Looking for my 55 Chevy E/G’er

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November 30, 2008 at 3:35 am #9041
tomblake
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Looking to see if anyone knows what happened to the ’55 Chevy E/G “Odd Job” I raced at Dover for years. I raced it from the first year the track was opened until we changed to the ’37 Ford B/A in 1964. I sold the car from Shelton CT in 1965. That is when I moved to SC and didn’t hear anything or see the car again. I have attached a black and white picture I received from Charlie Irving and a color picture as it was when sold.

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December 11, 2008 at 1:20 am #14302
tomblake
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Hasn’t anyone seem or head of this car since 1966?
December 11, 2008 at 1:26 am #14303
dino
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There’s a least 20 Win stickers I count in that back window! …that right there’s ,worth something …Dover CSI …find the Gasser.
December 11, 2008 at 1:35 am #14304
tomblake
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Dino….The car was at Dover from the first year to 1965. Most of the Sundays were at Dover and in the beginning there were no win stickers. Not sure how many wins but my brother-in-law lined his finished off basement with a bunch of Dover trophies mostly from this car.
December 25, 2008 at 5:59 am #14738
tomblake
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This was the first car I ever won $$. Runner up eliminator check in my hand was for $30. 5/10/64.
That doesn’t sound like much but in those days it was almost half my take home pay for a week.

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December 26, 2008 at 2:05 pm #14757
dino
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Did it always look like that …or did it get painted and lettered…as”Odd-Job ? c’mon guys Dig in those albums .
December 26, 2008 at 3:26 pm #14758
tomblake
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That is the Odd Job car before the paint and lettering. The body work was still in progress in early 1964.
January 22, 2009 at 4:33 pm #15440
tomblake
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Picture found in Tink Shaefer’s collection.
The ’55 went from the original gray to the white color before being painted the final orange while I had it.
Tink’s picture is the in-between white color and I didn’t think there were any pictures while it was white.
You just never know what you will find on this site as it grows.

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January 22, 2009 at 6:51 pm #15441
dino
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You say ORANGE …I see Gold…So Hows This ???

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January 23, 2009 at 2:44 am #15454
tomblake
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We would see GOLD if it could be found for the 1st.ANNUAL DOVER DRAG STRIP NOSTALGIA DRAGS.
March 9, 2009 at 12:52 am #16277
tomblake
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Now that we have a lot more members and more people checking out this site.
Does anyone know anything about the ’55, it was sold out of Shelton CT in 1966.

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March 16, 2009 at 12:36 pm #16387
dino
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Was this ever plain orange ? if so found a couple of shots in those slides from Kevin Dunn .
March 16, 2009 at 2:50 pm #16392
tomblake
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Dino…Yes it was plain orange for a short time. After the orange paint job it took several weeks to get lettered.
unbelievable the stuff that you are making come to the surface and the stuff people have saved over all these years.
March 16, 2009 at 6:48 pm #16398
tomblake
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Here is a couple of dated pictures when it was orange without lettering. Looks like it took more than a couple of weeks to get lettered, money was real tight in those days.

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March 16, 2009 at 6:55 pm #16399
dino
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Ok …I think we have a match…63-64?
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