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New ink

 

Safe travels to all at the GNRS! Looks like it is a great show.

 

One from last summer and one from last week...

 

..."jet age"...

 

T time.

 

Friday really sneeks up on ya! Another great show everyone. I'll add an oldie. If you can remember this rag, and it's driver. Then your telling your age. lol Ron....

 

GARY GABELICH Crossley Altered Sedan Bixby Knolls

Hello,

Gary Gabelich was a skinny teenager from Bixby Knolls. He went to the local elementary, junior high school and ended up at Long Beach Poly HS. It was during his high school (and afterwards) time that we saw him in his first drag racing coupe. He was a fixture in Bixby Knolls during this time period. He was a relatively calm guy when we met and hung out with him.

By this time, he had already been a top Altered Race Car driver at Lions Dragstrip. His blue Crossley Sedan was odd looking, but fast. It was a combination of his skills, quick reactions and the Crossley, that made him an instant winner at the drags.
As a teenager in a field of old time drag racing drivers, he stood out in contrast to the “old guys.” Brash was a word that could be used to describe him back then. But, to us, he was very nice, a wealth of information, and a good friend.

Lions 1959, Gary Gabelich, Long Beach, 1960 with the Crossley Altered
Gary Gabelich Lions Bakersfield


It was amazing that a friend we knew from high school became a world class race car driver. In 1962-65, he was getting more acknowledgment and also getting more rides in faster cars, like in the top gas and top fuel classes.

We sort of lost contact with him when we took off for various, away colleges. But, his notoriety continued in drag racing and finally, at the salt flats as one of the fastest men in the world. Who wouldn’t want to go 600 mph? Yowza !!!

Jnaki

Thanks for the friendship, Gary…

Los Cerritos Park, Bixby Knolls

“In 1985, Gary Gabelich Memorial Grove was dedicated in the northwest section of the park in memory of the local resident. Gary won many drag racing championships and set world speed records on both land and sea. He also was associated with several local charitable causes including the California Pool for the Handicapped, Special Olympics and March of Dimes.”

 

Thanks Junji for your Hot Rod history. Here's a one of my old photos. For this week's ( Rust In Peace)

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...great show already;...Bob, love that IGA store scene, that rusty roadster gets my vote,...we had IGA stores back here in Illinois years ago....think it stood for International Grocers Assoc.
...since I've been back to work on my 55 Chevy p.u. project, I got on a 55 p.u. kick...
..the green one is my p.u....

 

Image by edcodesign posted Aug 2, 2018 at 5:40 PM

cool !

 

A couple from years ago.

 

A couple from the couch!

 

For your viewing pleasure

 

Thanks for the info ......love your entry this week.

 

Hey guys......Thank F.A.S. it’s Friday!

As usual there’s loads of great stuff posted again today!

Last week Xhotrodder posted this:-




So I took up his challenge.
I haven’t got Photoshop but used an app called Procreate instead.
See if you can spot the difference!


Cheers

 

"The Mushroom Evolution" 4 stages of a dirt track modified, 1960 to 1977. Commission for Reading Fairgrounds Racing Historical Society.

 

Dig the Hemi, blower and drag pipes on the school bus!

 

Posted a few years ago

 

A before and after.

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It's been a long time, but I finally got to put pencil to paper and mouse to pixel. Some club brothers are running an event in GA that needed a flyer...

 

Thanks mate!
They should make them all like that (and chopped too).....more fun for the kids!

Thanks also for the ‘likes’ guys.

 

My 49 Merc lets see cutouts, OK here you go.

 

super show kids, thanx for all the super posts. The tu-tone blue Chevy Suburban is beyond awesome.