James Jim Douglass Vander Meer

I first met Jim in high school. We went a lot of miles in those days; lots of miles.

The first car that he built was an 54 Oldsmobile I have no idea where he developed the skills and knowledge that was an amazing vehicle After he got it running well it went to set records at the local drag strips. And that was his first car! That was followed by a 64 442 that equally fast I don’t know if he did formal racing with the 64 but it did have a certain reputation. ...