TerryB Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Last weekend at Sonoma Raceway, compliments of my 26 yr old son who lives on the West Coast. Young guys can appreciate old iron. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Another pic 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Very nice. Beautiful race cars. You are right, young guys and women can appreciate old iron. Thanks for posting TerryB. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 One more 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 thank you! very nice. With a little luck, Ill be getting one soon.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 That blue National is GORGEOUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Close up of the Packard, it’s a 1912. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Those cars are way cool ! But what does a guy use them for? I can't believe they are street legal.. ? Are they raced ? I have seen a couple drive around the Hershey swap meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 I guess they drive them! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFitz Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) Yes, they raced them. At least they used to. Not long ago there used to be "Vintage races" at Bridgehampton race track on Long Island. Quite a few of those early race cars showed up. I came very close to being in one of them. Back in the late 70's I was asked to ride mechanic in Alec Ulmann's type 37 Bugatti (the man who helped start the Sebring races). Thanks to the cam drive breaking on Alec's Barcelona Coupe Hiso (that my friend and I were bringing out to Alec's place in Sagaponack, and had to tow it with my AMX), we were too late to make the time trials. However, later on, I did get to ride around the course in my AMX,......... following Alec's type 57,.... which was allowed as a courtesy to Alec, to follow the track's Toyota Celica pace car,....... all at only 30 mph. Paul Edited June 9, 2019 by PFitz (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 We recently sokd a T speedster project but in the time I was working on it, networking with other speedster builders, etc. 2/3 of them were on younger side. Youth interest is there along with other pockets of the hobby. Terr B, thanks for sharing these great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 Did somebody say AMX.. got that covered too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFitz Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Yup, ! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 6 hours ago, Curti said: Those cars are way cool ! But what does a guy use them for? I can't believe they are street legal.. ? Are they raced ? I have seen a couple drive around the Hershey swap meet. Considering there was a street legal sprint car sold on Bring a Trailer last week it appears laws are somewhat flexible. Probably varies greatly from State to State and Province to Province. Greg in Canada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmautorossa Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 For more info on that 1912 Packard, and a couple of interesting Nationals, Google Brian Blain of Visalia, CA. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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