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| 1939 Ford The Bonneville Boomer Owner: Don Richardson |
| Bare Metal 1953 |
| Salt Flats 1953 |
| 1952 Doug Rice Filing lead |
| 1953 Shelton Drags |
| 1952 Salt Flats |
| 1954 Salt Flats |
| 1952 Salt Flats |
| 1954 Salt Flats. Tahitian Red Paint. Doug and Janet's Honeymoon. Janet in Uniform that she made to match the car. |
| 1954 Salt Flats. 1932 Barris built car they bought on their honeymoon. |
| 1953 Daily Driver Notice the trailer hitch for their horse trailer. |
| 1953 Shelton Drag Strip. Powered by a Flathead and it did real well. |
| 1954 Tacoma Armory Car Show. |
| 1952 The Trophy Collection |
| 1953 Shelton The car went 104 mph in the 1/4 Mile in 1954. |
| 1952 Shelton Drag Strip. - Doug and a few friends telling stories and kicking tires. |
| 1954 Bonneville Salt Flats. Doug and Janet won second place trophy for their uniforms. |
| 1954 Janet by the 1939 Ford getting her picture taken while on a road trip. |
1956 Portland Roadster Show.
| 1956 Portland Roadster Show. The car was Painted Black. |
| 1954 Salt Flats. The car went 126.58 mph with the old flathead powering her on. |
| 1956 Custom Car Annual. One of the many Magazines that this car has been honored in. |
| Don purchased the 1939 Ford from a Cousin of a Friend in 1983. It was in a pile of parts and as many projects sit it also was covered with all kinds of things. The old adage of no flat space will be left clear. When Don was trailering it home a fella followed him. That was Eric Perkins. Eric remembered the car from the '50's and was excited to see it on the trailer and his curiosity had him follow Don. A friendship that would last many years began that day. Don worked real hard on restoring the '39 to look like the Custom that it was in the 50's. In 1985 Don and Irene began a great journey in taking the car to the Salem NHRA event. The response was tremendous. People swarmed the car and spoke of their memories of the cars' drag racing days. One fella stood there and cried. He was so overcome with seeing the car again. At one point a fella yelled, "Everyone step away from the car so that we can take a picture!" We spoke with a lot of people about the car and to our amazement and great joy some of those fine folks sent us pictures from the 50's that they had stored away. We made copies of all of them and shared one copy with Doug and Janet. They had a home fire and lost all of their old pictures. So it was a great thing that we were able to share whatever we obtained with them. While we were in Merced California a fella was looking so close at the car that Irene told Don if he had a tape measure he would be using it. The fella was Roger Hendrickson of Fairmont, Minnesota. He was at that time trying to recreate the car and could not believe his eyes when he saw it in person. He had no idea that it was on the road again. On Rogers' way home he, his wife Julie and a friend stopped by our home in Washington to see our picture book and to stay the night. Nice folks! Don and Irene have had the pleasure of driving the "Bonneville Boomer to California, Oregon, St. Paul Minnesota, Canada and more.... While in Minnesota we stopped by the Hendrickson's home. It was a great visit. One of the great things about the Old Car Hobby is the bringing of cool people from all walks of life together. That is such a splendid bonus to having a cool ride to be in. Happy and Safe Motoring, Irene Richardson |