Hemmings Daily: Grands prix on ice - a reminder that winter is coming

Whenever we see images of Mel Stultz and Bobby Green's Frozen Few vintage-motorcycle ice racing, we are reminded of the Swedish Winter Grand Prix (and wonder why we don't get invited to race old hot rods on ice!). Until somebody creates a vintage ice-racing event for four wheels, we'll have to be content with watching old newsreel footage of the original contests with a mixture of big European Grand Prix cars and U.S.-based specials going full tilt over the ice and snow on and around Lake Ramen. Th [View in Browser | Subscribe] [Hemmings Daily] Sunday, November 13, 2016 [Hemmings Sunday Cinema Winter grands prix, papercraft rotary engine, million-mile Porsche 356, The Living Daylights chase] [Hemmings Sunday Cinema Winter grands prix, papercraft rotary engine, million-mile Porsche 356, The Living Daylights chase] Posted by David Conwill - Whenever we see images of Mel Stultz and Bobby Green's Frozen Few vintage-motorcycle ice racing, we are reminded of the Swedish Winter Grand Prix (and wonder why we don't get invited to race old hot rods on ice!). Until somebody creates a vintage ice-racing event for four wheels, we'll have to be content with watching old newsreel footage of the original contests with a mixture of big European Grand Prix cars and U.S.-based specials going full tilt over the ice and snow on and around Lake Ramen. Th... 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From the seller's description: This classic unique car has spent its entirety in Wallowa county Oregon and was driven to central Oregon over 300 miles in its current condition by the 3rd owner who has owned it since the early 90s and was the family sedan it does in fact need a full restoration but the great part is there is very little rust issues to deal with the driver floor pan has rust from the weeds were it was parked for some...[Read More] [Four LinksTotally tagged Rambler, hot rod art of Stefan Marjoram, vintage filling stations, reviving a rusty Ranchero, and direct-injection flatheads] [Four LinksTotally tagged Rambler, hot rod art of Stefan Marjoram, vintage filling stations, reviving a rusty Ranchero, and direct-injection flatheads] Posted by David Conwill - From Curbside Classic comes the interesting tail of an old-car owner who put his or her neighborhood vandals street artists to work preserving a '61 Rambler American. 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