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Vintage Race Pic
Le Mans Master
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Blue or Blue and White are (or were) American racing colors back in the day. Brits had green and the Italians had red. The Germans were silver, which is why you see so many of the atypical vehicles done in these historical colors, like all the Silver BMW's, Porsche's and Benzes, the Red Ferrari's, the Blue Shelby Cobra's and Corvettes and the Dark Green MG's and Triumph's.
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I'm pretty sure that it is James Garner's "American International Racing Teams" Corvettes.I'm pretty sure the conversion was done by one of the outside coach builders. These conversions were done by companies like the ones who did the limos, ambulances, etc. They could be ordered and delivered through your Chevy dealer, but GM didn't actually do the conversion. These were conversions don't by outside companies, who had ties to GM, and were established conversion companies.
Cool picture, by the way!
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From: Northern CO
Echoing everyones exclamation of coolness. Great example of pretty much, every typical method to get a racer to the track: flat-towing, open trailer-tow, and haulin' it in on a ramp truck.
Oh, and each racer exposed. No one had started bringing them in boxes just yet, consolidating all the support equipment with them. Hence, bigger trailers and more powerful tractors to lead them in.
Thanks for the walk down Memory Lane.
Oh, and each racer exposed. No one had started bringing them in boxes just yet, consolidating all the support equipment with them. Hence, bigger trailers and more powerful tractors to lead them in.
Thanks for the walk down Memory Lane.
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From: Port Washington WI
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Dodge had crew cabs in the 60's, built the same way, with 2 sets of front doors.
Around that same time Chevy made a pickup with a longer bed that let you use a slide in camper and close the tailgate.
I worked for a company one summer, that made pipe hangers and supports for industrial tubing and piping. Part of my job was making deliveries to job sites, and the truck I used was a 69 3/4 C-20 Chevy "Longhorn" "Custom Camper 20". The best thing about it was the color, it was Hugger Orange!
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From: Syracuse NY
You can make out the L88 humped hood pretty clearly on the one in the foreground.
The guy who works on my vettes used to race a '69 L88 "back in the day" Raced east coast tracks and did Daytona 24 hours a few times. If he'd have hung on to that L88 he'd be retired already and not still working.
Eddie
The guy who works on my vettes used to race a '69 L88 "back in the day" Raced east coast tracks and did Daytona 24 hours a few times. If he'd have hung on to that L88 he'd be retired already and not still working.
Eddie
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Awesome picture! 
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
