I believe the #60 was chassis 7219 and later driven by Wally Dallenbach the rest 0f '73 season. It was later campaigned by Bill Simpson at Indianapolis as the American Kids Special. Last I was aware it was for sale in NZ.
I believe the #60 was chassis 7219 and later driven by Wally Dallenbach the rest 0f '73 season. It was later campaigned by Bill Simpson at Indianapolis as the American Kids Special. Last I was aware it was for sale in NZ.
Jeff Downer
Indianapolis, Indiana
Ground effects? WE don't need no stinkin' ground effects.
Tell me if I am crazy but I have a vague memory of this car as being on display in a Knights of Columbus in Indianapolis. Did the Speedway Museum used to do that kind of thing?
I remember Mike Mosely going off course and hitting Mark Donohue's abandoned McClaren in the north short shute in 1971.
Didn't Jim Hickman win Indianapolis Rookie of the Year with them in 1982 driving an '81 March?
Another race I attended. My dad was hauled me all over the country to all kinds of races. I was a lucky kid. I love this place for all the memories it inspires. A heart felt thank you to all who have contributed. Miss ya Dad.
Sheldon wore 'em.Originally Posted by indybail
Have a very blessed day!
INDY...1968..
INDY....1968
THE STP INDY CAR......1968
THE STP PLYMOUTH WEDGE...I BET THE TOP PIC CAR HAD A LOTTA DOWNFORCE ON THE NOSE!!!
Ha-ha... I just realized that these are those photos that the Indianapolis News printed in May... a couple each day so by the end of the Month you had the entire field and then some if you cut them out... These were the die-casts of my wonder years.INDY....1968
"Ride The Barrel & Get Pitted... So Pitted."
WALLY AT INDY..1969
You couldn,t run them on the floor..i bet..lol
I can tell you that I would line them up and move them around Mom's coffee table until the friction wore holes in them where I pressed them to the carpet.
We had to make do with what we had and normally back then all we had was our imagination.
[QUOTE=Frank Capua;2607746]I can tell you that I would line them up and move them around Mom's coffee table until the friction wore holes in them where I pressed them to the carpet.
We had to make do with what we had and normally back then all we had was our imagination.
GOOD FOR YOU..THAT,S FUNNY
BOBBY UNSER...INDY..1969
DAN GURNEY,S EAGLE....1969
THE OLD AND NEW ...MILWAUKEE..1969
BACK IN THE DAY
Hell, I remember bubble gum trading cards of all the cars. But that was in the '50's.
Had one of the Cummins diesel for maybe 10 years!
Sure wish I still had it...
ZOOOM
"Doc, just set them fingers sose I can hold the wheel"
James Hurtubise, June, 1964
GORDON JOHNCOCK.....1967
If Wally had four of these with turbo Offy power and one with a Chevy, wonder why they took a picture of this one with a Ford in it.WALLY AT INDY..1969
"In America, the winner goes to Victory Lane, everybody else goes to the garage and should soak their tears in their beer and figure out how to be faster next week."
Eddie Gossage
Wonder why the "Sprite Special" looks an awfull lot like an Eagle...
ZOOOM
One would imagine because it was an Eagle.
A guy named Harrison came to Indy in 1965 with 2-3 cars he called Harrison's that looked similar to this Gerhardt only that rear spoiler was more pronounced and the nose was more Eagle-esque. However the draw for me was that he put Chevy V-8s in them and since I was following the exploits of Jim Hall in Can-Am and Penske/Donohue in Trans-Am at the time this car got my attention. He wasn't able to get one of his cars in the 1965 race even though he had brought Lee Roy Yarbrough up from NASCAR to attempt to qualify it and even gave rookie to be Al Unser a shot in one of his cars. At the time I recall mostly Ronnie Duman working hard on the friday before the final weekend of qualification trying to get it up to speed.GORDON JOHNCOCK.....1967
Ronnie Duman did make it into the race in 1966 in the #96 Harrison Spl. only to be taken out in the first lap accident, but Harrison had already replaced the Chevy with a Ford so for me the thrill was gone.
However the Harrison was a beautiful car that got my 13 year old juices runnin' in the summer of `65.
Wasn't that an Eisert? Nice looking car, metallic bronze or metallic copper finish with polished metal panels on the sides of the tub?
Yes according to Mr. Fox it was an Eisert... and yes for this 13 year old a lot of it had to do with that fabulous paint job... still it was that rear spoiler that got the juices going.
BTW does anyone else know any background on the Eisert chassis... I believe 1966 was the only race where one appeared. but I'd like to know who built it and any other little tid-bits someone might have. Also who is this J. Frank Harrison dude?
Now for what I love about this place... my stopwatch is set.
I guess there's no sense in hiring out if you can google as good as anyone else...
http://www.oldracingcars.com/f5000/eisert/65-67.htm
Apparently Eisert was Harrison's chief mechanic. However all I could find on J. Frank Harrison III is that he use to be the Chairman Of the Board and CEO of Coca-Cola. Which basically tells you all one really needs to know.
I saw this in 1967 SCR...HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH EISERT/HARRISONYes according to Mr. Fox it was an Eisert... and yes for this 13 year old a lot of it had to do with that fabulous paint job... still it was that rear spoiler that got the juices going.
BTW does anyone else know any background on the Eisert chassis... I believe 1966 was the only race where one appeared. but I'd like to know who built it and any other little tid-bits someone might have. Also who is this J. Frank Harrison dude?
Now for what I love about this place... my stopwatch is set.
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