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fleet 07-06-2017 01:04 AM

This pic was titled..."Racing the way it used to be"
 
A good time to light up!

Haha...

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ilikeike 07-06-2017 03:11 PM

People use to dress better in the old days.
I rarely wear a tie while wrenching on a car anymore, lol.

Build-It-Break-it 07-06-2017 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ilikeike (Post 661795)
People use to dress better in the old days.
I rarely wear a tie while wrenching on a car anymore, lol.

And rarely have a cigarette while pouring fuel:fire:

waynieZ 07-07-2017 02:56 PM

Probably Methanol nothing to worry about. The guy in white is the safety man.

traut811 08-13-2017 06:15 AM

This picture is awesome!! Thanks for sharing. Definitely saving that one :thumbsup:

DWCamaro69 08-22-2017 11:02 AM

Great pics!

badbu68 08-23-2017 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BMR Sales (Post 664358)

This car just sold for 20 million.

traut811 09-08-2017 05:41 AM

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When the nut backs off one of your center lock wheels.

fleet 09-08-2017 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by traut811 (Post 665286)
When the nut backs off one of your center lock wheels.

What a great pic!

Thanks for posting. :thumbsup:

traut811 09-08-2017 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosmo mentis (Post 665289)
What a great pic!

Thanks for posting. :thumbsup:

I wonder what kind of Gs you can pull on an oak wheel haha
I'll see if I can dig up a few more I had saved.

traut811 09-08-2017 11:47 AM

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Ill bet a lot of our cars couldn't do this.

traut811 09-08-2017 11:49 AM

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Should have gotten sway bars....or braked into the corner.

traut811 09-08-2017 11:50 AM

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Last one.

J-440 09-10-2017 02:02 PM

Man those guys were crazy or had brass balls...or both. I like how none of them wore seatbelts because they would rather be thrown from the car than be burned alive in it. Times have changed.

glassman 10-21-2017 09:15 AM

So much awesome in this tread. Please, keep them coming...

Yeah, brass balls and broken heads. We all "wondered why uncle Paul was loosing it in his later years" LOL, frickin nuts. Lov me some adrenaline..

glassman 11-20-2017 06:15 PM

^^^ sic pic. i'd like a poster of that one. that is the time, i was aboutl 10, that just stung me with those 320i's, 911's, and f bodies....

BMR Sales 11-21-2017 07:54 AM

I also see a Pantera, Gene Felton's Nova and David Pearson's 1975 Ford Torino

there was no 1974 Race because of the Oil Crisis

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Zspoiler 12-02-2017 05:06 AM

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Late 1970`s IMSA racing

fleet 12-11-2017 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BMR Sales (Post 669923)


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's a great pic of Graham Hill and likely his son...

BMR Sales 12-14-2017 06:30 AM

the Detail in this Slot Car track brings back "the way it used to be"

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glassman 12-22-2017 05:27 PM

Love that pic ^^^^ Where was that taken?

BMR Sales 12-26-2017 06:56 AM

maybe Bridgehampton (?)

glassman 01-12-2018 03:14 PM

great pics, keep um coming

BMR Sales 01-15-2018 06:36 AM

Rest in Peace, Dan Gurney!

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fleet 05-24-2018 05:18 AM

Thankfully he has proper footwear to withstand the coming deluge...
 
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fleet 05-29-2018 10:08 AM

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BMR Sales 05-30-2018 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosmo mentis (Post 678120)

That's some field - I see a Cheetah, Cobra, Corvette, Lotus, Porsche RSK, Porsche 356, Bugeye Sprite, MGTC, Elva-Courier

fleet 05-30-2018 08:40 AM

It sure is T.C. :thumbsup:

fleet 06-01-2018 10:27 AM

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fleet 06-01-2018 10:31 AM

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fleet 07-24-2018 07:28 AM

Missed the start...or crossed the finish line?
 
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BMR Sales 07-24-2018 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosmo mentis (Post 680671)

Schlitz Beer - that was the Number 1 Beer in America, boy did they screw up!

fleet 07-24-2018 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BMR Sales (Post 680677)
Schlitz Beer - that was the Number 1 Beer in America, boy did they screw up!

Yep...

‘Their limitations were limitless.’

fleet 08-01-2018 04:54 AM

From Peter DeLorenzo
 
“Riverside, October, '62. Dave MacDonald (No. 00 Corvette Sting Ray Z06) and Bill Krause (No. 98 Shelby American Cobra) in the historic first clash between the Sting Ray and the Cobra. Doug Hooper (No. 119 Corvette Sting Ray) won, but the the Cobras were decidedly faster.”

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fleet 11-11-2018 06:47 AM

“Racing the way it used to be.
1967 Montlhéry, François Cevert


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