Honored Collector Ross Myers & 3 Dog Garage
2006 Saleen S7R This was one of 18 S7R endurance race cars developed by American engineer/racer Steve Saleen, and one of four built in the U.S. at Saleen’s production facility in Irvine, Calif. ORECA campaigned this No. 55 Matmut- sponsored Fords, racing in the 2006 LeMans Series (winning at Spa) and taking the 2007 French GT Series with three victories. It also finished fifth in GT1 in the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours, with a lineup including Jean- Philippe Belloc and Nicolas Prost.
(photo courtesy of 3 Dog Garage)
1936 Ford Ed Pink Coupe California native Ed Pink is one of the legendary, prolific, successful and respected race car engine builders from the late 1940s to the present day. He built his own hot rod in 1949, this 1936 Ford. With a Ford flathead V-8, the car ran 137 mph at El Mirage and 141 at Bonneville. He sold the car before being shipped by the Army to Korea. The car was finally tracked down by Ross Myers in 2013 and restored to its original condition.
(photo courtesy of 3 Dog Garage)
1932 Golden Rod This is a totally original, unrestored example of a mid-fifties East Coast street rod. It was built by Jack Lentz, an Army veteran of Korea and Japan as a radio operator prior to starting his auto body shop in Belford, N.J. The car was featured in several hot rod enthusiast magazines, a reminder that California was not the only place when great people built great cars.
(photo courtesy of 3 Dog Garage)
1932 Ford Ricky Nelson Roadster This 1932 Ford was built by Californian Ray De Fillipi in 1951. The floorpan of the body sat lower on the frame rains than a stock body, for both style and yielding higher top speeds in dry lakes speed competition. A Corvette V-8 was added in 1956, with the car appearing in the popular television series, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” with their sons Dave and Rick Nelson seen in the car in various episodes.
1922 Ford Kookie Kar This car was built in 1955 by 22-year-old Norm Grabowski of Sunland, Calif. It was based on a cut-down 1922 Ford Model T roadster mounted on an altered 1931 Ford Model A frame. It appeared on the cover of the April 1957 issue of Car Craft , and was regular in the television show “77 Sunset Strip,” where it was driven by “Kookie” Kookson, played by teen-age heart throb Edd Byrnes.
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