Equipment
Even Yankees have heard of the Morales Brothers Alex Foods Tamale Wagon. In CRA competition it scored 77 wins with drivers like Roger McCluskey, Parnelli Jones, Mike Mosely, Bill Vukovich, Jr., A.J. Foyt and Bob Hogle who twice won the CRA driver championship in it in 1963 and 1968. Tamale Wagon won four CRA car owner championships and had six USAC podium finishes. Stored by Alex Morales after its last season in 1968, eventually restored by Bruce Bromme, Sr. and Jr. with the current 220 Offy and displayed since it was completed. Hilborn Travers injection, Joe Hunt magneto, transverse leaf front, torsion bar rear suspension, 4 wheel disc brakes, disc front, kidney bean rear wheels. An older show car restoration now evidencing some age in its thin chrome but otherwise sharp and crisp. No Reserve.
Market commentary
Offered early in the evening, this is an historic and widely recognized West Coast sprint car and it was, as the evening turned out, a very good value not in absolute terms based on prior sprint car transactions but definitely in comparison with later sprint cars from the Joe MacPherson collection. The buyer will spend no small amount ensuring it is safe and reliable after years on display.