The man who made the Manning One of the most characterful, pugnacious and hot-roddy of Rob Manson’s various California Road Race Specials is the 1952 Schaghticoke Streets Manning flat-head V8 Special. The origins of Rob’s example have been but a footnote in the otherwise copious documentation… “The third Manning Special was built in about 1955… Continue reading Where’s Wally?
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A Manning photo identified
Our research into the history of the Schaghticoke Streets Manning Special has helped Rob Manson identify an iconic photo of the car in race conditions which he has had for many years… but whose date and location were not known. There is every evidence that photo was taken at the Tuppence Races near Montreal on… Continue reading A Manning photo identified