1955, BCCCA, Abbotsford Airport

 Photo by Milt Goodman.

 

Motorama, 1971

 From the April 10, 1971 Vancouver Province.

 

Car Crazy NFB 1955

Jerry Abramson

 Jerry Abramson, BCCCA member, helping out. From the July 27, 1955 Vancouver Province.

old drag racing photo

 With some identifications. April 17, 1955 at Abbotsford Airport.

1955 drag racing, Abbotsford Airport

 From the October 1, 1955 Vancouver Province.

 

1959, BCCCA, hot rodder roadside help

 From the November 30, 1959 Vancouver Province.

 

BCCCA on the pages of HRM

From the October 1954 issue of HRM.

1954 BC Custom Car Association special story

 From the March 13, 1954 Vancouver Province.

two 1955 race reports

 From the June 13, 1955 Vancouver Province.

1959 Motorama

 From the March 17, 1959 Vancouver Province. Photo features the Honourable Phil Gaglardi "working on" Fred Welsh's custom car.

1953 Vancouver Province feature story on hot rodders

 From the January 3, 1953 Vancouver Province magazine section.

1952, BCCCA

From the July 21, 1952 Vancouver News-Herald.

Jim McGowan's BCCCA plaque

From hot rodder Jim McGowan's celebration of life.

1953 BC Custom Car Association

Feature article on hot rods and custom cars from the January 3, 1953 Vancouver Province.

some details from that 1954 Weekend Magazine article

A little follow up from yesterday. Photocopied from the bound copies found in the main library. Not great but the best I can do for the moment.

Weekend Magazine, 1954

From the October 9, 1954 Weekend Magazine, an insert to the Sunday Sun. A few pages dedicated to the BC Custom Car Association at Abbotsford Airport. I have a less than large copy of the three pages and some details from it found in the bound copies of the Weekend found at the main library.

This is from Sylvia Braddick, thanks to Cam Hutchins.

even the older magazines were looking back at history

A story about the BC Custom Car Association by one of the originals, Ron Farmer.

always finding more

Chuck Robinson, who passed away recently, won a few races at the Abbotsford Airport drag races.

And there were other forms of racing going on out at Abbotsford. Motorcycles for instance.

a two page look back at the original Mission Raceway

Some good shots of Mission from the 1960s and 1970s.