VTG S.C.C.A. RACING CHECKERED FLAG 23" x 24" CLOTH FABRIC #6 DALE THOLEN ESTATE

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***VINTAGE TREASURES***
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SHIPPING IS ESTIMATED - GROSS OVERCHARGES WILL BE REFUNDED
ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED MUST BE PAID PRIOR TO SHIPPING
VINTAGE CAR RACING CHECKERED FLAG
#6
CALIFORNIA SPORTS CAR CLUB REGION - S.C.C.A.
MEASURES APPROX: 23"x 24" FLAG CLOTH FABRIC
FLAG POLE (WOOD) 36" LONG
THIS CHECKERED FLAG IS FROM THE ESTATE OF LEGENDARY RACE CAR BUILDER
***DALE THOLEN***
DALE THOLEN WAS ONE OF THE CROP OF SPECIAL BUILDERS THAT DID CROSLEY PROUD BACK IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES. HIS FIRST BUILD WAS NOT ONLY  A TERROR ON THE TRACKS OF 1955, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING HOMEBUILTS OF ALL TIME, GOOD ENOUGH TO SHOW UP ON THE COVER OF ROAD & TRACK.
AS GREAT AS THE FIRST CAR WAS, THOLEN SOON BEGAN THINKING OF IMPROVEMENTS, AND HAD ANOTHER CAR BUILT AND ON THE TRACK BY THE EARLY SIXTIES. THAT CAR WAS THE "THUNDERMUG", ANOTHER GOOD-LOOKING HOMEBUILT SPECIAL. ONCE AGAIN THOLEN CREATED AND ELEGANT DESIGN, ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERMUG APPEARS TO BE MUCH MORE OF A STRIPPED RACING THOROUGHBRED THAN THE COMFORTABLE BOULEVARD RACER THE FIRST CAR WAS.
DALE THOLEN DESIGNED AND BUILT THE MODERN ASTECH IN 1972, POWERED BY A FIAT 750 ENGINE WITH A 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION. JIM BAILLIE DROVE THE CAR, WITH GOOD SUCCESS IN 1973 & 1974. DALE EVENTUALLY BUILT AN 8 PORT HEAD FOR THE PUSHROD FIAT ENGINE, WHICH LATER BECAME A FIAT 850 WHEN LEGAL.
DALE THOLEN WAS POSTHUMOUSLY SELECTED AS THE 1996 WINNER OF THE D SPORTS RACING SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD. THOLEN WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THE H MODIFIED CALSS, PREDECESSOR OF DSR.
THIS CHECKERED FLAG IS IN GREAT CONDITION
DUE TO AGE, USE & STORAGE THERE MAY BE MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR
A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY VINTAGE RACING COLLECTION!
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