Now where did I put the checkbook..........

I really admire what these guys are doing to preserve racing history. I always wondered if people restored more modern stock cars.

http://youtu.be/wL_tNAOLcG0

That's very cool.

It's amazing to me how many of those old racecars were just pushed out in a field to rot when they were used up. Engines and all. I saw an interview with Richard Petty and he told of how many of his early cars, hemi engines and old stuff built up in the back of his original garage and he got an excavator dug a big hole in the ground and buried all of it. His new shop is now built over top of all of that stuff.

Odd he took the time to bury it. Junkyards and scrap metal places were around back then too. Even though it was "just old stuff" at the time you'd think someone would have bought it cheap if they had the chance.

In reply to Gearheadotaku:

Probably didn't want anyone to get a sneak peak at their tricks, secrets, and rule bending solutions. All of that would be worth WAY more than the scrap prices.

Love that era of NASCAR.

Never knew Holman-Moody built a Can Am car.

thanks for posting

fasted58 wrote: Never knew Holman-Moody built a Can Am car.

Most people like to keep major embarrassments a secret. Mario Andretti said it was the worst car he'd ever driven.

nicksta43 wrote: It's amazing to me how many of those old racecars were just pushed out in a field to rot when they were used up. Engines and all.

This really doesn't surprise me. Racing isn't about the car to the people who race. It is all about racing. The car is a tool - and when it breaks you scavenge it for what works, toss the rest and get another one.

People who are fans of racing are the ones who wax nostalgic for a car or spend huge money to acquire and restore them. Richard Petty buries them and builds a garage on top. He hated some of those cars.

Closer to home... sitting in my 2nd garage bay is my old race car. If I could afford to I'd throw it away for scrap and I hate that it's hogging space. I hate that I have to disassemble and carefully part it out to recover money for tires for the "new" one. I might look back fondly on all the fun I had racing in it but the urge to restore it to anything other than someone elses' problem is never going to happen.

Not to say that I'm not also enamored of vintage race cars. I could love and restore one of the cars I grew up watching very easily but then I couldn't effectively race it.

hell Dale Jr still does that, he's got a whole mess of cars behind his place http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2014/4/22/5641076/dale-earnhardt-jr-race-car-collection-house-graveyard