Model T race car in the early stages of getting built, from swap meet parts mostly..

I just love the colors, blue body, flat black rims... and the choice of rim! Period correct, even Ford specific

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Valiant 100 (1967?) with a very carefully planned exhaust that is completely insulated to cut the noise down

 the tailpipes exiting like this caught my attention

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"The New Soft Touch Airbag" dragster from the Mopars at the Strip LVMS pits area

 Seriously grabbed my atttention as I walked by. I wasn't even looking at this racecar until I spotted this airbrushing. That is a damn cool way to get attention!

 look at the side and front profile on this car... one slick aerodynamic design.

 a small mailbox indicator to let the driver know the scoop is plugged

 real headlights, not airbrushed onto the hood!

 The driver, nice guy on the left, let me pop my head into the car while he warmed it up and take photos.

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Brake light sockets... real good places for electrical safety cut off switches for serious drag racing cars with truck mounted battery boxes

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Paul Newman's last racecar, a 2002 Corvette, goes up for auction

photos from http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2012/02/15/paul-newmans-last-corvette-racer-headed-to-rms-amelia-island-auction/  info via the Vintage Racing League weekly newsletter http://multibriefs.com/briefs/vrl/index.php

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past winners of the Rolex24 for the 50th anniversary, the parade from beachside to the track

John, the olelongrooffan at http://oleragtop.blogspot.com/ lives at or near Daytona Beach, and is heavily covering events at the Daytona raceway, both Nascar and whatever else they do. Great blog, good writer, and he now also adds to Hooniverse

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