Farland Classic Restoration Shares Racing Roots

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You may know them as a the restoration shop and classic car showroom they are today, but racing has always been on their minds!

Farland Classic Restoration is a favorite showroom of ours for the beautiful examples of many eras and genres of cars they bring to the public, but they have a lot of history in the automotive community, and racing. In the past, we’ve consulted Farland Classic Restoration on the state of the car market, so it’s interesting to learn about their expertise in other areas of the automotive field as well.

In a recent post on their site, we get to learn about their relationship with Denver’s automotive culture and racing before Fo Farland and Temple Buell Jr. opened their Chrysler dealership in 1963. Named after his father, Temple Buell Jr., developed a love of motorsports and wanted to be a racecar driver himself. However, he grew up to lack the small stature of many race car drivers of the time who could comfortably control a single-seat racecar, and he became one of the first Privateer racing sponsors in the world.