Old time car clubs you knew as a kid(greybeards)

In Birmingham al, in the early 50s it was The Rebel Road Ramblers. In Montgomery In 57 it was Dixie Idlers. Still have that plaque some where.

 

So Cal Clubs I remember seeing plaques on cars around my Dads garage: Early Times, Invincibles, Renegades, Sultans. Still have club jackets and plaques hangin on his wall with overspray and paint all over the glass. Looks awesome.

 

When I was a kid, mid to late 50's, the Playboys were the club in Enid OK. I remember going to an indoor show at Convention Hall. Lots of nice cars from Oklahoma and Kansas. Even at that age I remember a very nice Chevy fastback from Kansas, purple, asemetrical styling. I think it still exists.

Playboys had a club rail as well. If I remember it had full rear body similar to the Scorpion with a big Playboy bunny logo on the back.

I have seen an old copy of a "little pages" book with a feature of Eddie Cohlmias duece coupe in it. He was a member fom here in Enid.

A few of the members are still around.

 

Cool topic I love to learn about the old car clubs and how they were formed and ran.

 

You are a greybeard, at 43? MY Dad is a greybeard,an original member of the Piston Pushers(Brantford,Ont.,Canada).We still have the BC CUSTOM Car Club here in BC,Canada's oldest car club,and owners of one of the best drag strips in existence.

 

The Michigan Hot Rod Association had 22 clubs in the association during the 1950's, the clubs that still live on is

MotorCity Modified Auto Club (MMAC)

Spark Plugs

Bearing Burners

Millwinders

Competition Specialists

Shifters

And My club, 'The Road Knights"

Clubs that went by the way side included The Drag-on's, Dearborn Custom Auto Club, Piston Pushers, Throttlers, Man the list is endless!

Here is some of the jackets from the early 50's on MHRA guy's doing tech inspections,.....


The Road Knights 1954


And the MHRA web sight
http://www.mhraonline.org/

 

The Gents

The Clutch Artist

Rochester Street Rods

Street Freaks--now called Rochester Street Machines

My cousin & I grew up around both those clubs cause of our fathers were active members of RSR and still are today...

 

My brother belonged to the Squires car club in Compton, California- this was in the late '40's, early '50's. I was much younger than him, and was an occasional mascot. He had a nosed, decked and shaved '47 Ford Sedan. My '46 coupe has an aluminum Squires plaque on it, and I have an older cast-iron plaque I'm saving for my '34. The club belonged to the Rusetta Timing Association, and the iron plaque has the "RTA" on it.

Other Compton car clubs of the era: Saracens, Bachelors, Orphans, Tarbabes (Compton Hi), and Third Members.

 

There were two clubs in the town I grew up in: the VAGABONDS and the BARONS. That was back in the 50's. Believe it or not, I still see a few of those club members at a local resturant where they meet for breakfast!....and one of them was kind enough to give me a vintage club plaque to run on my 26 T roadster when it was ready for the street! I love the camaraderie that is often experienced among hotrodders!

 

Some close to me as I was growing up:
The Clockers---Cumberland, MD
Mountain Street Rodders---Somerset, PA
The Double Clutchers---Southern Somerset Co. PA

 

doubt like hell if anyone else was ever drunk enough to name there club kropdusters.. but an old greybeard named us...RIP POP!

 

I grew up in Jacksonville, FL, and back in the late 50's there was a club in South Jax called the "Slicks". We kids thought it was because of their hair, until we finally saw a jacket with a smokin' slick on the back. HA!

They had a club shop in an old corrugated tin building out by the cemetary, but our moms put it off limits, under pain of death. Not the "right" image. Drinking beer and who knows what else! We would sneak over there on our bikes when we got brave, but they would run us off. That was enough to hook me for life.

Thanks for stirring a pleasant memory.

 

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Was this the same club?

 

I don't think so. The Flywheels I was talking about were from University HS in WLA, and I doubt that their plaques would have read "cashmere".

 

The "Stags" car club of Ogden have been meeting every week since 1957. I've been a member since 1958.

We were featured in Hot Rod magazine in 1963 and currently have a display in the NHRA Museum in pomona.

Mick

 

Mt dad was member of the Igniters here in Greeley Co.They were in Hot Rod Mag in 63 I think he still has his plaque

 

i was born in the mid 60's (1965) and my parents were in the "LANCERS" out of Long Beach, Ca, they named me after their club. My name is Lance. Here is the OG plauque I still have with the OG art work my dad applied back in the day. Any more info or members of the club would be kool!

 

got it thanks.

 

And from Inglewood, Ca.--1946---COUPES---ACCELERATORS--PISTON POUNDERS--GENTS--ROAD AGENTS--CLUSTER BUSTERS--T-TIMERS--STROKERS--GRINDERS--CAM BENDERS--I can't remember any more, (brain fade at 75!)
Of course most of you have heard of the famous PIERSON BROS. chopped 34 coupe!---Well before that, in 1946, Pierson,McKinnly,Torvick, had their own club called the "COUPES", all white & lowered 36' 3wnd coupes (FORD) with skirts,pipes,Appelton spots, De Soto bumpers, beautiful cars!!----They used to cruise the hi school REAL SLOW, just to watch all the guys salavitating with their tongues hanging out & drooling!!!!-------Now I'm also a "GREYBEARD", but I can still picture those neat cars!!!!---------------Don

 

The Smokers from bakersfield and their sister club or atleast that's what the older lady said when she brought in her plaque to squeaks, they were called the Cam Queens.

 

Keep the stories coming....

 

"Flyin' Rods" Red Bud, Illinois. Back in the '50's and early '60's they held weekly meetings, rented their own shop and had the latest tune up stuff like a Sun machine.

 

As a kid in E.L.A., the big club was the "Imperials". In college, it was the "Brotherhood of Street Racers". Moved to the valley and it was "Race?".

 

Road Runners. The oldest club in the SCTA. Started 1937 and still going strong!! See y'all at El Mirage on the 26th.
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Rod Benders from the Northern KY., Cincinnati Ohio area, not sure if there are any members on the HAMB I know of one guy who's in his 80's that was a member not sure if any other than him are left. Anybody from the Cincy area know of any.. I will see if I can get the newspaper clipping about the club from an early 60's local paper. Ryan

 

I've belonged to this club since 1960, (48 consecutive years), they started meeting in 1951 and was incorporated in 1952, as a non profit Society. I think it is the longest continous running car club in Canada, and have operated Mission Raceway Park since 1965.
This is my original Club Plaque and a early and late decal.
HemiDeuce.

 

Now I'm one of em. Lotsa history here. But before my time. their a great Bunch. B