racing history

[SELLERSRODSHOP]

well, mainly motorcycle racing, but a few car shots too...

i'm currently going thru a big box of pictures that belong to my great uncle george. after returning from the war, he raced anything with wheels in the postwar years, mainly bikes. here are a few of the pics, anything with the number 66 is him. lots of early daytona beach pics when they were actually racing on the beach..

 

[RyanG85]

Cool Pictures!

 

[Anonymous]

Cool Pictures!

+1

 

[Anonymous]

+2, always enjoy looking at days gone by.

 

[B67FSTB]

cool pics man.what they call those motorcycles? bombers/bobber??

 

[Larry G]

Wow, Those are some real neat pistures. Thanks

 

[SELLERSRODSHOP]

thanks! i'm about 1/4 the way thru the pics & have scanned/downloaded about 50 so far. i haven't even got into the fishing pics yet. after he was too old to race, he turned to boats/fishing. he was one of the pioneers of sailfish fishing in the 60's. "marlin" magazine did a nice article on him in feb. 2009 issue.

 

[1497]

Very cool pictures. I would love to own the bike in picture 4.

 

[SELLERSRODSHOP]

Very cool pictures. I would love to own the bike in picture 4.

or the 3 chiefs in the bottom pic... lots of money sitting there by todays prices. so far, probably the neatest bike i've seen is a norton racer.

 

[scedd]

My brother has a 46 chief that is nearing the end of a 5 year resto.
It should fire up around mid June.
Here is the engine with its freshly cast heads and full rebuild.
He also has a 25 Scout and an 18 board racer

 

[SELLERSRODSHOP]

My brother has a 46 chief that is nearing the end of a 5 year resto.
It should fire up around mid June.
Here is the engine with its freshly cast heads and full rebuild.
He also has a 25 Scout and an 18 board racer

we need pics of those! you know the rule around here!

here's a couple more neat pics. first is a wartime pic when he was in the USMC holding a thompson standing next to a WLA harley. (weird thing is it has skirted civvy fenders)


heres the norton racer:


some fishing photos. i always heard he had some "big fish" on the boat,

aurthur godfrey & gen curtis lemay:


jimmy doolittle:


the fish:






i think i'm finished... scanned 177 pics...

 

[Anonymous]

Nice Black Marlin, looks like they were caught near Peru. The Tuna is a whopper also, make a lotta cans of Starkist. Oh, got to give the Thompson a thumbs up and a big drool. The photo with Doolittle in it I kept coming back to thinking I've seen that man before, then dummy me, I read the caption. :hs Looks like your Uncle lived life wide open, remarkable man.

 

[B67FSTB]

last picture is a whale shark I believe.

 

[KBMWRS]

Those were great.

Wouldn't mind having one of those bike pics framed. :thu :thu :thu