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Lew Arrington's Brutus was a serious contender at the dawn of the funny car era. In 1965 Brutus was powered by one of Mickey Thompson's Hemi-headed Pontiac monsters. Unfortunately the days of Poncho powered Pontiacs were drawing to a close and Lew would soon shift to a 392 Chrysler.

Roadside Repairs

Calling Card

Bikes I Like #4

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Bikes I Like #3

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Monster A La Mode

Late For The Ball

This defies description .......

Don't Be A Sissy

The Outlaw

Roth's "Outlaw"

America's Most Famous Roadster

Designed and built by Ed Roth of Maywood, Calif., in 1959 the Outlaw has become a hot rod classic. The body, which resembles a Model T is built of fiberglass. The engine is '56 Cadillac and the chassis is various Ford parts.

Read This Before Reading

Peculiar Polystyrene #2

Any model kit with a voodoo witch doctor gets my vote.

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Beat It

Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX 2287 taking shape in the workshop.

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Roth 1970

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Gosh, Even A Chrome Crank

Bikes I Like #2

Ducati Mark 3 Desmo 350

A Thrill A Minute

" TRI-ANG SCALEXTRIC model motor racing is a sport involving SKILL and Scalextric models must be driven like real cars. "

Aloha

The George Barris Surf Woody gets a little Waikiki sand between its treads.

Mystery Machine #2

Bill Lawton smoking it up.

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Von Hutch

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Peculiar Polystyrene

The Atomic Age produced some strange model kits but this one must rate as the weirdest I have ever seen. Just don't fire one of your scale guided missiles into the reactor or you may generate a parental meltdown.

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Under The Hood

12 Hours Of Sebring 1965

Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX 2299
Bob Bondurant / Jo Schlesser
4th Overall.

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Wheelspin

The age old enemy of the quarter mile.

Firepower

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Hearse With A Curse

If you dig vintage box art as much as The Magnetic Brain, be sure to check out Bob Black's TRacKables. Bob always has a stack of cool box art for your viewing pleasure.

Almost Stock

1965 Super Stock Nationals
York , Pennsylvania.

1965 was a very good year for Bill Lawton. Following back to back Stock Eliminator titles at both the NHRA and AHRA Winternationals, Lawton took out Handicap Eliminator in York driving the Tasca Ford A/FX Mustang.

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Showtime

Dave Puhl's Illusion was the embodiment of assymetrical excess.

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What Is Right With This Picture ?

The Cobra is yellow, not red or blue.
It has Cragar SS wheels, not fake Halibrands.
It has speed equipment decals on the bodywork.
The doors are sporting reflective psychedelic signwriting.
There are no sidepipes.
It is racing on a dragstrip.

See how many more you can come up with .....

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Goldfinger

The Desperato

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Model Citizen

Go Fast #2

Everything you'll need to turn the family sedan into a fire breathing brute.

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His 'N' Hers

Presenting the last word in Shelby-styled leisure wear. These sporty accessories are a must for the well-dressed Cobra enthusiast.

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Givin' You The Willys #9

Glenn Murry and his 1939 B/Gas Willys powered by 426 cubic inches of Chrysler wedge.

Assembly Line

Why wasn't there ever a kid friendly 1956 Pontiac under my christmas tree ?

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Racing In Paradise

A rare occasion when the driver was as stunning as the car. Unfortunately my powers of vintage Ferrari detection are decidedly lacking, so I won't embarrass myself further by trying to identify the vehicle in question.

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Strip Art #2

I much preferred the art of vintage drag racing before it became nostalgic. This period poster is refreshingly vital without the inclusion of pinstriping and ersatz outlaw suggestion.

Three Careful Owners

Dick Landy's 1965 AWB Dodge in its second incarnation. Following this it would become the appropriately named Up Up And Away.

Pre-Pantera

Having never had the opportunity to drive a DeTomaso Mangusta I am not in a position to comment on their reputed idiosyncrasies. As my sense of sight is still functioning I can give you my visual two cents worth. The Mangusta, despite its shapely silhouette, still manages to impart an elegantly menacing presence. The same cannot be said of its angular successor, the Pantera, which succumbed to the prevailing winds of change and eliminated practically every curve. Where Guigiaro had penned a voluptuously inspiring design, Tom Tjaarda canned the french curves and headed straight for the straight edge. The same happened at Lamborghini where Marcello Gandini's stunning Miura was superseded by his wedge-like Countach. I don't really connect with the oblique supercar and my design preferences would have bankrupted both DeTomaso and Lamborghini.

Givin' You The Willys #8

Photo by David Ray.

Hard Charger

Roger Lindamood's 1966 Dodge Charger was retired into the capable hands of Chicago's Mr Norm to reappear as The Supercharger.

Go Fast !!

Can flathead speed equipment be successfully displayed without the use of pegboard ?

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Foglights & Masking Tape

I guess I'm a nut for details, but what I love about the period race cars that I post incessantly, is their individuality. Take for instance George Reed and Dan Gerber's Cobra in the above photo at Sebring in 1965. CSX 2189 is sporting an array of driving lights that look more like an insect's antennae than any useful form of illumination. The half-sweep tachometer mounted up high on the dash is another unique touch that gives the car its own personality.

Details, details, details .....

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