#836 Race Ready D Street Roadster

[836dstr]

Jack,

I'm not sure. In the early days you could drive in your roadster, take off your windshield and be ready to race.

A PM to "Stan Back" might be enlightening, or maybe someone like Dan Warner or Glen Barrett.

Tom

[Stainless1]

Reading about the early days of lakes racing, pre and post war, it looks like most drove out to race their ride.  One thing I found interesting was coupes were not allowed until later....
There were a lot of associations racing multiple lakes...
The hot rod scene... still alive and well... 

[ggl205]

Jack,

I'm not sure. In the early days you could drive in your roadster, take off your windshield and be ready to race.

A PM to "Stan Back" might be enlightening, or maybe someone like Dan Warner or Glen Barrett.

Tom

Very much like what road racers did back in the 1950's. Drive your racer to the track, pull the windshield (if you had a convertible), tape the headlights and go racing. The hot tuners actually carried warmer spark plugs for race day (lol). My goodness, how things have changed.

John

[Stan Back]

I did drive my roadster to El Mirage a couple of time years ago.  Never ran it, though.

In 1972, my first year at SpeedWeek, I accompanied my friend Phil Stevenson as he drove his 55 Chevy wagon from Rialto, Calif., to Bonneville.  He was a Cadillac fan and it had a 390 in it with a 6-pot manifold.  He bought the manifold for $15 after convincing the owner it wasn't for a Chrysler.  I had a trash can with 14-15 97s in it that I gave him.  He salvaged 4 of them and blocked off the center two.  It had a Jet-Away Hydramatic (not exactly quick) and we had an uneventful trip.  When we arrived there, we put on 18-inch Halibrands (with 3 lug patterns in them) -- one tire was an Indy tire, the other was a Bonneville tire.  One was 3/4-inch taller than the other.  Both had plies showing thru and were stamped "Good for 150 MPH". 

He wanted to go 150 -- and ran 149 a couple times as I remember.  He won what then was a yearly award for going the fastest with a car driven to SpeedWeek.  Don't remember the name of the award, but it later disappeard, i guess.  I'm told that it was because some were claiming it after driving from the Stateline parking lot.  It figures.

I ended up with the 18s which I put on my sedan 25 or so years ago.

[Stan Back]

Here's the main photo I've been trying to post . . .

[jdincau]

Is that the 700 roadster before we bought it?

[Stan Back]

The one behind the wagon?

Could be.

[jdincau]

What year was that taken?

[Stan Back]

1972

[jdincau]

That must have been right after Jerry Jones got it from the Swain's

[Stan Back]

Now that you mention Jerry Jones, I remember that Phil and I were charged with removing the blower from the roadster.  I didn't know Jerry, I guess Phil did.  Neither of us knew anything about blowers.

[ronnieroadster]

1972

  I was just one year out of high school starting to build a deuce roadster with a sears 90 amp buz box good times for sure. 

[altered757]

New price $12,500

[altered757]

4 axle trailer also available! Cheap!

[bearingburner]

I spent my honeymoon at speedweek 1972 trying to make by belly tank run. Still have the same wife and belly tank. We slept in the bed of my GMC Sprint in the Wendover dump.