Old Newspaper Classified Ads

[camaromb]

Wow, Kelly Chadwick, Ronnie Sox, Gas Rhonda, Hubert Platt, Doug Nash, Don Nicholson, Dick Harrell, Doug Thorley.....a who's who of racing history.

[napa68]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: napa68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">At the risk of sounding like an idiot, how do you come up with these?

My HM L78 was sold as a used car Stowasser Pontiac / Olds about 1971. It was then in the LA Times in 2000. I'd love to find the ad(s)

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Pete,

Stowasser Pontiac was about 71. While we are still confirming, we suspect the 2nd owners name was Mike (or Michael Satore of Santa Maria, CA. If our research is correct, he was killed between April 13 and April 15, 1971 in a car accident in Santa Barbara. We are searching to see if there is a newspaper article to this effect.

The LA Times ad was in 2000.

Any help is genuinely appreciated!

Thanks,

Tim


There's literally tons of stuff Tim but how you look/search makes a big difference on finding it or not...also luck!
Any success seeking specific vehicles depends on the old newspaper pages w/ the actual ads you're seeking having been scanned in recent years as although a lot have, most haven't and probably never will be?
I quickly tried searching Stowasser Pontiac also LA Times 1999-2001 and it seems there's little there for either but I'll try again later.
As for Drag Strip results, here's one post from further back in the thread showing some 1966 results at Lion's track.
There may be something similar from later years too so let me know what name/years you think the car was racing at Lions or other tracks and I'll give it a whirl.
Love your '68 L88 HM car!
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No luck searching the name or incident but I'll keep trying and post anything relevant.
Any Lion's Strip results listed appear to be of major names/classes, not local boys and their cars?
Sad but I did find the ad w/ Lion's track equipment and truck for sale after closing in Dec. '72, as below.
Keep digging Tim and hopefully something clicks!
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~ Pete

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[napa68]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">'

No luck searching the name or incident but I'll keep trying and post anything relevant.
Any Lion's Strip results listed appear to be of major names/classes, not local boys and their cars?
Sad but I did find the ad w/ Lion's track equipment and truck for sale after closing in Dec. '72, as below.
Keep digging Tim and hopefully something clicks!
[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
~ Pete

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Hmmmmmmm

[Rick99]

I came across this awhile back. From 94. If one would of only known.

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