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Topic: Mechanical Rabbit- Don Browns dirt track roadsters
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May 30, 2011 at
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I am not a historian by my own standards of what one should be. But these cars keep crossing my radar every now and then. Lately I've been wanting to put in a thread looking at these cars, and just maybe shaking out the stories-wherever they lead.
I will post pics of these cars, in no chronological order
The Mechanical Rabbit
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May 30, 2011 at
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Keep in mind, the car this thread leads to, and how it may have affected todays cars, interests me, and maybe it will you too.
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May 30, 2011 at
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another shot
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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John Layne recently completed this restoration from what I hear
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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May 30, 2011 at
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More pics of Browns cars
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May 30, 2011 at
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I have to go now, and like I said, "I'm not a historian by my own standards".
There were other sprint type roadsters, from everywhere coming into the area we know. The Tulsa people had the distinction of even a Zink /Watson(?) roadster being turned into a super. Yet the Mechanical Rabbits keep crossing my radar and won't entirely go away.
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May 31, 2011 at
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May 31, 2011 at
08:47:21 AM by brian26
The three original Brown built cars ran all over the United States, under many sanctions, and with a load of talent behind the wheel.
Just how much influence did these cars carry out? I don't know, but I do know they still get talked about today, much more than you or I might think. They really made an impression.
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Don Brown at a BCRA race in Hutchinson, Ks. 1966 Fair date
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