1952 III. Carrera Panamericana Wreck

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1952 III. Carrera Panamericana Wreck

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Jesper Hvid wrote: 2 years ago John Fredricks rolled his Cadillac during the 1951 II. Carrera Panamericana, but continued in the race:

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https://www.racingsportscars.com/result ... 11-25.html

This will help solve Graveyard Item #219.
I'd like to try this one again. And theez eez no bull.
Jesper Hvid wrote:#219: 1952 Carrera Panamericana wreck, sponsor: The Hot Rod Shop, in Detroit. So, belonging to one of the US teams. Click to enlarge:

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https://www.racingsportscars.com/result ... 11-23.html

Can anyone tell me which car it is (bottom pic)? Also a Cadillac, or a Lincoln Capri?
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Jesper Hvid wrote: 2 years ago
Jesper Hvid wrote: 2 years ago John Fredricks rolled his Cadillac during the 1951 II. Carrera Panamericana, but continued in the race:

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https://www.racingsportscars.com/result ... 11-25.html

This will help solve Graveyard Item #219.
I'd like to try this one again. And theez eez no bull.
Jesper Hvid wrote:#219: 1952 Carrera Panamericana wreck, sponsor: The Hot Rod Shop, in Detroit. So, belonging to one of the US teams. Click to enlarge:

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https://www.racingsportscars.com/result ... 11-23.html

Can anyone tell me which car it is (bottom pic)? Also a Cadillac, or a Lincoln Capri?
This little piece would suggest a Cadillac....
The Hot Rod Garage now know a little something about all this too. Never heard Jason more excited than after his "experience". This months, maybe last months HOT ROD has a short feature on Hayden's Cadillac that Jason and crew put together and kept together during the race.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/thr ... na.642058/ scroll down the page about 8 posts down.

Also it seems said Hot Rod shop sponsored a Cadillac at the event in 1951 as well.
https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info. ... anguage=en

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I think the 1952 is a Lincoln Capri, and if so, I can solve it by process of elimination. The metal band on the side of the car shaped like a backslash matches a Lincoln Capri: https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/p ... Capri.html . The Cadillac would have had a vertical one.

I'll check October/November issues of Hot Rod Magazine.
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Circled text could read:

Duane
Carter


, who drove a #120 Lincoln in 1952, but it's still not good enough.
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