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Tognotti streamliner info
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:21 am
by Racer_Rick
I need anything I can get, pics, drawings, info on the chassis & sheet metal. I want to verify it is or is not before I decide to weld on it or sell it. It was a west coast car with unbelievable craftsmanship. Need to know something so we can race it or sell it before next season
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:38 am
by Racer_Rick
Found info & returning to it's original home
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:18 am
by draglist
Cool... good luck. bp
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:28 am
by jim sanders
yea good luck R-R !!! i spent some time yesterday looking around. please stop by and tell us some details about it.. Jim
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:12 am
by Racer_Rick
The car was going to be out nostalgia car with a blown flathead. Once we started the disassembly I found the car was of such craftsmanship I at least needed to find if it had a history. During the investigation we found it to be the streamliner so I contacted anyone that might have knowledge of it & to my suprise someone had contacted Dean Tognotti (Don's son) that day about it. We traded emails & pics & last night we called him. He wants to restore it to it's former glory. As most people know Don Tognotti was know for his street rods, this car exhibits the same quality. Here is a couple of pics. I really must thank Carl Blanton, owner of MoKan dragway. Without his help I would never have found the information on this car.
http://www.tulsahotrods.com/images/dcp00241.jpg
http://www.tulsahotrods.com/images/TOGNOTTI%2032.jpg
http://www.tulsahotrods.com/images/007-bfield-dh1.jpg
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:17 am
by jim sanders
wow great photos well done Racer Rick !!!
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:43 am
by Lippy
Wow, way to go Rick, another one saved!!
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:27 am
by Racer_Rick
The car is down in Dallas right now at John Dearmore's getting chrome work done & some odds & ends. October it goes to California to be rebuilt to its former glory.
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:45 am
by B Duke
The car was called the Bushmaster. Jamie Jackson of Jackson Bros video fame knows the son of the cars driver. Call him via video site to verify. I think the car ended up on the show car circuit in the late 60's, no?
Bill
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:08 am
by Racer_Rick
Don't know about the show circuit but it was the Bushwacker
Supposed to go to Dave Uyehara to get the chassis done this winter.
