Folks Of Interest Roy Rogers was a Cool cowboy!!!

There is a bit of Lead in each of us!!!!!!!

 

a guy i worked with in ther 80's was roy's next door neighbor i think they lived i n apple valley, anyhow he was quite a hotrodder talked about going out it the desert in the early years and finding model T's and bringing home all kinds of parts nad cars and making hotrods and race cars out of them, kind of got to busy with the movie and tv stuff later on, but he had many pictures of the area , wish i would have gotten some back then

 

Good info, never knew Roy was into cars, alway's thought he was into his horse Trigger. Wonder how fast he drove Dale?

 

Thats pretty cool! I collect old metal lunch boxes and I have a few of his. They are the most desireable. I never knew he was in to cars either.

JD

 

Huh!

 

that ****in RULES

 

I watched his show all the time when I was a kid. One of my heroes.

 

Wonder what hop up goodies Nellie Belle had on her? Pat Brady's (Roys side kick) ranch Jeep for you young whippersnappers.

 

Well I'll be danged! Did not know Roy was into performance cars! Must have gotten tired of ridin' Trigger. Happy trails Roy!

 

I knew what Nellie Belle was!!

But I liked Daisy Duke's Jeep better!!

 

Funny, I just saw that picture of Roy in the Hotrod Handbook from the early 50's last week and I thought the same thing.........Hmmm.......Roy Rogers was a hotrodder.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

 

Very cool...My wife and I live by Roy's and Dale's secret to their marriage:

"each person must give 80%."

 

now thats a cool picture! anyone got a picture of the parade car, with all the guns mounted on it?it was in the roy rogers museum in hesperia. its god awful, but i still think its awesome

 

roy lived in victorville calif.

 

I'm an old cowhand,
from the Rio Grande....

 

He is one KOOL cowboy!!

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

My family had a Yellow Jacket like the one pictured. Molded plywood hull made in Sweden. Very light weight and very fast but rough riding in choppy water. I had not seen reference to those boats in many years.

 

yeah Roy was a helluva dude.

 

I can't see the picture that well.

What kind of hopped up chrysler engine is that?

 

An old SNL news item from Weekend Update:

"After the death of Trigger, the horse of famed Western singer/actor Roy Rogers, the family announced that the horse would be stuffed and mounted, and displayed in the Roy Rogers museum.

In related news, Dale Evans, the wife of Roy Rogers, announced that she would also like to be stuffed & mounted...though not necessarily in that same order."

Yes...yes...in poor taste...but it cracked me up at the time.

 

He was one of my hero's for many reasons. I believe he was genuinely a good guy.

He was a real man and not just a character. A few years before he died when in his 60s-70s?, he was in northern Virginia for a Roy Rogers restaurant opening. He was being heckled buy some *** in the out door audience. He ignored it for a while and I think the *** got personal...He finally saw enough and started down off of the platform to go kick his ***. He almost made it before the shocked security realized what was happening and was able to restrain him. It made the local news that night.

 

Me too Tommy. I had my folks take me to a Rodeo at Madison Square Garden in NY just to see him and Dale. Had the whole cowboy outfit when I was about 10. A couple years later I bought my first Car Craft magazine and never thought about being a cowboy again.

 

Years ago,cousin Dennis went by Roy's museum? to look around and see Trigger and all.An employee asked if he had any questions and Den inquired if Roy was around?
"Hold on.." Out walked Roy and was the nicest hero anyone could ever wish for.
Roy was a cl*** act.
Dennis still bores us with that great story.
Happy Trails to everybody.....

 

The Roy Rogers museum was in Victorville Cal. The Rogers lived in Apple Valley Cal.

In the late 80's and early 90's they used to have cl***ic car shows at the museum.

 

I used to drive past that museum and never stopped in...wish I had taken the time...never knew he was a car guy...that's cool...

 

I met his son, Dusty, at the Shepard of the Hills Cruise in Branson this year. Dusty asked my cousin if he could ride in Kevin's GTO to lead the Midnight cruise down the main drag. He gave Kevin a couple of challenge coins. The only way you made it to the graveside service when Roy was buried was to have one of those coins. He was gracious and proud of his father.

 

I've got a "Nellybelle" Jeep. It was painted red by some Daddy years ago. The bell is the only thing I know is missing. You can still see the Roy Rogers Double-R-Bar Ranch screen-painted emblems on each side with the "Nellybelle" above it.

Got it at the Pate Swap Meet the second to last year it was at the old grounds by the Pate Museum of Transportation. Lady had several kiddie cars whihc I looked. Didn't care much for any of them but as I walked away I turned back and the sun illuminated the "nellybelle" under the red spray paint. I rushed back and gave up $35 for it.

 

We are all better off having Roy Rogers in our lives. We allways need heros.

 

I agree, Roy left this world a little better than he found it. Wish I could say that!

 

That's cool! Bonneville to boot!