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[Grant G.]

Jim Clark at the 'Ring.

[MG Brown]

Rather than spend all of the time posting the pix, I will post some links to my on-line photo albums.

Warming - they contain equal amounts of good, bad and downright ugly photos.

Contemporary Motor Sports Events

Vintage Racing Events

[Ron Hershman]

Gotta love the air!!!!

Chris Amon at the wheel of the 3.0 Ferrari 312P Barquetta during the 1969 Nürburgring 1,000-kms.



NÜRBURGRING 1,000-KMS 1969 - The last race before Le Mans was held around the picturesque Nurburgring circuit in Germany where the 0870 was entered for Chris Amon and Pedro Rodriguez. Having been beaten to pole by the Jo Siffert and Brian Redman Porsche 908, the number seven car was forced to retire after 28 of the allotted 44 laps, its Marelli Dinoplex ignitition failing. Here we see the Mexican at the wheel.

[Jacob Shiplet]

And I have about 500 pictures of International COEs, by far my favorite kind of old time ride.

[chaparrAL]

[Vay Jonynas]

Jim Clark at the 'Ring

Cool pic! It's from the era when I think open wheel racers looked the best. They stopped looking as attractive when they went to heavy ground effects in my book.

[Vay Jonynas]

Jacob:



Whose Pro Stocker is that?

[Ron Hershman]

I would say it's a "Pro Modified" not a Pro Stocker.

[Mopar Rob]

Five of these were sitting in a field outside Elburn, IL, when I was a kid. We used to play in them, pretty cool. Later they were moved to West Chicago when I was in high school and then lost track of their whereabouts. Unfortunately, I don't remember taking any photos and if I did I wouldn't have the slightest idea where they might be?

[Ron Hershman]

Here ya go, Rob...

GM Futurliner Restoration Project

GM Futurliner on Wikipedia

[Ron Hershman]

More info for Rob... any of this ring a bell, Rob?

Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 8:50 PM.

I am from Gurnee, Illinois, which is north of Chicago and close to a town named Waukegan. About six or seven years ago, maybe more, three of these buses were parked in the lot of a Waukegan GMC dealer. I don't think the dealer owned them, I think they were stored there for someone else. I believe the one on eBay is one of them, and one of them may be the one in Canada. I'm not sure about the third one. But what a site it was to see them all lined up next to each other. Very cool.

There were TWO Futurliners at that sat at that Illinois body shop yard just off of HWY 41 by the Great Lakes Naval Base. They stood there for a couple years, then seemed like one was being worked on a bit then disappeared. The second one never moved while the first was having things done to it. It was then moved to the yard of the GMC dealer in Waukegan, only the one, the first unit was gone and never heard from. The second unit sat for a year or so, had the windshield broken and if I remember right, still had the "GM" letters on the front and the "PARADE OF PROGRESS" on both sides. NOW one was still the original colors, red and white, the other was a light yellow color. I am thinking the yellow one may have sat at the GMC dealer. After about a year, this one also was gone. Now we are talking at least 7 to 10 years ago.

I thought they were awesome as I drove to Chicago every day and always took a moment to glance over to see if anything was happening to them. When they were both gone I had no clue where they went until I took the short cut to Washington St from Rt41, driving by the GMC Dealer and by luck saw the one sitting in the back lot of that abandoned building (owned by the dealer). I did drive by the FuturLiner a few times to look but never had the nerve to see if the doors would open, but back then, I didn't know it had so many doors or which would get me to the drivers seat. And, as time went on, it too was no longer there. No idea where it went. So I may be right, but I could be wrong. Yes, IT WAS a helluva sight!

[Joe Mig]

This one did it for me around 1970 at National Speedway, LI.

It messed me up for life being I was around six years old.

[Mopar Rob]

Gurnee is about 40 miles from Elburn. I graduated high school in 1987 and that's when they were moved to West Chicago or about 12 miles east of Elburn. They sat there for a couple of years than disappeared. So three of them sitting in Gurnee in 2002 sort of makes sense.

To add to what you had found, I remember a couple of them being being the red color and one in the yellow. If my memory serves me correctly the others were some white/blue combo? All of them didn't have the GM and Parade of Progress stuff on them. A couple of them had the individual car brands such as Buick, but I can't remember what they actually were? The three of them that weren't the red appeared to have been painted many times for probably whatever promotion they were used for at the time.

[Garry]

How about some 300 mph cars!!

[Vay Jonynas]

TV Tommy Ivo was not only a fine racer but an excellent showman as well. Dig the flame burnouts! NHRA outlawed these in the mid-'70s.

[Mopar Rob]

Even though it's a Camaro, I remember seeing this car all the time as a kid in the late 1970s Long-time Chicago drag racer and occasional street racer Mike Albert and his 1967 Camaro.

[Mopar Rob]

Can't be complete without photos of Mr. Norm's Grand Spalding Dodge.



Back in the day





Sadly this is what it looks like today. I'm told that inside looks like it did the day it was closed with paperwork on desks...

[Mopar Rob]

And some cool old MOPAR photos



1969 Plymouth Road Runner burnout.



1969 Daytonas on a car hauler.



What appears to be the conversion center? Notice the Bondo around the rear plug on an unfinished conversion.



The 1970 AAR Cuda' that the '55 Chevy raced in the opening scene of Two Lane Blacktop.



1968 Hemi Dart.



Another 1970 AAR Cuda'.

[ShootinSparks]

[Vay Jonynas]

As a kid in 1967 I biked halfway across town to see the Little Red Wagon parked in front of Jim's Speed Equipment in London, Ontario. Jim's is still in business although at a new location since about 1970.

[Garry]

Foose mobile...

[marc]

tommy ivo !!!!!!!! yikes !!! i still have a vison hard wired in my head of that 4 eng buick riveria in one lane and ej potters chey v8 motorcycle in the other makeing a pass, there was so much smoke from those two !! nobody in the place saw the pass and the smoke stayed for over 20 minutes ...

[Jacob Shiplet]

Jacob:



Whose pro stocker is that?

That is actually a Pro Nitrous car that runs on the ADRL circuit. There is some VERY trick suspension in this car. Its a McCoy built "70 duster" promod. They are making the bodies in both FG and CF. They are fairly inexpensive and theres about 15 of them now I believe?


I think this is Tony Raffins nitrous Cuda sponsored by Muscle Motors out of MI


This is Chip Kings old superbird. He wrecked it 4 times I think?

Jason Scruggs world record holding Camaro about 2 months before he blew an oil line at the hit of the throttle and put it in the wall.

[chaparrAL]

[Jacob Shiplet]

One of THE baddest comp eliminator rides out right now. Insanely loud for a turbo car.



Tommy Kendall