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Remember where cars were called "specials?""Is that my *** that I smell burning?" ... Helmet Stogie from "Death spasms of the Mabuchi" -
Yep. Dean van lines special.No signature requiredComment
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Obviously a low-buck effort with that engine, but a beautiful design and exquisite craftmanship.Comment
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Bob Estes was not low buck, he owned the lincoln dealership in Hollywood."Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting
"...holy $^!+...what a ride!"
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It's a Mercury V8 with Ardun heads...Comment
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Beautiful!What’s behind you doesn’t matterComment
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Very interesting engine history, beautiful car.“Church supper with grandma and granddad, lets go out and have ourselves the best time we ever had" - John MellencampComment
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Not Hollywood, the other 'wood, Inglewood. It was on all of his cars, just below the Bob Estes Spl., and is on the one in the photo, although it's a little hard to see. It's much clearer in another photo on the same linked website.Originally posted by Niseguy View Post
I also wouldn't rank Bob Estes as anything close to a Penske of his time. Even with his Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Inglewood, he probably had less money than some of the other businessmen that fielded cars during the era. I always think of him along the lines of a Jim Robbins. Estes was good about giving rides to up and coming So Cal racers, like Troy Ruttman."Versions of a story that are more tidy, compact, and camera-ready should generally be viewed as historically suspect." - Jackson LandersComment
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No. Bill Estes dad was Pete Estes former head honcho of GM.Originally posted by Jim Wilke View PostComment
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