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picture of Johnny Junkins Pierce-Arrow surfaces

picture of Johnny Junkins Pierce-Arrow surfaces

A little more than a year ago, I posted about the Johnny Junkins lakes modified, noting that I’d love to clone that car some day. I also noted that Junkins sold that modified before the 1938 racing season so he could step up to a Pierce-Arrow, a very unusual choice for a pre-war hot rodder,

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