[Tigers] Hollywood Sports Car #55

[Bob Dixon]

The GT350 driver was Walt Hane.  A great guy.  I believe the tire donator
may have been Bob Alder. Both here in Colorado. If you want a fantastic
carb, Walt and his son Chip are your guys.

Bob


> Hi guys! While at Bonneville  in October a friend brought me a copy  of
> Classic Motorsports magazine, Issue #129, November 2007 because it has a
> great article on Doane Spencer's #55 car. It has apparently been
> completely restored to better than it ever was. There are two photos
> showing the front and rear hubs with the wheels removed. At least in
> this versoinof the car, they are true knock offs with pin drives.  The
> article mentions that the wheels are "unobtanium HSC cast wheels". The
> tires are brand new, having never been on the ground before and were
> donated by a man who knew the driver of the GT 350 that beat Doane out
> of the C production title in 1968  and he was happy to donate the tires
> to the resto project. The hood was found in an attic of a gentle man who
> had owns a tiger and it had the #55 car's hood on it for some odd
> reason, now lost to history but he made a donation to the restoration as
> well. . If anyone is a fan of this car as I am, then please find a copy
> of this magazine! the article runs about 8 pages and that's a lot these
> days.
>
> mayf
> CoolVT at aol.com wrote:
>
>>The latest issue of CAT magazine has a picture of the Hollywood  Sports
>> Car
>>#55 on page 4.  Does anyone know what brand of wheels are shown  on the
>> car?
>>Are they bolt on or knock offs?
>>Thanks,
>>Mark
>>
>>
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