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Cool sponsor logos weren't decals or total body vinyl wraps in the 1950s. They were painted on as was this Schwam Motor Co. mascot - a raging bull.
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More stock reminders - here's the tailight from Turner's vintage Ford. Great stuff.
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We're talking stock car here, folks. No special rims or tires and no body modifications to the rear quarterpanel to get the tire on and off easily during a pit stop. Can't you see some guy trying to change this with a T-wrench as fast as he can during a pit stop?
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Always love this shot - the bungie cord holding the trunk down by connecting it to the stock bumper and trunk handle.
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A Ford 'Thunderbird' V-8 engine provided power to Curtis Turner's early 1950s stock car.
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Turner's Ford is typical of the first-generation of stock cars that evolved from Bill France's 'Strictly Stock' NASCAR division. One of the first things to go was the headlights as they often broke during a race leaving shards of glass on the track.
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Turner campaigned many numbers during his legendary career - 99 is just one of 'em!
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Notice the shock modifications in the engine compartment and the stabilizer bar that went over the engine to help with the rigidity of the car.
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This is what a NASCAR stock car looked like in the early 1950s. Some modifications, but still pretty much a regular production car with the original body, frame and engine.
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If fans think the new Car Of Tomorrow is a box, how about taking a look at the front of Richard Petty's Chevy Monte Carlo. Petty made his debut in a Chevy in the 1978 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan. He finished 14th.
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With all the attention to aero these days, the rough cut out around the left front tire here shows racecar fabrication and attention to detail has come a long way since 1980.
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By this time, the cars had dual ignition systems, but they were mounted on the right floorboard and not on the dash as they are now.
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