My brother Tom. Chris Economakie Sox and Martin Honest Charlie's catalogue A couple greasers in my neighborhood when I was a kid: Skipper Moore, who had a hopped up 54 Merc that he drove hoodless to show off the multi carb setup (It was loud.), and Bob Fealy who had a Pontiac 389 powered 55 Chevy that had a Ford teardrop hood scoop. Ed Roth George Barris Hot Rod Rod and Custom Revell Monogram AMT
my dad took me to car shows when was a kid, and then bought me a 56 plymouth as my first car. we restored it together in the garage. ever since then i havent cared about much other than old cars. i still drive that 56 daily.
DAD (with the girl on his face... my mom) TUBY (2bBANJO on the HAMB... here's his HAMB rail. Gotta get a pic of Tuby) DALE (SCALLOP53's dad) JOE
1.trips to the junk yard and swap meet and building motors with (dad) 2. car shows as a kid 3the sounds, smells, the sights every thing about a hotrod
Dad, My dads cousins 52 Ford chopped, running a J-2 olds and the stories of him and my dad putting cheater slicks on Saturday night and drag racing in the late 50s and early 60s, American Graffiti
As always my pops but I dont know where this Funky Nailhead and Pontiac stuff came from in me. Maybe cause my mom always liked Buick Regals or something. Oh well I quess as long as they got three pedals is all that matters
Hell yeah - Racer Brown is the man! I remember reading about every article he wrote in high school... on microfilm, of course. ~Jason
Uncles, Friends, Lack of Money, Old Timers Car club. West L.A. Uncle Eddie who was a Truck Driver, taught my Uncle Ray everything he knows who then taught me. Friends. We started off working on our bicycles and eventually worked our way up to cars. Lack of Money. We (or parents) didn't have the money to buy brand new cars at 16, so we had to save up and work on our own cars. I started with VW's. We used to go to the local cruise night as kids on our bikes and talking to those old cats also really influenced me.
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