1930 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan / Rat Rod / Bagged / Patina
* Hot Rods * Rat Rods * Kustoms * USA Classic Cars * SINCE 2006 *
Sedan Sunday - Bagged 1930 Ford Model A
1930 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan / Rat Rod / Bagged / Patina
Midget Car Monday - Duane Carter
Duane Carter... an American racecar driver. During his
career he
raced midget cars, sprint cars, and Indy cars. Carter started
racing
midgets at the 1/5 mile dirt track in the west side of
Fresno while attending
Fresno State University. He was one
of six drivers who went to Western Springs
Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand in 1937.
He was a consistent winner on the Nutley board track in 1939
and also won the 1940 Detroit VFW Motor Speedway title,
the 1942 championship
at Sportsman Park in Cleveland.
He captured a 500 lap victory in his midget car
at the 1947
Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome after Danny Oakes
was initially
declared the winner.
He also was co-founder of the United States Auto Club
after
the American Automobile Association pulled out of racing in 1955.
He included 11 starts in the Indianapolis 500, his best
performance as a starter at IndyCar Races was in 1952, when he drove the
Belanger Motors Special to a fourth-place finish.
He was third in 1953 as a relief driver for Sam Hanks. He
drove in the race for the last time in 1963 at the age of 50. His son...
Pancho, also was a racing driver who was named rookie of the year at the
Indianapolis 500 in 1974.
Duane Carter
May 5, 1913 Fresno, California – March 7, 1993 Indianapolis,
Indiana
Skippic Saturday... 200 Miles Throwback
Throwback... Tigre Blanco's 200 Miles Video, Shot Dec 2013
Almost 5 years ago allready... Damn, Time Flies!
Me drivin' my Old 41 International Truck that's in BE these days.
Curious about This Band / Song... Check: www.tigreblanco.nl
Almost 5 years ago allready... Damn, Time Flies!
Me drivin' my Old 41 International Truck that's in BE these days.
Curious about This Band / Song... Check: www.tigreblanco.nl
Traffic Thursday - Fifth Wheel Parking Concept
1950's Fifth Wheel Parking Concept,
Retractable spare tire / fifth wheel.
Retractable spare tire / fifth wheel.
Skippic Saturday - RPM Nationals 2017
RPM Nationals 2017, Santa Magarita, CA, USA.
Wagon Wednesday - 1955 Chevy
Here's a Cool Custom 1955 Chevy Wagon...
Creepy Crawler, Done
By Bruce Comboni.
Peaked and Shaved Hood with Rounded Corners & 3D (1/8"
Thick Paint) Flame Job. Frenched Headlight with Tri-Bar Lenses.
1953 Corvette Floating Grille.
1956 Chevy Over-Riders with Atop Narrowed Upside-Down 1955
Bumper and Banished Parking Lights. Packard Clipper Taillights.
1949 Packard Limo 22 Series
Found by my USA aquintance Oscar In Reno, Nevada
1949 Packard Limo 22 Series
Real Patina Barn Find... 100% Original.
Only 50 of These Sleek Limousines where Made and Oscar Got
One Of Them.
These Custom Limousines where Only Built for Special
Customers and Harry Truman is Said To Have One Of These Eloquent Automobiles....
Midget Car Monday - Walt Faulkner
Walt Faulkner, an American racing driver from Tell, Texas.
Born on February 16, 1918, moved to Milledgeville, Georgia
at the age of two-and-a-half, and to Lake Wales, Florida at the age of eight.
He
then moved to Los Angeles, California in 1936. Faulkner competed mainly in the
National Championship and in stock car races.
In 1950 Faulkner became the first rookie to win pole
position at the Indianapolis 500.
Walt died April 22, 1956 after a qualifying crash at a USAC
Stock Car event in Vallejo, California. Earlier in his career, Faulkner raced
motorcycles and then midget cars for the Edelbrock dirt track racing team. He
had great success in midget car racing and was inducted into the National
Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2007.
Faulkner was also inducted into the West Coast Stock Car
Hall of Fame in 2006.
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