The First Automobiles of

Dr. Jim L. Davis

 

 

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1933 Ford Coupe
 

 

This was the first car owned by Dr. Davis.  It was a 1933 Three Window Coupe with top chopped 6".  During the early days of Drag Racing most cars were owner built and driven.  Classes were mostly for year and type of car: Dragster, Coupe, Sedan, etc.  No class distinction was acknowledged for engine size or modification.  Coupes ran against coupes, sedans against sedans, etc.  This car was running a 1936 Ford Flat Head with Edelbrock High Rise Duel Carb Manifold with Stromberg Carbs,  modified ignition, and headers straight out (most beautiful sound).  Fastest time was 98mph in quarter mile.  Not fast enough to take on the early post war big Mercury V-8s.  After the organization of the National Hot Rod Association in 1951 (of which Dr. Davis was a Charter Member), classes were organized which took into consideration weight to horsepower among other regulations.  This car was sold to a high school/college friend who proceeded to win many competitions with the car essentially the same.  He later installed the Hemi engine pictured below and cleaned plow.

 

 

1933 Ford on Line.jpg (32906 bytes)

Cars on Line at Caddo Mills, Texas airport.  The car would be driven from Dallas, Texas to the function, street legal parts removed and modified for the races.  Interesting experiments were always in vogue in these early years.  The duel back tires were one such experiment.  Some even experimented with Nitro Fuels with devastating results.

Hemi Conversion by Second Owner 


 

High School & College

 

 


 

 

 

 

1946 Ford Convertible.jpg (41202 bytes)

The way I found it.

 

 

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1946 Ford Conv LtSd ws.jpg (57591 bytes)

After a little TLC

 

 


 

 

1951 Pontiac Conv2 ws.jpg (26185 bytes)

 

 

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