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As the title says, lets put it to a vote. Only room for one to be first in the timeline, so who was it?
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19Prohibition Era Bootleggers42.11%8Returning WWII soldiers57.89%11Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt. -
Where's the option for the guys racing on the dry lakes in the 1930s?
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When did Prohibition pass? Seems it was a little prior to that...?Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.Comment
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board track racersComment
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As I am given to understand this, the prohibition era bootleggers gave birth to NASCAR and autoracing in general, while the returning WWII Vets embraced the freedom of the open road on motorcycles...
My Grandfather was a Prohibition era bootlegger, rather successful, jailed for a time, and I have the gun he used...
GailThat awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!Comment
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I was going to post the same thing..you tree'd me..Originally posted by LORENSWIFE View PostIf you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark DonohueComment
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I feel so mean when I tree somebody! Please accept my apology!
~GailLast edited by LORENSWIFE; February 10, 2012, 07:24 PM.That awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!Comment
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well, I was not run up a tree by coon hounds so no appology required...If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark DonohueComment
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Got to be the World War Two guys like Gene Adams' father. That's where all the good stuff came from: Supercharging, Turbocharging, Methanol Injection, Nitrous Oxide, Nitromethane...!
Imagine a time when your LIFE possibly depended on how much reliable power you could squeeze from internal combustion engines like the Merlin, Meteor, Allison 1710, and all those crazy huge Radials...!
Just my opinion, but to me that's the beginning of the good stuff.Last edited by dieselgeek; February 10, 2012, 07:42 PM.www.realtuners.com - catch the RealTuners Radio Podcast on Youtube, Facebook, iTunes, and anywhere else podcasts are distributed!Comment
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Alexander Winton-Ransom Olds. Ormond Beach, FL, 1903.Comment
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Hot rodding started the day after a guy lost the race against the cross town rival. It was when he started modifying the car to beat that guy the next.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Came here to say basically this.Originally posted by Mr4Speed View Post1970 Camaro RS - SOLD | 2000 Camaro SS - Traded in for a Hyundai...
1966 Ford Thunderbird - SOLD | 1963 MGB, abandoned V8 project, FOR SALE/SCRAP
1978 Cutlass - Post Lay-off daily driverComment
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Since damn few of us posting here were around when hot rodding started in the 20's & 30's, I think the poll is incomplete, and we should be asking someone who was ACTUALLY THERE. So in other words, shut up - unless you are at least 70 years old.Act your age, not your shoe size. - PrinceComment
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LMAO! Like grumpy Stude. Where's Monk to suggest a bran muffin?Originally posted by studemax View PostEscaped on a technicality.Comment
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flatheads are hot rods ?Comment
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