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I have a pretty interesting request, but here goes.
A few weeks ago I was driving around South-East Columbus and saw a yard sale with a pretty interesting item. In fact, it is probably the second most interesting item I have seen in a yard sale in the whole of my 25 years on this planet. ( For what it is worth, the most interesting is a Volvo P1800 that I now see driving around town. ) It was out by the mailbox, something that is easily passed up as an interesting fan made item, unless you have a lot of NASCAR engraved into your brain from a young age. So, what did I find?
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This. This is what I had staring back at me from that mail box. Though in all fairness the pieces were stacked so you could only see the driver's half of the bumper. Immediately I found a place to swing around and practically raced across the road to the sale. Upon finding the owner of the item, he seemed pretty happy that I even recognized what it was. Fifty was his asking price. But, and I was surprised, he was thrilled to take forty and a hand shake.
I owned a part of Mark Martin's car. A little bit of NASCAR history. This is a good day.
Now, a little bit of information for those that are reading this casually. This is the front bumper from a 1999 year Valvoline #6 car driven by Mark Martin at either a short track, or road track. The obvious bits are the large air duct cut-outs for the brakes. The car number over the light decal indicated the '99 and onward years. But '99 was the last year this model of Taurus ran. Moreover, the other sponsors for this year had different arrangements of sponsor decals, or more significantly in the case of Eagle One, a yellow #6.
I am not sure that the cut in the center of the bumper was original to it, or not. The lower part of it is broken fiberglass, but the top half looks like a cut. But the rest of the damage to it looks a lot like Mark rear-ended another driver.
So now I am excited.
But here is where I need help from you fellow Jalops and NASCAR fans. I am not sure EXACTLY what race this is from! I have a few thoughts, but it's really hard to find detailed enough shots of the front-driver's side of the car in those races. I would think that would be the tell-tale sign for me. What drives it home is the relation of the 76 logo to the MOOG logo and their heights.
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For those also interested, it DOES have a part number pressed into the fiberglass.
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And a matching part number and serial number on a fiberglass patch behind the driver's headlight decal.
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So, any thoughts?
A few weeks ago I was driving around South-East Columbus and saw a yard sale with a pretty interesting item. In fact, it is probably the second most interesting item I have seen in a yard sale in the whole of my 25 years on this planet. ( For what it is worth, the most interesting is a Volvo P1800 that I now see driving around town. ) It was out by the mailbox, something that is easily passed up as an interesting fan made item, unless you have a lot of NASCAR engraved into your brain from a young age. So, what did I find?
This. This is what I had staring back at me from that mail box. Though in all fairness the pieces were stacked so you could only see the driver's half of the bumper. Immediately I found a place to swing around and practically raced across the road to the sale. Upon finding the owner of the item, he seemed pretty happy that I even recognized what it was. Fifty was his asking price. But, and I was surprised, he was thrilled to take forty and a hand shake.
I owned a part of Mark Martin's car. A little bit of NASCAR history. This is a good day.
Now, a little bit of information for those that are reading this casually. This is the front bumper from a 1999 year Valvoline #6 car driven by Mark Martin at either a short track, or road track. The obvious bits are the large air duct cut-outs for the brakes. The car number over the light decal indicated the '99 and onward years. But '99 was the last year this model of Taurus ran. Moreover, the other sponsors for this year had different arrangements of sponsor decals, or more significantly in the case of Eagle One, a yellow #6.
I am not sure that the cut in the center of the bumper was original to it, or not. The lower part of it is broken fiberglass, but the top half looks like a cut. But the rest of the damage to it looks a lot like Mark rear-ended another driver.
So now I am excited.
But here is where I need help from you fellow Jalops and NASCAR fans. I am not sure EXACTLY what race this is from! I have a few thoughts, but it's really hard to find detailed enough shots of the front-driver's side of the car in those races. I would think that would be the tell-tale sign for me. What drives it home is the relation of the 76 logo to the MOOG logo and their heights.
For those also interested, it DOES have a part number pressed into the fiberglass.
And a matching part number and serial number on a fiberglass patch behind the driver's headlight decal.
So, any thoughts?
