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...of me at my first drivers school in 1964. A four wheel drift through the apex. You can laugh if you want, just don't laugh AND point.

Photographer was using a 35 mm w/50 mm lens. Yes, in those days you stand that close to the track if you were a corner worker.

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:thumbsup:
 
Gotta love old black and white. We lost all our old photos in the storm. I've got about 300 pics of my racecar, but none b&w. I need to do that before I sell it. I don't think digital will ever be able to replicate the depth of real film.
 
Here is one in color, sort of. Digging through 'stuff', I came up with this one. Don't have a lot of pix from back in the day, but I liked this one. I'm driving my best man's BE at an AutoX on a go kart track in about 1970. This was the fastest time of day run.

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DNK said:
No Helmet?
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In those days, no helmets or seat belts required for AutoX. Just played fast and loose, run what ya brung.
 
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Schlitz Cup Champ., 1970 Central Carolinas Region - SCCA
 
I started auto X'ing in 73. We had to wear a helmet.
 
bgbassplyr said:
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Schlitz Cup Champ., 1970 Central Carolinas Region - SCCA
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I like the two tone stripe!! :smile:

Were the wheels on the driver side orange?
 
I don't remember for sure, but ISTR that all were yellow.
Car was originally black. Painted it in the back yard.
Body in refrigerator white, Stripes were Hugger orange and Hugger yellow, all Camero colors. Black interior.

1098 +.040, 11:1, ported & polished, Huffaker cam, headers, locker, 5:12 (or whatever about that ratio), Good Year slicks, 1 gal gas tank.

Sold it to a guy who took it to Daytona and, against my instructions, tried to run it there with the 5:12. I had included a couple of other ratio's. You, of course, know what happened.
He done blowed her up!
 
<looks at Daytona, turns and looks at a four-banger 1100cc/5.12 diffy>

*sheesh*

whadda maroon.
 
DNK said:
I started auto X'ing in 73. We had to wear a helmet.
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In the south, we're all so hard headed that I guess helmets weren't deemed as a necessary piece of apparel.
 
Even "back-when" any of the Auto-X events we ran required a brain bucket, along with a cursory tech inspection.

I ran the Elan with tire pressures of 18/22 front/rear. A tech "inspector" once decided I wasn't gonna run with tires that low, no amount of rational argument would sway him... we pumped 'em to 34 for him and lowered 'em before the run. FTD. :smirk:
 
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