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Right you are. This is one of the few times you catch me not in a bowtie. I just love the old Lincoln flathead. It's got torque and revs like a spotted ape. This is a 38 Lincoln I drug back in pieces from Mooresville. A bootleggers car deluxe, had cable operated cutouts, and lots of extra trunk space with big truck springs under the rear, imagine that. You know me Jim, I got to have a multi-carb setup, it's just in my blood.

Longtime project starting to come together, just sure miss the old coupes.

Glen behind the wheel

Glen Wood with the car at the Shop

Sonny's Wood brothers ride

Jackie's last ride Here's Bill walking behind the car giving it the once over, little did he know the fate to come

Definately better than the old homeys shot with the old Bell and Howell double 8 camera. They had nice professional camera crews out the that day. Sad they never had more of them out the during the good ole days, because there were some really great runs out there that are nothing more than a foggy memory of some saggy old farts, that sit around straining trying to remember, and post on the Internet...... Oh shoot that's us! Damn..........

Larry I believe you are correct. Now that I look at that picture more closely, that is Schild standing next to the car in the striped shirt I believe. Nice catch.

To Happier Times Jim....... Look at this hansome devil, coulda been a movie star, instead, he hung out at the track........ The Uncle Jimmie's Special And the end result......way to go Jim happy 4th to you buddy........

Yeah if Parnelli would have ever caught him, they would have both been wadded up in the infield.

Y'all remember that IMCA stock car event they had out at Arrowhead in Oct of '51. It was two days of racing, the 27th and 28th. I am sure of the dates because Sunday was my fathers birthday, and we hada car in the race, driven by my uncle Bobby. What a marathon. We ran a 100 laps on Saturday, which Eddie Harrisons won in his Olds, and the 150 laps on Sunday, which Eddie won again. and then a 25 lap trophy dash, that Pat Kirkwood won. Man what a show. Arrowhead was packed to the rafters, it seemed like everybody in Houston was there.

Larry if I remember right Gene Force won that race in November. Man those were some great days, and the track was super fast. Skippy Michaels and Gene Hartley put on a good show only to have some problems late in the race. If I recall correctly it was: 1 Gene Force 2 Dale Swaim 3 Bill Homeier 4 AJ Foyt 5 Tony Bettenhausen In Dec of '59 they had the USAC Stock Car race there at Meyers, Harold Smith and Roger Ward battled to the last lap, with Smitty taking the win. AJ won the USAC Sprint race at Meyers in Oct of '59 Him and Parnelli Jones put on a clinic that night That may have only been AJ's 2nd or third win in a USAC Sprinter. The next year in '60 Parnelli Jones Beat AJ at Meyers, in a Sprint Car owned by the late Harlan Fike. Johnny white took over that car later on and drove for Harlan until '64 when he flipped a sprinter he built himself and broke is neck up at Terre Haute. I ended up inheriting that Fike ride after Johnny was paralyzed for life, and drove it for a couple of seasons because Wayne Weiler gave Harlan my name. Wayne drove for Harlan for many years. Harlan Fike was one of the nicest guy's I ever drove for. If Joe Meyers would have been around loger there would have been a Texas version of Martinsville or something on the lot in Houston. I think that track was his entire life. Not that he needed any money, he did it because he loved it, and for no other reason. They broke he mold when they made Joe Meyers hat's for sure.

Yes Sir that is the one and only Texas Terry, in a car his dad built and maintained. That car won a lot of trophies. Hello from Mosul, Iraq all. Can't wait to be back in the Lone Star State. It is hot as Hades today 103° in the shade, and there ain't no shade. Somebody took all the trees.