The Magnetic Brain

I tend to do a lot of poking around on Facebook these days and am constantly amazed at the great stuff that gets posted. Doug Grieve sh...

I love vintage box art and was lucky enough to discover Bob Black's Trakables blog a while ago. Bob has busily been uploading his f...

All I can tell you about this tough Coronet is a big fat nothing.  Let me know if you can fill in the blanks.

Another great shot of Junior Thompson's B/Gas Willys  courtesy of  flinstonecharger @ The H.A.M.B.

The Hayden Proffitt shop truck stretching its legs at Lions. Via:  TWE42

Charlie Allen launching hard !

Well it's been a while, about 7 months, but I have finally returned to the keyboard. For those of you who don't know, or care, I ha...

Here are a couple of killer photos taken by Sherm Porter at the 1965 Bakersfield Fuel & Gas Championships. Via: Sherm Porter

Super Stocks were alive and well in 1963.  The Horsepower Engineering Dodge  takes a rest between rounds at Fremont. Via:  The H....

Early S/FX action !

More ghoulish goodies from the back pages of Hot Rod, December 1963.

Since I had the 'ol scanner scanning, I thought I'd post up this gem from a slightly tattered issue of Car Craft dated M arch 1959....

The back pages of old Car Craft magazines are a smorgasbord of weird and wonderful provisions. Where else could you shop for an Isky cam a...

"Lawman" Al Eckstrand will make his first official competition appearance with the Golden Commandos behind the wheel of their A/F...

Tulsa World Finals 1967 I found this great shot of Dean Lowry and the Inch Pincher on The H.A.M.B. Thanks to partsrivet for sharing his gr...

You'll never convince me that those headers were an optional extra down at the dealership .

Arnie Beswick facing off against a topless Al Vanderwoude at Lions.

Bogan Renfroe's "Cat Skinner" 1940 Willys Powered by a hi-riser 427 Ford purchased from Phil Bonner, Renfroe raced the Willy...

Gene Snow's 1965 Dodge Dart started life as a showroom stocker before it became one of the most successful match racers in the country. ...

Veteran drag racer a...

Ronnie Sox 1964 Mercury Comet. Via: Fran Hernandez

Although it may not look like it, Dick Brannan's 9 second Mustang ran a C6 Automatic whilst everybody else were busily banging gears. If...

Here's a fantastic piece of box art from Aurora that I found over at the Nostalgia On Wheels blog and I'm guessing the model was the...

Long before Carroll Shelby's Cobra became the most prolific kit car on the planet, AMT released this D.I.Y offering for aspiring sports ...

"Jungle" Larry Faust Mooneyham-Ferguson-Jackson & Faust AA/FD U.S. Fuel & Gas Championships Bakersfield 1965

Another find from my friendly second-hand record store. If you ever wondered how to spell "The Astronauts" in Japanese, look no f...

Gabby Bleeker AA/FA Bantam Great Lakes Dragaway - circa 1964 A masterpiece in quarter-mile madness. Via: The H.A.M.B

I finally fired up the scanner and got my Li'l Coffin done for any box art aficionados who may be tuning in.

I'm sure I tried to convince my father to install one of these.

Via : drags.lookskool.com

Lawyer Al Eckstrand of Detroit is driving Plymouth Super Stocks at the big national drag meets this year. To millions of drag strip fans, t...

Clester Andrews driving his 1965 A/FX Mustang at Irwindale Raceway. The Wickersham Ford sponsored car was built by Holman Moody and sporte...

1960 Italian Grand Prix Monza Phil Hill - Ferrari 246 Phil Hill's victory at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix was the first for an American d...

Rather than let The Magnetic Brain die an agonizingly slow death, I thought I would dredge the depths of my computer and post some more of m...

Via: Zellaby

The thing that strikes me most about Jimmy Varacalli's Willys is that great crest painted on the door. I suppose drag racing could be co...

My latest vinyl acquisition is this Japanese E.P by The Dragsters or The Dragstars , depending upon whether you're reading the front or ...

Thunderbird Motel - Jacksonville, Florida 1968 Every serviceman's dream . Via: saacforum

" ..... I don't know nothing else. Strats and Telecasters. " Ike Turner Via: fender.com

Suspense, intrigue, espionage and a commie nympho queen !!! Via: swallace99

R.I.P. Carroll Hall Shelby January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012