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White Streamliner. One of only 25 made.

Nice sturdy jack that will do the job. Auto Speciality sold lots of these thru catalogs. The handle is the prize as they got bent up and discarded. Disclaimer... get a small hydraulic jack with carrying case for actual use. Safety and ease times ten.

A shout out to all my Canadian truck driving brothers and sisters...!!!!!!!!!!! Pull into a tail gate party with this and steal the show. Doubles as a skate board park.

My great grandparents told me first hand stories of struggle living thru the Great Depression... the biggest lesson was to invest those pennies wisely. When we get to Luray I'll tell you a few stories that may shake you in the knees.

Ouch just opened my vendor envelope today.... at $90 a space I'm thinking it's time to throw in the towel. I live 40 minutes from Carlisle but they keep jacking the space fees and admission fees so I said goodbye to Carlisle 10 years ago. How much does HERCO now charge for parking...? A shopper said it was $20 a car last year...? Was told the Greenfield icecream man didn't come in 2021 because HERCO jacked up the fees on them. The shoppers were sad to see his absence. I go to the local one day Saturday swaps as a vendor and make a profit every time.... packed aisles and parking lots. The prewar show in Luray VA was beautiful and affordable. Lost money at Hershey as a vendor in 2021. Since my income has been halved in real life I guess I was expecting too much thinking space pricing would hold steady. Walked away from eBay 2 years ago something about they keep jacking up the fees...

That's a direction I need to head down...! A old timer told me Holman bodies will have latches that are stamped "BAKER" because BAKER did the fabrication. My truck has 11 generic latches and 1 "READING" LATCH. Was the one "READING" latch a replacement, or were the other 11 replacements..???

So much of that info is lost. From the article: "The crew cabs were originally utility trucks - to take crews of line workers out to job sites". Baker Body of Charlotte made line trucks for the electric company. A truck with a lot of storage boxes and.a boom... so just remove the boom and put in a flat ramp and you're ready to race. Nailing down a concrete answer Craig for you wold be nice.

I've found if I drill down and get very specific the "read story" starts to flow. I was told the Hagerstown Speedway bought the hauler from a team out of State College Pa and I was given two drivers names. By joining some small but very active racing forums I nailed the name of the original owner, got me a nice photo ( posted below) and even spoke on the phone with a former mechanic who laughed and told me the truck was always breaking down. Currently am following the ownership tips from every one I recently met and have been directed to look to New York State as my next direction. The contacts you listed Bob are WONDERFUL. Somewhere there's a magazine or a tv show that could equally benefit from telling this mystery story. The photo I'm posting is from about 1974 and it's the earliest photo I have.

Ok I'm love'n this direction Bob...! With the right background music a show producer could streatch this story out like The Mystery of Oak Island...!

A North Carolina records search attempt will cost me a whopper ONE DOLLAR so I'm on this...! The link below lays out the guide lines and guard rails in the national DPPA driver info act. A good, a very good resource. The only exception that I might fit under... "5. For use in research activities and statistical reports a. Personal information must not be: Published Redisclosed Used to contact individuals" http://www.the-lost-car-registry.com/resources.php

Thanks for sharing the tight spending Ford sponsorship lore. Someone on the FordFE forum suggested contacting the NC Department of Motor Vehicles and I'm thinking that might be worth the time and money, but to go to the Maryland MVA I don't think it will go far. I sent a facebook message to Ray Evernham a week ago and nothing back.. I will try another route to grab his attention. Thanks...!

My truck won't fit into the barn... but it is parked next to a barn. Bring the tv cameras boys. I've talked to Bobby Allison, local race track announcers, former mechanics, and former racers who are all connected to this truck. They all had one thing in common and it was a love / hate relationship... bring some cameras Barn Hunter and I'll tell you more .

No tags that I've seen. A tiny bit of information came thru this week per the Holman-Moody haulers of the 1960's: Holman-Moody subcontracted their haulers from Baker Body Company in Charlotte ( they built line trucks for the electric company ) and I'm told all the cabinet door latches had "Baker" stamped in them. My hauler has generic latches. So maybe my hauler was built by another builder. I have a growing list of half a dozen fabricators who made these monolithic haulers from the 1960's. If there's any magazine writers who want a good story please do a story on these "fabricators" who worked behind the scenes to build all these very cool open haulers.

I've been asking nicely for 15 years who was the original owner of my 1966 Ford C-Series NASCAR hauler and still I'm coming up empty. No photos and very few solid leads, it's like there's this giant black hole that sucked up everything.... poof... nothing...! The question for my AACA friends is "who" could I call at the Ford Company and ask about running a vin number going back in time to find the original ownership...? I'm just a small fry they might not even talk with me I worry. I did contact the Marti report and they said their service only touches on passenger cars and trucks, not commercial. Was assembled in Lousiville, should I call there..? For a fun twist: I've read tall tales about the 1960's racing days and how FOMOCO would give their race teams free trucks/haulers, and many fabricated by Holman-Moody. One wild story is how some of the trucks didn't have paperwork or titles... Ford just said here's a nice shinny new truck, now go win some trophies. Fingers crossed my truck has some sort of paper trail. Posted here back in April about doing a vin search at the MVA and since that time I've uncovered a wee bit more info on my trucks origins. I've traced back ownership now to 1974. But still no info on use or ownership from date of manufacture in 1966. Recently I posted on the Holeman-Moody Facebook group with lots of interest but still no good direction to chase. The past two weeks I've been posting non stop to race communities and the info has been a trickle so I am moving forward. Here's a great photo sent to me this week featuring racer Tom Peck and the Hagerstown Speedway in 1979..!

So did they restore the trains...??? Or scrap them..? Neat story.

I think this was the best comment LUMP I've ever read on this forum. A huge thank you for the great read...!!!!!!!

Both are from the teens and 1920s. The sportscar Triumph didnt arrive till much later. I dont have any info on the jack sorry.

11am and sales are good I'm almost at breaking even. At $650 this gas powered Shriner car would really put me in a deep hole...

Wagons of treasure every where...

Some nice eye candy... Anyone got a good plow mule for sale..???

Haven't seen this much brass since Chickashea... and I only had to drive 2 hours instead of 22 hours... Whew..!!;

I'm giddy happy with my early morning treasure I bought and if I'm lucky I'll sell enough to cover for my addiction LOL. Pictured vendor offering a "clean out sale" and he's posted a sign saying he's leaving at noon today. Talk about pressure... He got me for $35. Busiest vendor on the lot..!

This is year 7 and my has it grown. I attended the original maiden voyage effort and knew immediately success was in store: run by wonderful volunteers, the VFW show grounds is surrounded by mountains and the food good. Hot showers as I'm a vendor is a huge plus. Seven years ago something like 22 vendors kick started this effort... 68+ vendors today..!!!

Some sell steam whistles while others hoard them...

Thursday night setup and Princess can't wait for everyone to open up Friday morning. I did notice guys with flash lights shopping and buying late into the night..!