Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
The Rickenbacker era at Indy was rich with his involvement of real achieving celebs of the day plus glamorous major movie stars of both sexes. Turner was a WWI pilot, turned barnstormer, movie stunt
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Bob Storck
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
I do have a Roscoe Turner connection, sort of. Turner made sure that Carmen Schroder got the vast majority of his Ascot Park novelties upon his death. Carmen,? in turn, gave me absolute carte blanch
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Thomas Luce
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
Ah, but that didn't come with ties to the lion who still resides in the National Air and Space Museum, along with his pal Roscoe Turner's air racer.
Remember that Roscoe not only was great buddies
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Bob Storck
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#78141
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
That definitely looks very cool, but, full disclosure,? I'd rather have a 1958 red and white Murray Ranch Wagon pedal car, matching what I had as my first Hot Rod a long time ago in my previous life.
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Thomas Luce
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#78140
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
Very, very cool!
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Bob Storck
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#78139
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
Hey Bob,
Here's a rare midget just sold you should have bought:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1940-pop-dreyer-midget-racer/
Al Isselhard
Wolcott, NY
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Al
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Al Isselhard
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#78138
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I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
But my current frisky ride, the palamino rodeo stallion is going to get jealous ...
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Bob Storck
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#78137
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Re: Another automobile museum closes
Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, CA.
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Thomas Luce
Manhattan Beach CA USA
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Thomas Luce
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#78136
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Yes, this is an open wheel subject!
Not exactly our type of open wheel car, but I think most of you will enjoy this.
E Dean Butler
Broughton Green, UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW_Zw8zpgtk
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Edward Dean Butler
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#78135
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Re: Another automobile museum closes
Tom - do you by chance have a list of car museums that have closed over the
past few years? Thanks.
Al Isselhard
Wolcott, NY
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Al Isselhard
Wolcott, New York
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Al Isselhard
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#78134
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Another automobile museum closes
The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo CA has closed. This was a fantastic Museum and will be missed. All the vehicles will be auctioned off in the near future.
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Thomas Luce
Manhattan
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Thomas Luce
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Re: One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
You are so correct!!! I've been there years ago. Orange Show is an incredible time capsule. It looks as it did 60 years ago
They even put dirt over asphalt for a short time.? It's still a long drive
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Thomas Luce
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Re: One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
The?Orange Show is still here also. ?Opened in 1947 it's the longest running race track on the West Coast.
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Jack Minter
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Re: One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
For Southern California,? this leaves only Ventura Raceway,? a 1.5 hours drive north, and Perris Auto Speedway,? a 1.5 hours drive east. There is nothing else in the greater Los Angeles basin. This
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Thomas Luce
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Smith "Jiggler" at Riverview Park, Sioux City, IA
I talked with a fellow from Sioux City, Iowa, named Mort Mulford who drove big cars and midgets from after World War II until the late ¡¯70s. He told me about a Smith Jiggler that was raced at Sioux
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TAGGART, JAMES
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#78129
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Re: One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
Teresa Earnhardt is planning to turn 399 acre beloved farm Dale left near Mooresville, NC into an industrial park. Earnhardt worked and improved the farm to relax, hunted on the land and cherished the
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Bob Storck
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Re: One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
I just found out.? This is so sad!!!! Just what we need is another industrial park!!!
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Thomas Luce
Manhattan Beach CA USA
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Thomas Luce
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#78127
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One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
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Bob Storck
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Re: OT John Force press release today 10-24-24
He¡¯s like the ¡°Energizer Bunny¡±. Can¡¯t think of a time when he hasn¡¯t been associated with Drag racing.
Bob Mitchell
Simi Valley CA USA
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Bob Mitchell
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OT John Force press release today 10-24-24
And now we know some answers. This guy is the GOAT of funny car class.
Serious head injuries have sidelined him for several months but he's back
to share with us what is going on in the Force team.
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Gene Ingram
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