Semi official cool old Indy car pics thread

[DaveL]

Indy 1983.
Johncock, Andretti and Holmes.

March, Lola, and Wildcat.

Free markets and private property...gotta love it.

[Rick Mears 500]

never a fan of Johncock but I did love that paint job...

[Joonyah]

That 1983 Wildcat was the best looking year for that particular car, imo.

[chaparral 2k]

That 1983 Wildcat was the best looking year for that particular car, imo.

The driver sure sat far in front Not much of a nose on that car.

[flatlander_48]

never a fan of Johncock but I did love that paint job...

I am! Used to watch him run supermodifieds in my home town in the early 60's along with Johnny White...

[sneva33]

Indy 1995, I can't remember the driver, possibly Michel Jourdain Jr.

[sneva33]

"King" Hiro 1995 Indy

[sneva33]

Michael Andretti 1995 Indy

[sneva33]

Johnny Rutherford 1985 Mid Ohio

[Hornish4]

Indy 1995, I can't remember the driver, possibly Michel Jourdain Jr.

Carlos Guerrero

[sneva33]

Carlos Guerrero

Thanks.

[Rick Mears 500]

Hey doe's anyone have pics of Adrian Fernandez's Quaker State Tecate LolaT95 Mercedes Benz from 1995?

[MichaelP]

That 1983 Wildcat was the best looking year for that particular car, imo.

Dude, what have you been smoking?

[Joonyah]

Dude, what have you been smoking?

What? I'm just saying I preferred the 83 Wildcat to its predecessors. I liked the shape of it.

Plus, Chip Ganassi's scheme for that year looked great on it.

[gofastandwynn]

Jeff Andretti's car, post race 1992

[kevin99]

Jeff Andretti's car, post race 1992

Wow.

[KevMcNJ]

Yeah that had to cost a few hundred dollars to fix

[flatlander_48]

Yeah that had to cost a few hundred dollars to fix

Oh, you mean the car. Silly me...

[ZOOOM]

It doesn't look like the really bad damage got into the footbox area. Can you imagine the damage if it had been a crash in, say, a 1980 car? With the feet forward of the wheel centerline?
IIRC this was the crash that effectivly ended his career?
ZOOOM

[cbreez99]

For those who liked Gordo's colors: 1st pic is from a press kit.

[Ydna]

Sadly Zooom, the footbox area of that car is gone. That's the reason why Jeff's injuries were so severe.

[GoodStone1969]

For those who liked Gordo's colors: 1st pic is from a press kit.

Just wondering what the tie-in was between the Queen Mary and Gordy's Indy Car?..Sponsorship? Or was it just an interesting backdrop?

[cbreez99]

I am sure it was a convenient photo opp during the Long Beach GP event.

[KevMcNJ]

Old Milwaukee LOL

The Official Beer of my Senior year

[indybigjohn]

Found this in a box of old stock car photos somebody gave me. A.J. in 1964?

[MichaelP]

Found this in a box of old stock car photos somebody gave me. A.J. in 1964?

Yep. Looks like a race day shot.

[flatlander_48]

Found this in a box of old stock car photos somebody gave me. A.J. in 1964?

I've seen that car and there's something that doesn't really show up well in the photos. It looks like they sent it to George Barris, considering the way it is lowered and sectioned. If you put it beside most any other roadster, the difference is very noticeable. They really massaged it a lot in order to get prepared for the last stand against the Rear-Engined Invasion.

[ZOOOM]

Flat, don't you think it's the new Goodyear lower profile tires. They really lowered the old roadsters...
ZOOOM

[LittleFauss]

.....'Excuse me guys but, one thing you've gotta remember was the man in charge of that operation was the greatest chief mechanic in the history of Indy car racing. I'll never forget one of the episodes of either "Indy: A Race For Heroes" or "Legends of the Brickyard" where George explained that one year he took delivery of a brand new Eagle chassis from Dan Gurney's All American Racers and noticed right away that something wasn't quite right in the rear suspension pick-up points. He made the necessary changes and then got a big chuckle of not telling Dan what changes he made and watching the other Eagles struggle with handling problems.

[indyrjc]

I've seen that car and there's something that doesn't really show up well in the photos. It looks like they sent it to George Barris, considering the way it is lowered and sectioned. If you put it beside most any other roadster, the difference is very noticeable. They really massaged it a lot in order to get prepared for the last stand against the Rear-Engined Invasion.

Both this car (driven by Ebb Rose in 1963) and Parnelli's got pretty much the same treatment; and I'm told in the same shop over the 1963-64 winter. And there were some suspension changes as well to accomodate the 15 inch wheels properly; in 1963 the cars were simply raised which put things on the edge of being bound up. And both cars had their oil tanks moved inside the bodywork, too.