Early Race Cars and Bigfoot Tires

. I found this old 1940s Ford near Clear Lake, Iowa, not far from where Buddy Holly died in a plane crash. It was standing in a farmer's field , there was an auction going on, I went there and saw it. I had to own it at all costs. This car tells the story of how racing was done in those days. Okay, it belonged to a farmer. Do you see this? This is a farm gate. See this thing holding up the hood? Fence post. Fence post. Not even solid. The kind that is driven into the ground. Yes. Look what you're talking about. What is the safety cage made of? Probably from a water pipe. Water pipe. Look behind the seat. Look at what holds the seat up. Let's try to take a good look down here. You don't know what this is. No. Here it is. Do you see him? Yes. This is the back of the tractor, to which the cart is attached. Okay, that makes sense. I thought it looked like a towbar. I mean, it's right where it needs to be, you know? Look right here. See the chain below? Yes. This is what holds the back on both sides. What the hell? Do you see that big I-beam in the back? Yes. This is where they put the weight back for better handling. All these details are from farms. Farmers rode and competed at all the racetracks when racing was just starting on dirt, such as in Iowa . Well , what happened was that all the old racetracks that used to host horse races started being used for car racing, and they would go out there , doing whatever it took to build a car and put it on the track. Never seen a pannier pull that was a chain. This is cool. Yeah, that's why I thought I'd show you these things. So, he had something earlier than others. There must be a bit of lateral effort there. Is this...is this a good artifact? When did he start calling himself Fred instead of Freddy? I do n't know. I never asked him. Holman and Moody. I have some interesting old NASCAR stuff. Yesterday we brought in a '63 Ford Galaxy. Replica of Lorenzana's machine, yesterday. I think he filmed there. Was he white? It looks like he was here for ... Yeah, he ended up in Juliet after that. Yes, here's Bob, he'll be the IRA winner. I wonder if you know that. Now we will know. Probably not. He's not watching this. Soldiers Field. you. It was here in this area that the racing began. Tom Stone, huh? Tom Stone. Oh, yes. Look, he was here. He was included in the list. Is he the only one alive? He's 90. He's still the same. He's 96, right? He is there. See all those trophies from Soldiers Field? Oho. This was before it…