RICHARD PETTY SIGNED BOBBY HAMILTON #43 1995 NASCAR RACE HOOD SUPERBIRD

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Up for auction is this 1995 Petty Enterprises #43, race used hood.
The car was driven by Bobby Hamilton, who only drove for Petty for two years.
I am not sure what this is worth so make your best offer but if you want a vintage hood for your collection, what better than a Petty hood.
I bought this about 15 to 20 years ago.
I love to collect certain things and one of them is Richard Petty and some Nascar memorabilia.
Many years ago, I called the sheet metal shop at Petty Enterprises and talked to the gentleman that actually made this hood.
He explained that the mid 90’s, were a lean time for the Petty organization and for that particular year they only had two cars.
It was common for the Petty organization to offer these race-used items to local charities who auctioned them off.
I had sent him a picture of the front and back of the hood and as you might know Petty changed their color combination each year so it was easy for him to know it was 1995 and that Bobby Hamilton was the primary driver.
A local bar in North Carolina bought the hood and when they went out of business the owner put it on eBay just at the time I was looking.
I do not remember what I paid for it but it was pretty pricy even at that time.
I had just missed out days before on a crunched race used hood and was shocked that I could get an unmolested one, which I clearly prefer.
I am at the age where I need to start selling off some of my collections.
I will be selling my business in the next couple years and will lose a lot of room for displaying my hobbies when I leave my office.
My big claim to fame is that I have over 600 Union Oil Advertising Releases for the 1969 race season.
There were required by each driver to sign before each race so Union Oil had the driver’s permission in advance to publish their picture if they won a race or were involved in a crash or other picture worthy event.
I have Richard Petty’s signature on 10 of the races that year, one of them he won.
I say “signature” because these are legal documents and are not autographs signed for a fan.
One of my rarest one is Richard Brickhouse’s Release for the first Talladega Race in 1969 which also was the debut race for the Dodge Daytona.
He won the race driving Charlie Glotzbach’s #99 car because Charlie and many famous racers boycotted the first Talladega race because the track was considered too fast and dangerous for the tires of the day.
I also have Don MacTavish’s last race and perhaps his last signature before he died in a tragic wreck that you can see on YouTube.
I am looking for someone that may want to buy some or all of that collection.
Charles Craig valued it between ,000 to ,000.
Buz McKim, the historian from the Nascar Hall of Fame, said they are not rare, they are one of a kind, because he had never seen them before. They basically were Union Oil business documents that were discarded several years after each race.
I happened to work at the archive that Union Oil used when they were being thrown out.
I also have Mario Andretti’s release from his 1967 Daytona 500 win.
Included in addition to the hood is one of the two toy cars, a Bobby Hamilton signed photo, and the 1995 press release folder.
Give me your best bid on the auction and let me know if you are interested in the wing or Advertising Releases. NO SHIPPING IS INCLUDED. Local pickup is preferred but I can ship but I will have to price that once you have given me direction on your desires.