My brother had a race car....

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Sure he did... everyone owns one. They say Honda on them and sport a large wing with tow hooks right?

But sometimes they did or do own cool cars. Case in point. My new friends mom mentioned her brother owned a race car and that they enjoyed racing. We had a nice conversation and parted ways.

A few days later my new friend sent me this pic. This is his uncles car.

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I was like, WOW! No joke he did own a race car and it looks legit.

What are the odds of this?


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Thats awesome ! I had a customer tell me he used to own a Hemi Cuda ... I thought yeah whatever... asked what year? He says a 68... bullshitter.... I asked what color ? He says White. Except the fenders and hood cuz they were fiberglass .
It was Jerry McDowell ! Original owner of the Gentle Ben SS Barracuda !
 
Cope said:
Sure he did... everyone owns one. They say Honda on them and sport a large wing with tow hooks right?

But sometimes they did or do own cool cars. Case in point. My new friends mom mentioned her brother owned a race car and that they enjoyed racing. We had a nice conversation and parted ways.

A few days later my new friend sent me this pic. This is his uncles car.

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I was like, WOW! No joke he did own a race car and it looks legit.

What are the odds of this?


:steering:
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Way cool! The beginnings of the funny car era.
 
Cope said:
Sure he did... everyone owns one. They say Honda on them and sport a large wing with tow hooks right?

But sometimes they did or do own cool cars. Case in point. My new friends mom mentioned her brother owned a race car and that they enjoyed racing. We had a nice conversation and parted ways.

A few days later my new friend sent me this pic. This is his uncles car.

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I was like, WOW! No joke he did own a race car and it looks legit.

What are the odds of this?


:steering:
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And at Irwindale! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
The original IRWINDALE RACEWAY!!!
That's an in-n-out burger stand in the background, just no name on the building, and no tomatoes on the burgers. I spent lots of Wednesday nights there, till Miller brewing bought the place. My friends and I refused to drink Miller beer for a lot of years.
Awesome awb Dart too!
 
33IMP said:
The original IRWINDALE RACEWAY!!!
That's an in-n-out burger stand in the background, just no name on the building, and no tomatoes on the burgers. I spent lots of Wednesday nights there, till Miller brewing bought the place. My friends and I refused to drink Miller beer for a lot of years.
Awesome awb Dart too!
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I was at The Last Blast. Funny, we called the burgers there "blacktop burgers" but went down the road a few blocks to this funny little place called In n Out to get a burger on the way home :rofl:
 
Harry Snyder founded in-n-out, and i think was part owner of irwindale. He occasionally worked the hamburger stand there, his son (cant remember his name) raced there, and in-n-out sponsored red and white racecars, all the way up to top fuel.

Of course, i didnt know all that at the time!
 
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33IMP said:
The original IRWINDALE RACEWAY!!!
That's an in-n-out burger stand in the background, just no name on the building, and no tomatoes on the burgers. I spent lots of Wednesday nights there, till Miller brewing bought the place. My friends and I refused to drink Miller beer for a lot of years.
Awesome awb Dart too!
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I won’t drink Miller to this day. Of course once Bud sold out to the Europeans I have not drank Bud either. Mercia is fer Mercia beers!
 
Cope said:
Sure he did... everyone owns one. They say Honda on them and sport a large wing with tow hooks right?

But sometimes they did or do own cool cars. Case in point. My new friends mom mentioned her brother owned a race car and that they enjoyed racing. We had a nice conversation and parted ways.

A few days later my new friend sent me this pic. This is his uncles car.

View attachment 1715806705

I was like, WOW! No joke he did own a race car and it looks legit.

What are the odds of this?


:steering:
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Was your friend's mom hot?
 
33IMP said:
Harry Snyder founded in-n-out, and i think was part owner of irwindale. He occasionally worked the hamburger stand there, his son (cant remember his name) raced there, and in-n-out sponsored red and white racecars, all the way up to top fuel.

Of course, i didnt know all that at the time!
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Like this?
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only one I could find of Dale Pulde's FC and it blown up :BangHead:
99% of the t-shirts In n Out sell are hot rod themed.
Definite connection there.
 
I sold a 63ish SS AL water pump housing to "some guy" in Irvine, he asked if I could deliver it as I was only 3 miles from his shop and he needed it tonight. Got the directions and in his shop was this
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Either He was Arnie Klann (owner of this '75) or his mechanic! He said it was getting sent to Florida for restoration. I had a crappy flip phone at the time so I didnt get any good pics.
 
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