Beauty

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Washburn Chevrolet racers...Bob Bondurant behind the wheel

 

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Old photo of someones pride and joy...

 

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Off to the Nassau for a little R & R...

 

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Well now that we are here what do you want to do? Beach? Bar? Races?

 

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Lots of history and story behind this beauty...Not all of it good...

 

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Astoria Chas

THE WALL OF FACES
HONORED ON PANEL 46W, LINE 45 OF THE WALL
CHARLES JOHN SNYDER
WALL NAME
CHARLES J SNYDER

PANEL / LINE
46W/45

DATE OF BIRTH
03/27/1948

CASUALTY PROVINCE
THUA THIEN

DATE OF CASUALTY
08/27/1968

HOME OF RECORD
ASTORIA

COUNTY OF RECORD
Queens

STATE
NY

 

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Pair of beauties...

 

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Pair of beauties...

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Two of my favorite things. Old Warbirds and Vettes. Tnx for sharing.

 

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Thanks to Loudbang on the HAMB. Interesting car...



1958 Fiberfab Centurion Corvette
It’s thought that only five or so examples of the Centurion Corvette were built in the mid-1960s until General Motors forced Fiberfab to stop construction – either for IP infringement or because the founder of Fiberfab, Warren “Bud” Goodwin, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of his wife who he had discovered in bed with his head engineer.The Fiberfab Centurion

The Centurion was about as close as Fiberfab ever came to being a coachbuilder, though admittedly I’m using that term somewhat loosely.
Just as the fine coachbuilders of Italy, Germany, or England would create stunning bodies for rolling chassis built by larger automakers, the Centurion Corvette was a body designed by a 3rd party to fit 1953 through 1965 Corvette chassis.

The design was closely based on the much-loved 1959 Corvette XP-87 Stingray Racer concept car designed by Pete Brock, Bill Mitchell, and Larry Shinoda. The Stingray formed the foundation of the C2 Corvette, but it wasn’t similar enough for many, and the team at Fiberfab realized they could create a very close approximation that sat on genuine Corvette running gear.


The Corvette XP-87 Stingray Racer had a fiberglass body on a space frame chassis, and made use of C1 Corvette running gear – so the similarities between it and its Fiberfab doppelgänger are more than skin deep.

 

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Caption says driver is Robert Johnson...

 

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The "affluent" family. Guess they like convertibles...

 

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Show Car...

 

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One of Carroll Shelby's 1959 Corvettes as re-styled by Ferrari designer Sergio Scaglietti. Shelby, Jim Hall (Chaparral guy) and Gary Laughlin bought three brand new 1959 Corvettes and shipped them to Italy for Scaglietti to do his work. Don't know if all three made it back to the USA. Henry Ford II told Shelby to lose them.

 

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Looking kind of sinister under the lights. Like the wheels...

 

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Graham I see she has her Piloti Driving Shoes on.

 

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Ready to hit the track...Wonder if the Mercedes won?

 

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Between rounds. Looking for a 1/10th or so.