History Redondo Beach Drifters Car Club

Sorry it won't let me upload the photo's the file is too big. I will see if my husband can convert it for me. I can however forward the email with the photo's so you can email me at chattyts@aol.com Thanks Tina

 

Here you go .....

And BTW, the name is Junge, not Jungle. We got the "L" out of there a long time ago!

 

Jim thanks for posting those and sorry about getting your last name wrong. Tina

 

I don't have anything to add but thanks so much for the history and great vintage photos.

Gotta love the HAMB

 

It's not Jim, it's BILL!!!

Or, you can call me Bullet Nose.

 

I remember attending one of the Drifters club meetings back in 1956 when I lived in Torrance, the most outstanding thing I remember was all the holes of every size they had drilled in that coupe to make it light as possible, they were a great bunch of guys back then,------don

 

I set up a group page for the Drifters on Facebook. Here is the link
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?filter=app_2305272732#/group.php?gid=190856247587&ref=nf
I posted all the photo's on this site. I hope I did it correctly. Tina

 

I don't know where my head it at. I know it is Bill. I think I was looking at something else while posting on this site at the same time. Sorry

 

Tina ... You've been holding out on us! ... How come you never posted this very cool "Before" photo of the Drifter's '34 Coupe?

 

Sorry, I thought I did post it. I must have emailed it to someone. I believe my mom said this was at a gargage behind my dad's house off Bonita. I am still trying to get my sister to find all her old photo's. I will try calling my neice to look through some boxes.

 

Bullet Nose, Bill I think, I wanted to let you know the Magoo's Car Club are still flying our plaques. I have an old style plaques, the one Hermosa Beach. The rest of the members are flying a new style plaque. I was also a member in 1969. I hope you received my previous message.

 

Wow, really cool club history. I love the cars that they campaigned.

This things needs to go on the grille shell thread!

 

Tina: I am pretty sure I have Bills old 40 ford coupe. It is in West Chester, Pa. I found a picture of him and the car on line and it is still the same color and looks the same. I have traced its history back to Salt Lake City and then California but I lost the trail until now. ErnieM

 

Hello ErnieM
Wow that is so great. Can you post a photo of the car now. You can also email me at chattyts@aol.com I would love to hear how you got it and the tracing of it. Thanks Tina

 

If you go into "Customrama" There is an article with pictures of the Drifters from Rodondo Beach

 

what is "customrama" do you have the link for the site? Thanks Tina

 

I found it, it was actually under kustomrama. Someone must have set that up from the photo's I posted on this discussion board. That is pretty cool.

 

Yes ... is Norwegian HAMBer SuperFleye's Wiki website ... he "borrows" lots of stuff from HAMB threads ... he typically gives credit to the source of the info and/or images he posts ... you'll note that he lists this thread as one of the sources for the Drifters Wiki article.

 

Yes, it is a pretty cool site.

 

How great is this?

Lions Drag Strip - 1958

I found this on another HAMB post. Pay attention at about the 2:55 mark. Gave me goose bumps when I saw it.

Bill

 

Wow, that is so great. I love it. Now I will be checking out more of the YouTube videos for other footage.
Thanks for sharing. Tina

 

Remembering Gene Wood 03/15/1930 - 01/26/2010

Another loss to the community. We are sad to announce the passing of Gene Wood from Paso Robles, CA on January 26, 2010. Memorial in the the Los Angeles area; to be announced. Please contact Donna (daughter) at 404-992-3633 or Teri (grandaughter) at 310-594-1194.

 

Pay attention at about the 7:39 & 8:03 marks ​

 

I found my father's old slides from the 1958 NHRA Nationals in OK City ... including this pic of the Drifters Auto Club #231 entry still on the trailer:

NO. 231
ENTRY Drifters Auto Club
DRIVER Hozie Gomez
CITY Redondo Beach, Calif.
CAR '35 Ford
ENGINE '54 Dodge​

 

Awesome photo! Is 231 the same car as the 23 jr?

 

Too cool. Love the new photo of car 231.

 

Heres a link to a Drifters plaque, if someone wants to try to snag it off the "evil" site....oh and its not my auction, just a heads up!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/car-...tZVintageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

 

Great pics and history. I have a sweet old SDTA shirt like that one.

 

Hi...The Millwinder plate shown in the picture in Post #24 is mine and I furnished a picture to the Car Club plate forum.

Nes Synadinos.. Millwinders

 

Hi... I believe the pictures in Posts 55 & 56 are from a road trip to Bakersfield around 1953-54. It was a convoy and on the way we were in Emil Wurn's truck towing our Millwinders 96 coupe. The Drifters car 23jr was in front of us being towed on a trailer. All of a sudden the trailer towing 23jr started going all over the road, back and forth, up and down and actually up on one wheel at times. I don't know how they ever stopped without any damage. Scarry.

Some of the pictures on this and and the next thread number were at a 40's type motel before we went to the strip the next day. At the Drag strip in the morning, I took off down the strip on a carburation run and the clutch blew up. That was it for 96, we didn't have another assembly. The Drifters made a run and blew their rear end out.

Wurn and I talked to them and we all decided to put our rear end into the Drifters car. That is what a lot of those pictures are about where everyone is gathered at the back of both cars working. It only took about 40 minutes to make the change.The Drifters car won the Class prize [war bond] and we split the proceeds.
Nes Synadinos... Millwinders