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Dick in his Kraft Special (later called the Highland Plating Special) doesn’t look particularly thrilled to be sitting at a car show (those are racing trophies) even if it was the second annual Oakland Roadster Show. “I built cars to drag race, street race, and run at the dry lakes—not to look at. I built cars to drive; I put 60,000 miles on that car and won 20 trophies at Santa Ana,” says Dick. “I bought the ’24 T from a relative who had it on a chicken ranch in Orange for a hundred bucks and drove it home.”
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Dick in his Kraft Special (later called the Highland Plating Special) doesn’t look particularly thrilled to be sitting at a car show (those are racing trophies) even if it was the second annual Oakland Roadster Show. “I built cars to drag race, street race, and run at the dry lakes—not to look at. I built cars to drive; I put 60,000 miles on that car and won 20 trophies at Santa Ana,” says Dick. “I bought the ’24 T from a relative who had it on a chicken ranch in Orange for a hundred bucks and drove it home.”  View Related Article

 

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