Thread: I NEED: Vintage photos of women and roadsters

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Prefer 1932 roadsters , but 1927 through 34 is OK too. Any old photo of any female standing next to, driving, racing, repairing roadster is GREATLY NEEDED.

I know they were out there those hotrod gals... Did anyone capture them on film / camera?

EMAIL THE PHOTOS TO sitarfaith@aol.com

If photos are already on the internet, just email me the link.

I need them for my video montage for the show. ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

IF YOU HAVE, OR KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS OLD FOOTAGE AT STCA MEETS SHOWING ROADSTERS, I need to get a copy somehow.. Email me and we'll figure it out. It's for a good cause

That is a nice idea but it may be difficult to find such old pictures unless somebody has some old albums. I know you want '30s stuff but if you get stuck you might get a clip of Olivia Newton John next to or in one of the cars in GREASE, but you might run into copyright problems. I only mention that because I had a '47 Ford ragtop in high school so whenever that model showed up in movies it was great for me. Maybe the best source was a movie they made about Shirley Muldowny, but again there may be copyrights and the cars are newer than from the '30s? You may find that YOU are the main Deuce Girl! Then again there must be pictures of women who raced in the Indy 500 although there may only be a few up to and including modern times; at least the Indy cars don't have fenders!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Feb '07 Rod & Custom, pages 32 & 33, Veda Orr

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Feb '07 Rod & Custom, pages 32 & 33, Veda Orr

Am I living in the past? or are the hotrod magazines living in the FUTURE??

Is the february 2007 issue already out in December of 2006 (or are you a psychic ), if it is out I'll go get it today (thank you so much for the heads up).

Originally Posted by HiboyGal

(or are you a psychic ), .

Yes...........and don't you ever doubt it!!

I knew Bob was way ahead of us...

Then there's this:

...or even this! :-)~ LOL!

I used to go to the Santa Drags often. They were at Santa Ana Airport, which now Orange County Airport. They may have used LTA before the
Drag strip opened. I used to load crop dusters on the old Drag Strip. There has been lots of shows and events at LTA through the years. The C.O. of
the Base was in to cars. The Hangers were so big they had there own
climate inside, fog etc...Ron

Here's some.........

:d :d :d :d

Thems some nice ones Viking, friends of yours????

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Thems some nice ones Viking, friends of yours????

Pit Crew

Well here's 3 in a 23'

Faith, here is some scans that I came up with.

The first is athe July '55 cover of Hot Rod that has bart and Helen Root and family with their 29 roadster. Helen was well known at the socal drag strips.

The next scan is an article from the "Hot Rod Handbook" from about 1950 or so. (sorry no date given anywhere)
These two girls not only raced their roadsters but tuned them as well.

I have alot more magazines and as I get time I will try to get more stuff for you.

Mick