1st Bonneville

[Stan Back]

Let's see.  I can't seem to post the words and the photos together.  So I'll try to post this -- and come back and edit it.  So, any way, it was 1972 and I was helping my friend, Phil Stevenson, run his 1955 Chevy Bel Air Wagon at El Mirage.  It had a 390 Cadillac with a Jet-Away Hydramatic.  Not much of a drag racer, but he did drive it to El Mirage and we'd take the mufflers off and run about 120+ as I remember.  He wanted to go to Bonneville and had bought a 6-pot Offy manifold for $15 at a swap meet after convincing the seller that he was the only one in the world that wanted it -- and it wouldn't fit a Chrysler.  I contributed a wastebasketful of 97s left over from drag racing.

We drove to Bonneville and switched to the 18" Halibrands that I now have on my 28 Mercury.  One had a Bonneville tire, one an Indy.  They were about 3/4-in. in diameter different, but we had a great time.

I'll try to post the photos after this post.

[Stan Back]

Here's the car...

[Stan Back]

Here's the San Bernardino Sun article . . .

[Jack Gifford]

... my 28 Mercury...

?? Mercury brand wasn't even a gleam in Mr. Ford's eye in 1928...

[Kiwi Paul]

Believe me, Jack, It would take too long to explain, but if Stan has it at the Salt this year (barring any wheel shenanigans) you can make your own judgement....has always worked for me, and it has quite a history of sorts. The car, that is. No, perhaps I mean Stan........

[Tman]

That Mercury Saloon/Salon is one of the coolest cars ever built!

[noboD]

... my 28 Mercury...

?? Mercury brand wasn't even a gleam in Mr. Ford's eye in 1928...

That's not a Lincoln Mercury, it's differant.

[t russell]

cool stuf

[Stan Back]

Here's the 28 Mercury Torpedo Salon (prototype) that has been internationally authenticated by the Swedish Speed Magazine.

[Stan Back]

And here's Jim Amreim's Roadster mentioned in the article . . .

[Steve Walters]

That was the first year I went to Bonneville, I was in Wendover helping my dad put an airconditioner on his airstream, he was working on a remodel at the Stateline. There was a studebaker, and roadster team next to his trailer and they were enjoying themselfs a lot. They drug me and my dad out to the flats, The thing I remember the most was the bycicles going over onehundred miles an hour.   

When I was in Alaska working, my wife threw my 1972 program along with the build sheets on my cobra in the trash, Not purposely though, if you have a couple of programs from 72, and want to sell one Stan, I would be interested.

Steve     

   

[Stan Back]

Sorry, can't help.

[maguromic]

Stan, How on earth did you keep those wheel polished? Tony

[Stan Back]

Fronts are aluminum 14" modified Lincoln Versailles.  Ground the wheel weight lip off and welded in the holes that retained the stock plastic cap.

Simichrome, and only simichrome, is the only thing that has ever worked (50 years) on magnesium for me.  Dog pee is hard to cut, tho.

[manta22]

I used to use Simichrome on my '65 GTO mag wheels; it is great . Ditto on dogs-- they would come for miles to pee on those wheels!

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ