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Photo ID #	N01.02.17_001_TAY_REA_0070F_1
Car #:	#1
Driver (s) :	Lee Taylor
Location:	Reading
Date:	1970s
Photographer:	Terry Shaub
Photo provided by:	Ed Shaub Collection
Comments:	Comment: Lee Taylor, 1/2 half of the racing Taylor Twins from New Egypt NJ. Lee... Larry... Larry... Lee... I'm sure I'm not the only one that had trouble figuring out which Taylor was in which car as the two often competed at the same track, on the same night... and probably even in the same car! Lee is pictured above in what was really a pretty good running little coupe, built and wrenched by Wally Marks out of Trenton NJ. Wally's trademark # 1 goes back to the late 40's/early 50's. It isn't much to brag about looks wise, but for those that worked side by side with Wally, they'll tell you that Wally had a lot of ingenuity built into this car, as was the case with any of Wally's cars.

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Date:	Visitor's Name:	Comment:
01.03.17	Fred Menschner	This car took Wally a long time to build. It sat in his shop for quite a few years while he added changes to the frame and suspension. This car had the old style ford transmission that would jump out of gear, so Wally cut strips of inner tube tied them to the frame and had the driver attach them to the shifter when in final gear. Sometimes they forget and went for one heck of a ride. Wally designed a cable throttle system to operate the fuel injectors in lieu of the rod type. On one of the times I towed this car to the Reading Fairgrounds for Wally, Lee Taylor did not like the way the seat cut into his side. The seat was one of those fiberglass wrap around ones that was popular in those years. Lee went around the pits and found a electric saber saw and marked the seat and asked me to make the cuts. Thinking that he had asked Wally for permission, I started to trim the seat. Lee would sit in the seat then ask for more trimming. Well when we got done, most of the sides were gone. At this time Wally returned and Lee showed him our handy work. Needless to say Wally was not happy and said to Lee now it looks more like a toilet seat. We all had a good laugh.