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[Black 03 Z06]

NHRA Junior Stocker "Tokyo Rose". There was a long line of these cars that were very successful racers. This is the first picture I have ever seen of the Tokyo Rose using a 58 Chev...Cecil County Dragway is in Maryland and is still going strong as far as I know...

 

[XFIRE82]

Cool shot , but that is a 58 Pontiac not a Chev. ........

 

[Black 03 Z06]

I guess even rarer then as all the previous TR cars were Chevrolets. Sorry for the error.

 

[XFIRE82]

I would think it is rare using a Pontiac as it is a 4 door hardtop to boot , no problem , people look at my 93 C4 and say oh you bought a Camaro ?

 

[XFIRE82]

We been together for 43 years, still can't my eyes off you........

 

[Black 03 Z06]

I see a couple of 58's, like the black one...

 

[XFIRE82]

Alot of classics in that pic. The black one parked on the left is a 58 Bonneville , behind it a red and white 58 pontiac wagon, and behind the wagon is a black 58 chev Delray . Going down the hill is a pink 58 Nomad wagon. Looks like a busy town close to the water.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Michael has shaken my confidence in identifying cars...Like this more door but maybe it is really an Oldsmobile.

 

[XFIRE82]

ahhh you are just foolin around testing my eye's ...... that's a BelAir hardtop with a V8 in it. he drives it only on sunny days as he took the windshield wipers off.

 

[Rruuff Day]

ahhh you are just foolin around testing my eye's ...... that's a BelAir hardtop with a V8 in it. he drives it only on sunny days as he took the windshield wipers off.

There's a for sale sign on the window. Maybe he's selling it one piece at a time...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Another "W" motor in a dragster...Michael any thoughts on this one?

 

[XFIRE82]

I don't know much about racing, but that's gotta be a 409 , has a mag , fuel injected, old slicks and one looks wider than the other. The car in back looks like a 57 dodge, yet it should not have those door handles ?? if that car is fairly new then the motor could be a 348 as the 409 didn't show up till '62. The boys are having a heavy discussion deciding what to do . I bought an exact set of valve covers ( drippers ) with those mushroom breathers in Portland at the swap meet 25 years ago. They hung on my wall untill 2 years ago I put them on kijiji and they went to some collector in Winnipeg.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

What is better than a day at the beach with a pretty girl and getting there in a convertible...I have been told however this is actually a beach where swingers hang out.

 

[XFIRE82]

yeah she is nice, car is not bad too. Old guy having a smoke on the bench. Don't see no swingers there today, must be too early in the day. That is a rare car, it has Level Air suspension.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Another drag racer...

 

[XFIRE82]

...I think I'm going to have to go to canadian tire and buy some decals to plaster my 58, I'm beginning to like the look after seeing all these old drag car pics........

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Waiting for Michael to arrive...

 

[XFIRE82]

So how much for the Nomad ? kinda odd, I always thought it was Chev / Olds and Pontiac / Buick as far as dealerships were split up. This place has Chev / Buick ???

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Those 59's were so slow...

 

[XFIRE82]

the 59 looks like it almost picked up the one front tire. A real vintage drag race. Many years ago I ran my stock 58 in the 60 and older Vintage Drags at SIR in Saskatoon, I had the heaviest car there, 4400 lbs, made 12 passes down the 1/4 mile , got beat by everyone, almost had the 56 t-Bird and 57 Studebaker Hawk but their bumpers crossed the line first. I enjoyed every minute of it.