Bob, thanks for the info and photos of the car that my son and I now own, I saw it the very first time Ralph took it to the salt in 2003 and admired its construction then. It has been offered several times for sale and as I have previously said we were very fortunate to have gotten the car and after our changes we hope that we can make it a record holder.
The 502 car is one that Ralph built back in the late 60s early 70s I think. It is now owned by a friend of mine Jimmy Yreberry and Jim did run the car for a number of years and held several lakester records. It is, as all of Ralph's cars seem to be, beautifully constructed and state of the art engineering. Jim has pretty much got the car almost "race ready" but due to money and time it may be a while before it sees the salt again.
Thanks again!!
Rex