Michael Steinberg's "Lemon Twist" Gassers


I checked out your webpage the other day, and I thought I would send you some pictures. I live in a small town in the Northern San Joaquin valley of California; Newman. Back in the sixties, after I came back from Viet-Nam, I lived in San Francisco and raced cars for 20 years. I drove them all, but my first love, was Gas Coupes & Sedans. I campaigned two cars at Fremont; a blown and injected 40 Willys coupe, and a blown and injected late Dodge hemi engined, all glass flip top, 48 Austin sedan, "Lemon Twist."

That was the "Golden Age" of Drag-racing. That's when it was really fun, and I feel fortunate to have been a part of it.

Mike Steinberg

40wilys1r.jpg (37969 bytes) A picture of Mike Steinberg's '40 Willys, taken by the Golden gate bridge.
40wilys2r.jpg (30686 bytes) Mike's blown & injected '40 Willys coupe racing the blown & injected '48 Anglia "Little Hearse" at Fremont Drag-strip.
40wilys3r.jpg (32953 bytes) Mike's blown & injected '40 Willys coupe before it
was painted, lifting the wheels at Fremont Drag-strip.
40wilys-fremont.jpg (44058 bytes) Another photo of Mike's Willys at Fremont
48aust1r.jpg (32892 bytes) Mike's blown & injected, Dodge hemi powered '48
Austin sedan, "Lemon Twist," doing a burn-out at Fremont
48aust2r.jpg (47529 bytes) Mike driving the "Lemon Twist" Austin, and pulling
the front wheels up at Fremont
48aust3r.jpg (34702 bytes) Mike sitting in the glass flip top "Lemon Twist"
Austin in the pits at Fremont Drag-strip. Lock & Load time.
48aust4r.jpg (31277 bytes)

Mike driving the "Lemon Twist" 48 Austin at speed -
Fremont Dragstrip