Old Yeller III, Old Yeller II, and Two Shelby
Cobras
Cars
familiar to southern California sports car racing enthusiasts were
brought out for the "Viva
Las Vegas" shoot. Max
Balchowsky, builder of the Old Yeller
cars, was credited with stunts in this film, and he probably assembled
this group of veteran SoCal race cars.
Besides Old
Yeller III, other cars shown here are: Old
Yeller II, an earlier Balchowsky
creation, two early model Shelby Cobras, numbers 97
and 98;
and with only its finned rear end visible, a real exotic: the Maserati-engined
Elva
Mk.6 known as the "Vinegaroon".
Two more Maseratis appeared in the film, but neither are shown in
this photo gallery. One was the #33
Maserati 450S usually driven in SoCal events by Chuck
Kessinger; and the other was a mid- engined Type
63. A Type
63 was entered at the 1962
L.A. Times Grand Prix by Harry Finer Maserati for driver Bob
Harris (this is probably the car used in the film).
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