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[Mel and Mike Swain]
Album Showing Drag Racing Brothers at El Mirage, 1970s
Photo album; chromogenic prints (115) and one polaroid
Each 4 x 4 inches and smaller
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With sun-soaked photos of dragsters and their mechanical chariots, this album chronicles the high-octane endeavors of Mike and Mel Swain, a pair of brothers from Covina, California, competing in the...
With sun-soaked photos of dragsters and their mechanical chariots, this album chronicles the high-octane endeavors of Mike and Mel Swain, a pair of brothers from Covina, California, competing in the 1970 Land Speed Record Trials at El Mirage dry lake with their modified roadster “Shine On I.” According to a newspaper article pasted to one of the album pages, the brothers had been racing since they were five and seven years old. "Shine on I" took a year and a half to build, was based on a 1927 Model T Ford, and was powered by a 388 cu. in. supercharged Chrysler engine.