early corvette race car pictures

[Joseph T.]

After years of participation in this hobby, I have collected thousands of photographs and am getting ready to assemble a collection that focuses in on early corvette race cars.

If any of you have pictures you would like to share or discuss please contact me.

This would include the famous and not so famous cars, races, events etc..

Your local old drag strip photo's, your Aunt Millies Corvette, crazy high school friend, the good the bad and the spectacular.

SCCA, Sebring, Daytona, proving grounds, Snake river road..you get the picture! Dick Thompson, Fred Windridge, Tiny Lund, Carroll Shelby, Eb Rose, Bark Henry, Smokey Yunick etc..

The idea is to surface pictures that would otherwise be sitting un appreciated.

Joe Trybulec
#1 Oak valley Lane
Bentonville, Arkansas
72712

479-435-1855
Trybulec@aol.com

[Steven B.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Joe, I have some 60's pictures from Mid-Ohio, the Nationals at Indy and some historic races. I will search for them and when together I will forward copies to you.

Steve

[Joseph T.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Joe, I have some 60's pictures from Mid-Ohio, the Nationals at Indy and some historic races. I will search for them and when together I will forward copies to you.

Steve

Likewise..I will send you some pictures.

Joe

[Russ U.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Joe-

We should chat. I have come across a good selection of racing pics recently. And I am currently digitizing a handful of home movies of racing action from the late 50s to mid-60s.

Attached below is a pic of the Corvette Corral at Elkhart Lake in 1962 (all of the red cars with white coves must be under the trees).

Russ

[Steven B.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Joe and Russ, you should get together and do a large book of pictures depicting early Corvette racing. When I add to my library the first thing do is look at the pictures, hopefully 1/2 to full page, then read the blurb below and third, read the book. I believe alot of us would like to see the pictures and know the when and where.

Does the Ermine White '62 in Russ' picture have one of the MG Mitten "Route 66" luggage racks on the trunk???

Steve

[Russ U.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Steve-

I believe the web is a much better place to publish this stuff. You can post a lot more high quality pics on the web than you can in a book. Plus, the web is so easy to manipulate and update. I posted most of the historical information I have regarding my 57 race car, for example:

Bob Dye Race Car

Attach below is a close-up of the white car with the luggage rack at Elkhart Lake.

Russ

[Joseph T.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Joe and Russ, you should get together and do a large book of pictures depicting early Corvette racing. When I add to my library the first thing do is look at the pictures, hopefully 1/2 to full page, then read the blurb below and third, read the book. I believe alot of us would like to see the pictures and know the when and where.

Does the Ermine White '62 in Russ' picture have one of the MG Mitten "Route 66" luggage racks on the trunk???

Steve

Steve / Russ

I have been looking for the right format to publish a quality book of fabulous Vintage Corvette pictures.

Last week while in California I bought a book that had just the rght kind of paper that I was looking for. Most books and magazines use shiny paper that I feel makes the photo hard to look at.

Steve I agree the eye candy of a good Corvette picture can really grab you and take to back to a by gone era.

My friend Terry O'neil in England who rights and publishes automotive books sends me Corvette pictures as they surface in his research. Some of them are out of this world great.

Any one that contributes photo's that make it in the book will receive contributing credits.

I will work with GM to allow me to use some of the vintage photo's they supplied me after I found the 1957 Nassau/Daytona/Sebring car.

PS..anyone in or visiting L.A go see the new Americana mall in Glendale. Pretty neat place.

Joe

[Joseph T.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Steve-

I believe the web is a much better place to publish this stuff. You can post a lot more high quality pics on the web than you can in a book. Plus, the web is so easy to manipulate and update. I posted most of the historical information I have regarding my 57 race car, for example:

Bob Dye Race Car

Attach below is a close-up of the white car with the luggage rack at Elkhart Lake.

Russ

Russ..the survivor 57 that I owned for many years had a luggage rack. I think it said Hollywood Accessories or something like that on one of the cast legs.

I thought it was great and carried a guitar strapped to it or a vintage suitcase! If I can find a picture I will post it.

Joe

[Steven B.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Thanks for the "big picture"----I don't see the wood slats on the luggage rack as the one on the Route 66 Corvettes had. I nearly bought one way back when for my '57 but instead got an MG Mitten car cover (I still use it from '65!), an AMCO walnut shift knob, now stored, and aset of competition lap belts, also stored. I do still have the magazines with the MG Mitten ads and Marion Webster, back in the days of John and Elaine Bond.

[Michael H.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Joe,

You will probably find several good pic's at the link below. It's from the old Meadowdale Raceway. Excellent site.

http://miroldpix1.homestead.com/58oldpix.html

[Joseph T.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Joe,

You will probably find several good pic's at the link below. It's from the old Meadowdale Raceway. Excellent site.

http://miroldpix1.homestead.com/58oldpix.html

Michael...Thanks...Joe

[Russ U.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

Joe,

You will probably find several good pic's at the link below. It's from the old Meadowdale Raceway. Excellent site.

http://miroldpix1.homestead.com/58oldpix.html

I have an 8mm home movie of the inaugaral race day at Meadowdale in 1958. That is one of the films I am digitizing. I hope to have the movie on my website in a month or so.

Russ
Early Corvettes Website

[Mike M.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

After years of participation in this hobby, I have collected thousands of photographs and am getting ready to assemble a collection that focuses in on early corvette race cars.

If any of you have pictures you would like to share or discuss please contact me.

This would include the famous and not so famous cars, races, events etc..

Your local old drag strip photo's, your Aunt Millies Corvette, crazy high school friend, the good the bad and the spectacular.

SCCA, Sebring, Daytona, proving grounds, Snake river road..you get the picture! Dick Thompson, Fred Windridge, Tiny Lund, Carroll Shelby, Eb Rose, Bark Henry, Smokey Yunick etc..

The idea is to surface pictures that would otherwise be sitting un appreciated.

Joe Trybulec
#1 Oak valley Lane
Bentonville, Arkansas
72712

479-435-1855
Trybulec@aol.com

joe: go to nationalroadrally.com for pics of dr thompson, yenko, blatchley, ed lowther, bob mcclure etc runnig scca at cumberland in the 50's and 60's.mike

[Joseph T.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

joe: go to nationalroadrally.com for pics of dr thompson, yenko, blatchley, ed lowther, bob mcclure etc runnig scca at cumberland in the 50's and 60's.mike

Mike...Outstanding, thanks...Joe

[Bill M.]

Re: early corvette race car pictures

[quote=Michael Hanson (4067);361071]Joe,

You will probably find several good pic's at the link below. It's from the old Meadowdale Raceway. Excellent site.

/quote]

Thanks from me too! The first race I can remember attending was at Meadowdale. I can still see (and hear) the Scarab on the Monza wall.