name, it's possible I could find him if he's still around. I only
have his initials to go by which are A.G. Horney. I do know
that the car placed 7th and 12th in SCCA national standings in 1959 and
1960 respectively." |
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| 10-29-04
Dr. Mark Brinker of Houston,
TX is interested in the history of his Devin-Panhard. Can anyone
help him with prior owners, racing history, etc.? |
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| 9-20-04
Seen at the 2004 Monterey
Historics. Does anyone know what this car might be? Yes, that's
a Rolls-Royce logo beneath the British appearing license number.
Click on photo for a larger image. Solved!!! |
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| 9-13-04
Racing historian David
Seielstad would like some help identifying this mid-50s sports car. Solved!!! |
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| 9-5-04
Ole Anderson of Monterey,
CA, recently acquired this Volvo 444-powered car with a homebuilt tubular
chassis and what he thinks is a Byers body. Can anyone help Ole identify
his car? |
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| 8-9-04
From Richard
Campbell: " I recently purchased a Crosley-powered H-mod, and I'd like
to see if anyone can shed some light on its past. According to a 1979 title,
the car is a "Homemade Sports Car Roadster." It is described as a
1960 -- but the construction and components could place it anywhere in
the 1950's." Solved!!! |
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| 8-8-04
From Simon
Thomas: "Hi there from Ireland! I have a Lotus 18 Formula Junior
that was originally supplied to Jay Chamberlain in October 1960. This was
one of five and is chassis number 18J/805. According to my Road and Track
magazines these cars were raced by Jim Hall, Hap Sharp, Walt Hansgen, Pat
Pigott and another unknown. Is there any way that I could find out who
drove which chassis? They were replaced by the Lotus 20s very quickly in
early 1961. My car came back to the UK as a job lot for the first Jim Russell
racing driver school at Snetterton in 1964 and came to Ireland the next
year. The man who made the chassis for the Devins in Belfast was called
Noel Hillis, I met him some years ago but he did not really want to talk
about the cars, too many bad memories." |
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| 7-23-04
From Doug
Avery: "I am trying to research the provenance of my 1957 Alfa Romeo
Giulietta Sprint Veloce. The factory historical office informs me
that it was sold to R. Martinez of Los Angeles in 1957. I have no
record of it until 1964 when it was purchased from a used car lot who said
that they had removed the roll bar. There is some evidence of it's
having passed through Pearres Brothers specialty dealership in Southgate
along the way" |
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| 7-15-04
From Michael
Gans: "I am researching a Lotus 23B that was raced in the US by Graham
Hill in 1963. Originally, the car (23-S-86) was delivered to Ian
Walker Racing. From what I’ve been told, the car, driven by Graham
Hill, participated at the following races:
Sept. 29th
1963, North West GP, Pacific Raceway, 3rd overall
November
13th 1963, Times GP, Riverside, CA, 10th overall
November
20th 1963, Monterey GP, 12th overall
Interestingly,
in one of my sources it is listed as a Roy Winkelmann Racing entry rather
than an Ian Walker entry. I was wondering whether anyone could shed
light on which racing team entered the car in California in 1963. Also,
I’d be interested in any pictures, programs, results, etc.. Thanks
in advance for any leads you might be able to provide!" |
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| 7-5-04
Bruce King asks:
"Does anyone happen to have any info on a red AC Bristol that was owned
and driven by Frank Crane in 1957-61?" |
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| 7-5-04
Website visitor Mark Schoenlein
is looking for Berkeley race car pictures. He just acquired
this car -- Milton Schaefer's. |
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| 6-26-04
From Bob Engberg:
"A fellow believes he may own the Lotus XI pictured here The caption
says the car was owned by Ed Mackey. He believes it's chassis #236.
Does anyone have info on this car or on Ed Mackey?" |
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5-28-04
Website visitor Paul Ingram restored this car and is looking for info about
it. " I have restored and am currently vintage racing the pictured "Atlas/
Ford" at Portland and Seattle. As near as I have found it was made
by the Atlas fiberglass co. (Mickey Thompson and Roy Kinch) later called
the Allied fiberglass co. This is as close as I have come to fully
identifying the car. The car was found in the San Diego area and has a
shortened 40 Ford frame and front suspension."
12-30-04
More from Paul: "Have had one lead on more history on the Atlas/Ford
since you ran the pictures. The search goes on!! Doing a couple of
new engines for the car (one full race flathead, and a mild 56 Y block)
and will have it back ready for the vintage race season at Portland." |
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| 5-28-04
Website visitor Jim Wallace
is interested in photos & information on the 1957 Ford T-Bird "Battlebird"
built by Bill Stroppe & run at Daytona & elsewhere. He's
building a replica. |
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| 5-7-04
"My name is Anthony Kalil,
and I have found an old Devin race car and I need to trace its history.
The car is described as a 1958 Devin. It has an MGA engine and
transmission..." |
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| 4-9-04
Eric Bernhard
& Mac Archer have a request re: the "Sting" CanAm car.
"I just
learned from John Collins that the Sting actually was in a third race.
Two weeks after it finished the last Can-Am at Road America in 1974, and
after John quit working for Gary Wilson, the car went to a race at Sears
Point . All John recalled, not having been there, was that the car broke
a half shaft. So the car must have passed tech and run at least once that
weekend. If anyone has or comes across any Sears Point information from
July - August 1974, we would be very interested. " |
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| 2-24-04
Website visitor Johnnie
Slayton is curious about this Chrysler 300F. He suspects that this
photo was taken at the April 3, 1960 race at Riverside International Raceway.
Maybe it was a pace car? Who's the guy? |
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| 2-3-04
"Kurtis
Cars 4" Bob Eagleson drove this Mistral bodied Kurtis in northern
California races in 1962. Does anybody know this "Mystery Car's"
history? |
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| 2-2-04
More on Chris Insalaco's
MG Special. Chris contributed more specs on the car and a website
visitor offered a possible matchup with a historic photo. |
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| 2-2-04
Racing historian Ron Cummings
is looking for information on Barry Williams' Porsche
Special. |
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| 2-2-04
"I have a Moretti 750
Grand Sport coupe that was imported by Ernie McAfee. Can you please
help me to find period photos of these little gems. Thank you and hope
to hear from you soon. Best regards, Tony Paalman" |
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| 2-2-04
From Alistair Watson:
"I am investigating BHL-127 (chassis No) a Lister Chevrolet raced by Chuck
Howard at Nassau in 59 & 60 and at Bridgehampton 60 & 61, Road
America in 61 & 62, Lime Rock in 61 and Elkhart Lake in 60, 61 &
62. It was owned by various people & companies before returning
here to UK in 1988ish." Can anyone help Alistair?
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| 2-1-04
Dudley Cunningham now
owns one of the most amazing sports/racers ever constructed in the USA
-- the "Bocar Stiletto"! He's looking for info on his car.
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