Guys, Although I've been on this forum for several months and met some of you at MoKan last fall, I'm still confused when I try to connect the car's with a persons name. I'm terrible with names. Maybe I'm getting senile in my old age. Would you guys mind letting me (and others) know who's connected to which car already built, or being built. Also a little background info from everyone would be great. "Jumpin Jimmy 6J" Ron Golden Kansas City, Mo. Retired I spend my waking hours at a local machine shop that specializes in high performance engines. I also get the privelage of running the dyno room and tuning the engines. Twin turbo'd 434 SBC to 4 cylinder Pinto engines for the local roundy-round guys. Now if it gets any better for a gearhead like myself I don't know what it would be. Ron
mudflap larry jones age 70 retired auto mech went though stockers altereds top gas and top fuel quit in 74 when tornado wentthough front door of new shop had notbeen to track until started working on hornet
"Nightmare" REJ Robert Jones Valrico, Florida 54, still working , maintenance supervisor at a chemical plant. Slant six, 225ci, two carter two bbls., homemade headers and intake, 355 gears, stock motor with a truck four speed. No passes down the quarter as of yet, waiting on harness to be certified and then we'll be posting some slow times.
Ozark Mountain Special - Speed Merchants - Northwest Arkansas Chassis - modified Model A Ford - Rand Man -Randy Compton Engine - Flathead Mercury V8 - Recycler - Brad Green I (Randy) design plumbing and HVAC systems. Age 45.
Hi Ya All;; Name: Dick Moseley. age =OOLLLDD (72 this yr,)Not finished yet. "Spitfire". so no times as yet. Started racing in 1954 at Santa Ana Ca. with a 39 Ford coupe/Cad motor..Know alot of the old guys. Some still here some not..Oh Yea, Retired. But still have a Fabrication Business.Build Conveyors.For UPS, FED EX, DHL, ETC. Still racing with my Fiat Altered And involved with a couple of nitro burning cars.
Howdy, Barn Job #18 Dick Sappington (Old6rodder) Los Angeles, CA 60, not retired nor will I voluntarily (I figure I'll have to dig my own damn grave if I want it done right). 5 years in aerospace components, 37 years (& counting) designing ceramic products and tooling. Hoosier, been a SoCal'er since '55. Service brat. Into low buck racing classes (H/Prod) since '58 when I started hanging around Riverside (at 12). Arcadia T-Timers and drag racing (N/Stock) in high school. Service '66-'68 and some years puttin' after that. Predilections for in-line six tin, boxer and upright twin putts. I build what I roll & putt, strictly. Out of racing since the service (really hated losing Jimmy Clark, he'd have been the next Moss), 'til I got the HA/GR "bug" that is. That truly nailed my ol' low buck, home brew, "barn job" way of doing it, so here I am. Call for dates daytime only, hang up if a woman answers.
Hi all, 112 Rapid Rabbit Wild Hare Racing Tom Petry (64 DODGE 440) Montclair, CA Age 61 Self employed Aircraft Mechanic, mainly work on vintage tube, wood and fabric taildraggers and old stuff (A&P with I.A.), before that from high school til '89 worked as a machinist, (mostly tool & die work through the '80s. First drag car was a '53 Ford K Gasser three of us built and ran at San Gabriel in '62. Rode an E Modified 250 Suzuki in '69 at Irwindale an Lyons and ran most any street cars that I had at Irwindale in the '60s. Arcadia T-Timer and hot rodder from before i got my license in '62, played with '50 Chevy 6s and flathead Fords, but always had a soft spot for Mopars. Been away from drag racing til I got my current street toy, '64 Polara with a 440 about six years back, and got the itch bad. Plans for the '64 are to morph it into a '60s vintage match racer for the street. Known Old6rodder since the high school days and kept in touch and he has infected me with the HA/GR bug that is currently in the planning and part collecting phase. Rapid Rabbit will be Mopar flathead 6 powered, conventional "Bug" style, fun on a budget.
Howdy... Ron Nye "Godzilla" Rat Pack Racing 16508 Sunny Hollow Road, Edmond, OK 73003 405-359-0234 Rodan's daddy Grew up in Kansas drag racing...then dirt track racing. Moved to Oklahoma in 75...pickle fork, flatbottom and sail boats...Funny Car, Porsches (911 and 914s)...mini-super and gassers. Competitive by nature...just love to race. By day a Performance Improvement Coordinator and Risk Manager...Licensed Professional Counselor...Adjunct Professor of Psychology.
WOW, what a fantastic group....thanks guys for the feedback. It looks like we are a diverse bunch with at least one common trait; we all have a long and deep love of mechanical things powered by internal combustion engines. Kind of a sickness isn't it! Sometimes I wish I'd taken up knitting or ceramics. Ron
Shit I started too soon i could have waited another 20 years lol EL Diablo the 14.5 sec HA/GR from down under 40 years old and i aint slowing down Joseph
Don't worry about the years, it's about the desire. Growing older is mandatory....... Growing up isn't.
I don't know how many times my wife has asked,,, HOW OLD ARE YOU???? My answer, My body may be 71. But my mind and heart is 41..And she says " I know that".....
My wife poses that question to me regularly as well, albeit phrased a bit differently; "And you're HOW old?"
Brad Green- Rand Man's partner on the Ozark Mountain Special. I live in Siloam Springs Arkansas.33 years old. Machine maintenance supervisor at a greeting card factory. Bulk oil dealer. Nostalgia top fuel dragster team owner. Collector and hoarder of old junk. (which will probably have to be sold off soon because of the top fuel car LOL) Brad
Russ Tidd (Stubbs) Barn Job #18 team Tehachapi, SoCal 60, retired from DMV (33 yrs.), still sucking wind. Out of racing for some years but re-addicted by the HA/GR class. "Procurement" officer for team. Russ
If ya get a chance to make it to Bakersfield in June at the ANRA Race. Drop by. We will have 3 or 4 cars there for show and tell.. Thingy aka Dick Moseley
Jim Linder ( GMC BUBBA) Waffle House Special 322 CI GMC Howard roller cam, twin afbs,ford nine inch, morris frt axle, 4.86 gear Car is a unknown item, not run on track as of yet. I own Linder Fuel Injection on Indianapolis Gasoline Alley outside Indy track. www.lindertech.com And Bubbas Hot Rod Shop and Trailer Park www.bubbastrailerpark.com My life has been cars, cars and more cars. Presently teaching fuel and driveability seminars nationally. In Canada this morning doing a technician service conference. Born in the South ( hence the name Bubba) Love this site and the hambsters. Hoping Hiney will grow up and comply to the rules .. Car chassis was built by Culbertson Customs ( El Tom-o) and crew chief is Lindross ( Scott Linder). Looking forward to the summer. Also own a Bonneville truck XO/PP Flathead www.gasolinealleyshops.org
Bubba, I read your article about your trip to Bonneville. Well written and very interesting. I've been wanting to go to the salt flats for years and keep putting it off. It looks like you guys had a great time. Ron
Car was basically done pretty quick. Then the small stuff started ! Intake gaskets leak, carb issues and some safety items to handle. Had to machine some non avaliable parts etc. Should be doing some burnoputs maybe this week.??? I hope......
"the old Mule" (Aussie HA/GR, was 8BA powered, and is curently being converted to 225 slant 6 power, 3 speed) Drewfus = Andrew Age = 32 Job = 'Design Engineer' manufacturing underground mining machinery (for the last 10 years) Salt racer/hot rodder turned drag racer... Cheers, Drewfus
Hi all, I'm Glenn Meyers. I'll be 57 this year. I'm a Computer Systems Analyst for OPW (we make the nozzles and hardware for gas stations.) I've been away from racing for a zillion years it seems. Last ran a '65 Olds 442 in southern Cal in the 70's. Our car is Merc flatty powered. Its still under construction. The build is a team effort from the Scroungers Car Club. The members working on the car include Jim Leis (Blown49), Jim Brinkley (Crossthreads), Tim ebbons (Redneck Smooth), Steve Stewert(RebStew187), Mac Van Pelt(fortyfordguy), John Baily (JohnB), Jonathon Riggs(46underconstruction), Bill Tate(1/2done) and several others. Building a car by committee has its moments, trust me! The cool thing is that we are all learning and all having a good time and the chair throwing has been minimal! Pending agreement on a re-design, we will be ready for Indy in June. Glenn
Hi! my name is Joe Hamby, 60, I live in Broken Arrow, Ok. on the south east side of Tulsa. I am a retired Tulsa Firefighter 34 years, and I quit my other job as an electrical contractor, 30 years, no don't try to add these together, I'm old enough, I was on the Hornet team, until the fall of 2005, I sold out to build my own, with just a few friends, I drove the Hornet to the first HA/GR into the 13.60's and at a 1000 ft track I turned a 10.99, It is a lot of fun, I hope to meet all of you at the track. Joe
You know Joe that sounds like a good idea. Meet everybody at the track.. Since we all should have our cars done this year, Why don't we pick some "CENTRAL" track and have a get together.We could invite the Aussie guys. Maybe a couple of them could pool together and make the trip. That would be so cool......
I know of a track that's almost smack dab in the middle of the United States. It's called MO-KAN Dragway. North of Joplin, Missouri. We could meet there this August.
If I can get my POS together by then, Yea.I'll pull there.. I still have friends in Kansas. As that is where I'm originally from..Kansas City..Left there in 1938.....
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