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06-30-2018, 09:08 AM | #1 |
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This stopped by the house today. Pretty neat little hot rod , built by Johnie Parsons to drive to work in 1942... 60 flathead with edmunds two single barrel intake, mechanical 39 brakes and a 26-27 narrowed T body. Was just restored with all parts left as is ( or was)....
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06-30-2018, 09:19 AM | #2 |
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Re: 60 engine hot rod stops by .........
That thing looks like ALOT of fun!!!!........Mark
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06-30-2018, 09:20 AM | #3 |
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Really cool, especially since the war was raging and scrap metal drives were going on.
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06-30-2018, 09:22 AM | #4 |
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Re: 60 engine hot rod stops by .........
Now that’s a real Hot Rod!
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06-30-2018, 09:49 AM | #5 |
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Re: 60 engine hot rod stops by .........
More in line with the Rods I saw growing up.
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06-30-2018, 10:42 AM | #6 |
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06-30-2018, 11:14 AM | #7 |
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Re: 60 engine hot rod stops by .........
times were so different back in the 40's and 50's--here in Ma we had to run cycle fenders, and a working e-brake was required-stuffing your echo cans with steel wool was a common practice in order to get a sticker.
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Great engine & a great car built by a motorsports legend!! Cheers Tony Last edited by KiWinUS; 07-01-2018 at 08:24 AM. |
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06-30-2018, 02:18 PM | #9 |
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Re: 60 engine hot rod stops by .........
Probably several people do not know who Johnnie Parsons was.
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06-30-2018, 04:00 PM | #10 |
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thought of that after i posted his name.
Racing career Parsons first raced in open wheel cars on the West Coast of the United States in a midget car. He won the 1942 season championship in the United Midget Association. He won 18 feature events in the abbreviated season.[2] Parsons began racing in the AAA after World War II. He captured the third feature in the 1948 Night Before the 500 midget race at the 16th Street Speedway. Parsons finished second in his first Indy 500 in 1949. He won the season championship that season. He also won the 1950 Indianapolis 500. He won the 1955 Turkey Night Grand Prix midget car race. After he retired, he became the Chief Steward for the USAC Midget division on the West Coast in the 1970s. |
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