c08.24.06_012_MAN_FLM_0062

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Date:	Visitor's Name:	Comment:
08/25/06	Mike Shaub	I believe this is the car that had the radiator in the trunk. Does anyone remember?
08/25/06	Ned	This car had a wing for a short time. This was my favorite of Leon's cars. I believe Leon won a feature at Reading in this car.
09/10/06	Jack Huston	I remember: The welding shop in Paulsboro N.J. with the sign that said "We can weld anything but a broken heart" and the mosquitoes (yikes). My friend Bob Fee who built transmissions for Leon and other mighty modifieds Barry Alrich was an excellent engine builder and built a small block bowtie for me, even washed the inside with hot soap and water. Must have been 1968 when I got an engine from Leon. Bob Foulke helped me with that one. I really don't remember which track it was at but it was in front of the stands when Leon got his car up on its side with the throttle stuck in the loud position. After the clutch exploded Leon hit the kill switch. Them were the days. Thanks for the memories, Jack Huston
09/10/06	Rob Renninger	I do not believe this was the car with the radiator in the trunk. That car came later and had small holes all over the rear end to allow the air to flow through the radiator.
09/18/06	Russ Dodge	The car pictured with Leon is not the one which had the radiator relocated to inside the trunk. This car was yellow with red numbering. The radiator car was brown and tan. It did have holes in the trunk lid as mentioned. It also had an air intake scoop on the side quarter panel in back of the door seam. The car had a Dornberger motor and the radiator was a "Sonny" experiment. Believe it or not, no modification was needed to the water pump, etc. All they did was make the water hoses longer. I note Jack's comment about the sign at Leon's. Manchester had everything lettered. His sign man," Sainthill", I believe, basically worked for Leon, full time. Leon always had his cars and fuel trucks lettered and just about everything else! I remember the lid on his tool chest lettered,"Funny Farm Tool Box"! Leon, Thanks my friend and hero! Thank you, Russ Dodge
09/29/06	Russ Dodge	Leon Manchester's 12 with radiator located in the rear: Taken at Leon's garage in Paulsboro, NJ, 1964, Photo by Harry Seahousz . The car was brown and tan in color.
10/14/06	Jim Murrow	The photo at the bottom, of the #12 with the radiator in the rear, unfortunitely doesn't do justice to the beauty, or detail in this car. From the looks of the car, I would assume it had just returned from a race, and was about to be prepaired for the next one. Leon's cars were always spotless and beautiful when they arrived at the track. If you notice, the hood is sloped down a lot, since there was no radiator to clear up front. What is difficult to see is that the car had full side panals between the fenders and the hood, which were perfectly trimmed to fit the sloped hood. You can't see it in this picture, but the car also had a perfectly trimed down grill. It was a beautiful piece of craftsmanship, and rolling racing art. The silver aluminum panals in front of the rear wheels channeled cool air into the rear radiator, and the holes in the trunklid allowed the air to flow through the radiator and out of the car. The purpose of the whole thing was to protect the radiator from damage in a collision, but it also prevented mud from clogging the radiator. This was always one of my favorite cars, I had an 8X11 Color shot of the car taken by Ace Lane,(I think) that I had bought at Flemington, and I believe this car ran with a wing for a while.

Photo ID #	c08.24.06_012_MAN_FLM_0062_1
Car #:	#12
Driver (s) :	Leon Manchester
Location:	Flemington
Date:	1962
Photographer:	Unknown
Photo provided by:	Emery and Linda Husvar
Comments:	Comment from Emery and Linda: Here's a picture of Leon Manchester at Flemington, NJ in 1962 with his car # 12. Before entering the racing game "The Cowboy" from Paulsboro, NJ traveled the rodeo circuit. Parked alongside of Leon is Lucky Jordan's #2 driven by Jackie McLaughlin.