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Pete Hylton (born January 30, 1957) is the archivist and historian for the Sports Car Club of America.He is the author of two books: Ghost Tracks: A Historical Look at America’s Lost Road Racing Tracks [1] and Sports Car Club of America 60 Years in Photos.
In 1964 George Barris asked Dean to run the famous Barris Kustom City. His work with Barris included many notable cars, including the Surf Woody (designed by Tom Daniel), the X-PAK 400 floating air fan car, and cars for television shows such as the Munster Koach and Dragula for The Munsters, and cars for Beverly Hillbillies and Mannix.
Subsequent rebadged variants of the Vega (marketed as "Woody"), [8] including the Pontiac Astre Safari, Chevrolet Monza Estate and Pontiac Sunbird Safari, also offered simulated wood trim. Chevrolet offered a simulated woodie version of the Chevette in 1976, and AMC offered the Pacer wagon with optional simulated wood trim in 1977.
The 1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the tenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 3, 1960, and ended November 13, 1960, after seventeen races.
Three variations — Speedway, DeLuxe and Plainsman — were offered, each with a coupe and sedan, plus a DeLuxe three-door woody wagon. USHCO/USB&F built a small run of station wagon bodies for Willys. Five examples were built on model 440 coupe chassis in 1940, and a second group of five in 1941 on model 441 coupe chassis.
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Trophy of the ACA-sanctioned American Grand Prize. In 1908, the AAA increased their membership dues, leading to a falling out with the ACA. The Automobile Club of America (ACA) created the American Grand Prize, the first traces of Grand Prix style racing in the U.S. along, and in competition with, the then established Vanderbilt Cup – sanctioned by the AAA's Racing Board.
Swifties are such a hot topic these days, but 60 years ago, America had succumbed to Beatlemania. On Feb. 7, 1964, Liverpool, England’s beloved foursome, the Beatles — John Lennon, Paul ...