Monday, July 27, 2020

Racing - South Eubank - Albuquerque

First shot appears to from the 1950’s. The second is from 1979. For the record, my Charger was never out there...


Thursday, July 23, 2020

Frank Crane - Kent WA

Frank Crane of Estacda, Ferrari GTO chasing Dave McDonald in the Cobra at Kent, WA USRRC, 1963.



Tuesday, July 21, 2020

45 Hillclimber



Ouch

I’ve seen loads of exploded U joints and twisted/sheared dives shafts but this is a first. Glad it’s not mine.



Calendar Days

Another oldie but goodie of the Root’s with Rob’s old Rambler. If you squinted just right that car was just as cool as a Chevy II SS.



Monday, July 20, 2020

Root’s Golden Oldie

A classic of Rob, Lynn and Jim Root from back in the days when Rob’s car club shot a calendar each year. I think that might be Lynn’s brother pumping gas.



Sunday, July 5, 2020

Forsberg Trailer

Admittedly I'm not exactly impartial but I think my big brother takes on some really incredible projects. His fabrication skills, mechanical abilities and attention to detail are pretty inspirational. I've learned a lot from him over a lifetime.
Forsberg Indian
Here's a great example. This trailer was built in the 1940's to hauler race bikes for the local Indian Motorcycle dealer, Forsberg Indian. There are photos of this trailer at period race events hauling hillclimbers and dirt trackers.
The suspension was salvaged from a mid 1930's Ford (arched leafspring, radius rods, axle hubs, etc.). Sadly a lot of what was left was unusable. The trailer was hit while parked and the axle was badly bent. Rob opted to replace it with a hot rod style drop axle to lower the load height. The original fabrication was rough. He's cleaned up everything salvageable and painted it. He found old pickup fenders from a swap meet we narrowed and still need to mount. He has taillights and the all the other parts required to finish it. We just need to find the time to finish it. Pretty cool in my book.
Fender mock up pre-narrow and chassis paint

Friday, July 3, 2020

King Kenny & the Legendary Manx

Anyone who knows me knows I was a massive Kenny Roberts and Bob Hannah fan starting at about 10 years old. When other kids where fixated on Roger Staubach,  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and KISS I only cared about them.
"King" Kenny RobertsBob "Hurricane" Hannah
As a Brit bike guy I was super stoked to find this November 1989 issue of Cycle World with Roberts riding a 1959 Norton Manx and Hannah on a 1964 Rickman Triumph. I found an issue on eBay in early May that was permanently lost in the USPS COVID-19 debacle. After waiting about 6 weeks I found another copy and started the wait all over. It finally showed up this week.

The Bob Hannah feature is coming in a future post.

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Spanish Flu - Seattle 1918

Youth stand in front of a downtown Seattle theater that closed after Mayor Ole Hanson’s proclamation concerning public gatherings in 1918. (Museum of History & Industry, Seattle)

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Spanish Fly - 1918

The 39th Regiment marches down 2nd Ave. with their flu masks on, passing Cheasty’s Haberdashery, CA. October/November 1918.
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