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Offline JimL

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1185 on: May 09, 2010, 01:25:02 AM »
About the Burt Munro pic.....wow....memories.  I was at Burts pit one day, and he was showing me around his bike.  He showed me the little rectangular hole (seen in the hinged panel over the engine) and told me he had a little knob on a rocker arm that he could feel against his belly...to use as a tach.

To tell the truth...I STILL don't know if he was pulling my leg!  He certainly did (joshed me good) about some other stuff, and left me wondering for over 40 years.

I'd say my biggest regret in life, is that I never did figure out how to build a time machine.  Pictures like this one leave a fella' wishing, don't they?

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1186 on: May 09, 2010, 01:28:57 AM »
I love these modified roadster pictures!    :cheers:
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1187 on: May 09, 2010, 09:36:05 AM »
You didn't believe me, did you????

Keep your eyes on the pit pass.

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1188 on: May 09, 2010, 10:25:44 AM »
I'll say it again -- we know that the Gallery has been acting up.  We're working on making it reliably easy to view.  As for adding photos -- I'm still learning if everyone can add 'em or if it's only for me (and selected others that I've recruited).  After we know that -- I would like the "add comments of your own" to be open to all so we could easily get them with the photos.  We'll letcha know.

I think I'd be wise to have the addition of photos remain inn my bailiwick - so we don't have Mr. Smart-axx adding photos of his old granny while nude swimming or something.  Send the photos to me and I'll get 'em up there.  Comments will, once we figure out how to do it, be open for you.
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1189 on: May 09, 2010, 10:28:26 AM »
as an old grampa, i have no problem with...

oh...

wrong thread.
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1190 on: May 09, 2010, 01:55:04 PM »
Kool  old photos...  looking around in the back grounds of the photos are very interesting and telling of the day
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1191 on: May 09, 2010, 08:33:21 PM »
For being such a little banana, that 555 sure shows up in a lot of places!  Since the yellow matches the tow car, and it sounds like it didn't really get off the trailer much, I guess that the matching color was chosen so that at least the combo would look good.  I think that may be all the pix I've got of it (I still love the hearse, though... and that 901).





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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1192 on: May 11, 2010, 01:00:40 PM »
Finally, some Motion I pix.  But these may have been around before.  The side view says Reyes/Callaway on back and the shot of Tremulis and the yarn says Peterson Publishing.  For 40 years I thought these were Goldenrod…  I guess that shows just how much I don’t know  :?  I’m still looking for more personal Motion I photos from Alex, now that I know what I’m looking for (thanks, lvsalt!)…






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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1193 on: May 11, 2010, 01:06:22 PM »
oh, steve: these are just too bitchen!

i have never seen either of these pictures!

seems to me that i remember seeing pics with the yarn in place; maybe when i was at bert's and noel's shop in sacto in june of 1970.

keep 'em comin'!

i can't wait to see what other gems of alex's you may find!
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1194 on: May 11, 2010, 01:28:02 PM »
Greg,I agree great shots of a real racer from the past. A few of us knew him.
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1195 on: May 11, 2010, 05:13:52 PM »
Great photos Steve! I have never seen these either.You notice the gap in the body panels, I spoke with my dad and he said Noel didnt have a piece of material long enough so he used that in order to get the car done for 69. Panels were correct for 1970.

 Thanks for posting Steve.
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1196 on: May 11, 2010, 05:16:39 PM »
You notice the gap in the body panels, I spoke with my dad and he said Noel didnt have a piece of material long enough so he used that in order to get the car done for 69. Panels were correct for 1970.

true hot rodding!

as i remember, strips of aluminum were used to fill the gaps.

this was low-bucks land speed racing at its essence.
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1197 on: May 11, 2010, 10:08:34 PM »
Very cool, that is what this thread is about.... keep digging guys there is plenty of gold to be found.  
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1198 on: May 11, 2010, 11:43:00 PM »
ok.

i think i need to hear back from sprenger to confirm this, but i think i'm remembering more about alex and the yarn.

i'm almost certain that these two pictures belong with each other.

here's how i remember the story:

alex taped down the yarn and the photographer went down the wrong side of the course and shot this picture.

i wasn't with the car in 1969.  i seem to remember only two runs on the car that year, the second being at 352 mph.
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #1199 on: May 12, 2010, 12:01:37 AM »
 335mph in 1969,  352mph in 1970
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