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Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7898

Never can have enough "twin booms", would have been interesting to see a few P-38's race together back in the day. Source SDASM archives

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N25Y

Muroc Lake 1942

F-5A Lightning of the 15th PRS 1944

F-5A Lightning of the 15th PRS 1944

... and don't forget the Daytona 500 is this Sunday :wink:

"Miss Hurst Shifter" Linda Vaughn, Daytona 1968

Sopwith · **Joined:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:49 pm **Posts:** 555

Nice pictures,last one interesting too,wonder what Linda Vaughn is like now. :wink:

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7898

Sopwith wrote:

wonder what Linda Vaughn is like now. :wink:

Not sure, but she does have a connection to the topic if anyone was wondering :wink:

... talk about your "twin booms" ... No! I mean the 500 this weekend.

PropsRule · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:57 am

Ms. Vaughn is going to make a mess of that lugnut if she doesn't square up that wrench!

I love the shots of P-38s just parked in the weeds, abandoned. I guess back in the day, digging expensive tunnels in glaciers wasn't required if you wanted a Lightning.

maxum96 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:34 pm

Isn't that Lefty's White Lightning prior to his ownership back in the hanger?

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2938

Sopwith wrote:

Nice pictures,last one interesting too,wonder what Linda Vaughn is like now. :wink:

She is still around and makes appearances at car shows, if you check out Google there are some recent pictures of her online...

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:45 pm

The CLIPPER is NC88902 Clipper Black Warrior
Linda turns up at every Barrett-Jackson and the miles sure show, she was 'hanging out' with George Barris when the BATMOBILE was auctioned off.
Car # 91 was mostly a Chevrolet until the last two GRAND NATIONAL races of the year in 1964, it competed once as a PLYMOUTH @ Agusta on Nov. 1, 64 driven by, no jive, 'Bubba' Into :lol:

and finished 22nd in that race. geek

maxum96 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:52 pm

PropsRule wrote:

Ms. Vaughn is going to make a mess of that lugnut if she doesn't square up that wrench!

What lugnut? I don't see any cars around.

leo · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:46 pm

Last time I saw her was an Autolite drag in Sonoma. She still looked pretty good but that was 10 years ago...
N25Y was Lefty's Lightning, that looks like it in the background as Sky Ranger, and the profile view of it there is the first I have seen in that particular livery. Thanks!

hang the expense · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:59 pm

The bird with the number 34 on the cowl looks to have had the blades shortened by a fair bit.I thought it was the tip stripes but looking at it for a bit they are short.I wonder if that was a Smokie Yunick trick or just trying to save blades.I bet blades were cheap back then and plentiful too.

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 990

Mark Allen M wrote:

Sopwith wrote:

wonder what Linda Vaughn is like now. :wink:

... talk about your "twin booms"

In her case the proper term would twin BA-BOOMS! :lol:

Chappie

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