- 1. Fire suits,been there,done that,got the T shirt (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 15:20:04 -0800
- Greetings to the list and may I add a personal thought on not just going for the rules minimum on safety equipment. On 28 December 1963,I went off on the last round of top fuel eliminator against Tuc
- /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00199.html (7,875 bytes)
- 2. Ford OHV 6's (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 18:44:28 -0800
- When I was drag racing in the late 50's / early 60's I think I remember reading about a Ford OHV 6 powered Bonneville car called the "punkin seed" possibly owned and/or sponsered by Ells Lohn of ELCO
- /html/land-speed/2001-05/msg00612.html (7,796 bytes)
- 3. New Motto (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 19:03:09 -0800
- 45 years ago,my mess Sgt said: "OK people,suck it down and move out,this aint no dayroom. -- Bill McIntyre IAC 3269 acromac@worldnet.att.net /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list ///
- /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00065.html (6,249 bytes)
- 4. Nitromethane (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 19:19:27 -0800
- Greetings to the list! There is a wealth of talent on this list and very few questions go unanswered. I was having lunch today with 2 dear friends from the top fuel wars of the early 60's.The questio
- /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00067.html (7,840 bytes)
- 5. Speed Sport Roadster (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 15:26:11 -0800
- Greetings to the list from this "lurker" In the 50's and 60's,Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson,Arizona allowed the use of one of its runways one Sunday a month for a drag race event. I was a 22 year old
- /html/land-speed/2001-01/msg00392.html (7,294 bytes)
- 6. Marmon powered coupe (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:40:18 -0800
- My first LSR experience was as a spectator at Muroc in June.There was a Crosley bodied coupe there with (I think) a blown SBC.The owner told me that the car had originally been built by Howard Johan
- /html/land-speed/2001-01/msg00541.html (6,930 bytes)
- 7. Muroc entry fees (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 19:43:00 -0800
- Greetings to the list Im a 60's drag racer who made his first trip to see a LSR event in June at Muroc.I hope to visit the LSR venue in the future.Please let me know where I can send my $50 to keep M
- /html/land-speed/2000-12/msg00209.html (6,617 bytes)
- 8. Tow vehicles (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:20:46 -0800
- Greetings to the list In the early 60's,Don Garlits towed his fuel dragster on an open trailer using a Surburban.He had built a plywood shelf from the rear seat to the rear doors (5-6 ft).The shelf h
- /html/land-speed/2000-12/msg00686.html (8,066 bytes)
- 9. Occupations-very interesting thread (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:01:23 -0800
- Greetings to the list, where I have been lurking since Muroc in June. Bill McIntyre,residing in Mesa,Arizona (east side of the Phoenix metro area)since April of 1960. Served proudly in the Army for 3
- /html/land-speed/2000-11/msg00524.html (7,965 bytes)
- 10. Pete Robinson rememberd (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 20:10:00 -0800
- Greetings to the list In 1959,two friends and I ran a C/GAS 40 ford SBC at the national championship drags at Detroit.Pete was there running his gas dragster with a water injector device to retard de
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00058.html (7,235 bytes)
- 11. Mercedes 300 SL's (score: 1)
- Author: William McIntyre <acromac@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 14:08:37 -0800
- Bill McIntyre IAC 3269 acromac@worldnet.att.net Greetings Here in the Phoenix area in the late 50's-early 60's Gus Stallings regularly ran his 300SL at the drags.He was the owner of Stallings Auto I
- /html/land-speed/2000-07/msg00099.html (7,431 bytes)
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