Interesting Old Photos
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Some old photos from LIFE Magazine, copied from the land-speed email list.....
Photo essay on El Mirage racing, 1945. LIFE Magazine, pages 86-88
Sign from 1937... 4 feet thick?
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A warning sign
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Old timing stand, photo by Fritz Goro, undated (mirror image)
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Du Bont Special Beast No 2 car # 161 (car show)
may 1952
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Du Bont Motors roadster
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Al's Tune-up Shop Belly tank lakester Car # 14
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Bob Higdon flathead roadster plus
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unknowns
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Racer taking the hot rod for a spin.
Date taken: September 1953
Photographer: J. R. Eyerman
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Chet Herbert Sept 1953
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Chet Herbert 1954
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Rollie with his leathers on ? 1953
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Belly Tank # 57 1954
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Howards cams sidecar ? 1954
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Salt 1953 Look at that camera...
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Bob Estes Car 404 1953
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1954 car 166
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1954 car 146
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1954 car 211C
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1954 Start line waiting
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Bonneville 1954 car 204
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car 777
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tank C88
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car 162
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tank
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twin tank 204
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Car 888
It has been a long time but I believe the 888 car is local Sam Mateo County
muffler shop owner Gene LeBlancs streamliner. Gene was a big Y block racer
at the time with a sling shot that also used either Ford or Lincoln Y block power.
I believe the streamliner crashed and was destroyed.
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behind the liner is Don West's car, Mary West's ex. Don finally qualified for
the 2 Club some 33 years and 4 or 5 cars, belly tank, Studebaker, Corvair,
Firebird that went upside down, and the Firebird he qualified in in the late
1980's. His son Marty made the 2 Club in the same car after the Classic
category was opened.
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Mary West's back on the far right of this shot.
Car 136
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coupe 176
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car 264
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Stude
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unknowns
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car 27c
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pits
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waiting in line
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1953 set of images
1953 Bob Estes Mercury car, Chet Herbert in the background
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Hemi in the car
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car detail front end
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Shadoff Spl pit sign & car 27c
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open spaces run
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Webber Cams # 239 twin flathead coupe (1954)
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F. G. Ferre & Son was a Salt Lake aftermarket parts store. Located at 1986
south State st., now the O. C. Tanner Jewelry Company campus.
Ferre's had access to every line of speed parts that were made at that time.
I worked evenings, part time, for them around 1960 at a secondary location to
their Provo store and killed time between customers pouring over the catalogs
and checking prices. (Thanks to Wester Potter)
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water on the salt
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# 86 push start
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Tank 88 push start
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Coupe 162 with salt on the roof
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888 start of run
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start line ? 1954
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Sports # 61
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Bonneville mirage
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bike #20 no leathers
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streamliner bike
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rear engine roadster #128D
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Shadoff Special car with body off
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Wally Parks
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the line
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design stage
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geting ready 1950
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Bob Estes Mercury car # 404
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Strange shapes on the Salt Flats.
Life magazine itself Sept 28 1953
page 16, 17, 18
http://books.google.com/books?id=7UcEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=&rview=
1#v=twopage&q=&f=false
Oct 29, 1956 issue Ford ad on the salt flats page 19, 20, 21
http://books.google.com/books?id=s0EEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=&rview=
1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Oct 4 1948 issue Rollie Free, photo and description page 50
http://books.google.com/books?id=vUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&dq=bonneville+salt+flat
s&as_pt=MAGAZINES&cd=6#v=onepage&q=bonneville%20salt%20flats&f=false
Oct 14, 1940 Ab Jenkins featured in the Champion spark plug ad page 128
http://books.google.com/books?id=LEoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA128&dq=ab+jenkins&as_pt=M
AGAZINES&cd=2#v=onepage&q=ab%20jenkins&f=false
march 15, 1968 car 999 Autolight Spark plug ad page 76
http://books.google.com/books?id=5EwEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=&rview=
1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
July 22, 1957 issue Firestone ad with car 777 Kenz & leslie streamliner
page 24, 25
http://books.google.com/books?id=Mz8EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=&rview=
1#v=onepage&q=&f=false