Cars, Man

[SCEMan]

It's a beautiful venue. Salinas sits just behind Monterey a couple clicks away.

It certainly is a beautiful setting for a track.
I've been to a lot of race tracks in my day and was a regular at Riverside International Raceway for IMSA and Trans Am races. But Laguna Seca was the only one where you could buy Calamari at the track!

 

[SCEMan]

Wow, a conversation with Zora Arkus Duntov. That must have been quite an experience.

Pretty brief as he was very busy, but I did get to see his mid-engine Corvette prototype!

 

[knucklegary]

I've been to a lot of race tracks in my day and was a regular at Riverside International Raceway for IMSA and Trans Am races. But Laguna Seca was the only one where you could buy Calamari at the track!

They use to serve deep fried tentacles on a bun with tartar sauce. Mixing squid with draft beer has the potential to be explosive 🥴

 

[orbital]

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Great posts on Laguna & Riverside ^^

This year would be Carroll Shelby 100th birthday.
I met him at Road America maybe 15 years ago, shook his hand & felt truly starstruck_


Carroll in 1958

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IMSA has gone back to the GTP name for its prototype class

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

I think any car guy would be starstruck when meeting Mr. Shelby.

 

[orbital]

--- IMSA --

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Qualifying for this weekends 24 hrs of Daytona
Fast Forward to 1hr 41min to see the new spec GTP cars.

IMSA: TV | IMSA

www.imsa.com

how long has it been since you could say Porsche GTP === now called 963

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

A friend stopped by my mother's house to show her his 1957 Ranch Wagon -

Because it's a Ranch Wagon -

 

[knucklegary]

Very cool flashlight holder!
Looks like a very clean restoration. Is it all stock, does it have the top luggage rack?

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Very cool flashlight holder!
Looks like a very clean restoration. Is it all stock, does it have the top luggage rack?

It's pretty much restored to stock - when he could afford the parts. Some of them being priced beyond his means. He did install an electric fuel pump for when the car had been sitting for a prolonged period. He just uses it to prime the system. The mechanical pump is utilized for driving. There's no luggage rack. Too much money.

 

[KITROBASKIN]

Do you have any exterior shots of it?

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Do you have any exterior shots of it?

Nope, but I'll post a couple more next time I get the opportunity.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

He has the skirts but they were removed for this trip to the local muffler shop.

 

[bykfixer]

Was the flashlight holder a stock feature?

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Was the flashlight holder a stock feature?

I'll ask the owner/restorer.

 

[knucklegary]

Was the flashlight holder a stock feature?

It does fit around the steering column like it belongs. Could be an auto accessory from that period '57.. Same with the western hat holder, can't say I've seen another?

 

[bykfixer]

It looks like it may have been a factory upgrade, which is why I wondered.

My old boss restores early 60's hot rods of the type used in nascar in the late 50's and early 60's. Sometimes he'll add a factory upgrade unique to that model.

So I wondered if the original owner had that flashlight holder added or if you could but one at the dealership back then. Like KG said, it looks like it was made for that model car.

 

[knucklegary]

1957 Ford police accessories for Texas State Rangers?

 

[KITROBASKIN]

Beautiful color scheme, handy umbrella holder in the back.

What a treat to see this one.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Beautiful color scheme, handy umbrella holder in the back.

What a treat to see this one.

Ha! I felt compelled to mention that it was more than a minor safety issue for me as a passenger.

 

[bykfixer]

I had a 67 Cougar that had a factory wine bucket. 😱