Event Coverage Honest Charley's / Coker Tire tour

My buddy Rick and his club 'Southern Kentucky Street Rodders' asked the Tennessee poorboys chapter to ride along with them for a tour of Honest Charley's and Coker Tire in Chattanooga TN.

I had a radiator hose on my Plymouth fail about 80 miles from home. Big thanks to my clubmate 'Professor' for hauling me back to the local parts store for a new hose and some coolant.

Sorry for the photo quality, I took some, the wife took some, some with cameras, some with the phone.

 

Last but not least "Honest Charley's" - Mike Goodman hisself told us a lot of the history of the shop.

 

ok, i have to say i was not expecting all that cool stuff to be in that speed shop. laughs.. talk about cool.. i see why you would want to stop by there.. and the add for 6.00 tires, must be nice. LOL
thanks for sharing man.. i so dig the little track cars, so cute. :d

chris.

 

Awesome! Loved Honest Charlie back in the day. Great to see the American dream alive and well with the Coker's.

 

Poor Corky, too bad he doesn't have hardly anything collectable.

 

Looks like an awesome time was had by all......cool photos..

 

Man i missed yall. I went down there after work and mike and jamie showed some pics of the cars that were there. Awesome i see this in person all the time and it never gets old. Great group of guys and very helpfull. Thanks for the pics and come back.

 

Amazing coverage!! Thanks for sharing all the awesome pics.

 

so, where are all those cars? Cocker shop? or is Honest Charlie aslo cocker tires?

 

Very cool! Thanks for sharing those great photos.

 

Did you see that steering gear(s) on the yellow racer? Great car stuff!!. Thanks.

 

Whoa what an awesome collection. Thanks for the coverage. great pix!!!!!!

 

The car collection belongs to Corky Coker, owner of Coker Tire and Honest Charley. The buildings now adjoin (they enclosed the alley between the two) and the buildings take up most of the block.

The warehouse/distribution building and Hot Rod repair shop are also only a few blocks away, all right in downtown Chattanooga. They recently renovated a lot of downtown, it's pretty nice - lots of Hippies though - but it is a college town - haha.

That was a replica of the Marmon Wasp, in which Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500. According to our tour guide Raime, the Indy 500 museum let Corky borrow the car long enough to make a replica from scratch.

The trip was great, I'd recommend it to anyone that lives within a few hours drive or if you're in the area for any reason. We also went to the Tennessee Aquarium and a free music festival that's held Downtown every Friday night, so there's stuff for the family too.

 

Very beautiful driving thru there.Nice pics

 

Gator,
Donald here. Hey next time you guys make a run like that inbox me. If the group will let a non club member fall in I loved to. Here is a pic from my independent run back in 2005.





The guys from Honest Charleys pulled up the "no parking" sign and stuck one of their magnets on the door of my 55' here


I had got up one Saturday morning the wife was working. I grabbed some gas, a Mello Yello, Gum, and a sausage biscuit and hit the road. It was a good time. Guys at Honest Charleys were very cool as well as the Coker side. Here is a pic from a run I made down to Cowan, TN last summer.



Overlook the late model FWD Malibu in the background.


Thanks for the pics. Glad you all had a good time.

 

Your pickup is the kat's ass! And so is the service station.

 

That looks like a blast!

Why wasn't I invited?

Is the professor still mad at me over the green M&M incident?

Rich

 

He's still mad about the George Michael thing

 

Great pics! Nice collection!

Sam

 

Yeah, but I think he's mad at me - haha. I tell you this, he saved my ass this trip.

Tacson, I just tagged along with Rick (FlamedChevy)'s club - I'm sure you (and everyone else) would be welcome next trip. Shit - I'm ready to go back now!

 

Thanks for posting your pics Gator... We had a blast. A lot more fun than sitting at a carshow. Next time we go we will have a hundred cars if everyone goes that says they want to. I recommend that trip to anyone that it a gearhead. Even my wife had a great time.

 

I've seen his collection a few times, pretty impressive..although Ive heard that some of the cars are just stored there and owned by other people.

 

thanks for the photos---very cool. I love the Thomas Flyer ! It is a HUGE car.

 

Hey Gator or Flamed Chevy is the museum open on Saturdays? THinking about going down one weekend with the wife. Also want to go back to the International Tow Museum. Any other hot spots anyone know of in Chattanooga? Thanks

 

Thanks for sharing, a lot of neat cars.