01 Dec 2015
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This photo is another gem from the Loyd Sandgren collection. This is driver Bill Bencker, who drove for Brundage Motor Cars which later became Brumos with a rare Porsche 904. Just over 100 904’s were made specifically for racing in 1964-1965, Porsche’s first car with a fiberglass body. I wanted to know if there was more to learn […]
14 Mar 2013
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Another photo from the Loyd Sandgren Collection of the McLanahan Amoco Service station located at Main Street and Beaver Street. A couple recognizable buildings peak up from the downtown skyline. I particularly like the advertising sign on the wall to the left. The billboard has a particular connection to me although it predates me by […]
15 Nov 2011
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Dr. Robert G. Self, Col. U.S. Air Force, Retired. My dad. He passed away this weekend after a long period of declining health. Along with my mother he instilled an early love of the arts, travel, and exploration in my brother and I as we moved from one Air Force base to another around the […]
17 Nov 2010
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1961 12 Hours of Sebring race. With the help of Bill Warner, the Founder of The Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance we pieced together a little information about this particular car. It is a Porsche RS61 driven by Bob Holbert and Roger Penske for Hubert Brundage/Brumos Racing of Jacksonville. It finished 5th. overall in the race […]