The Jalopy Journal
Rick: Actually, I use one of those cubes on my keychain to this day. A picture of it is on my homepage. Atari? - That sure "dates" both of us,...
JF: That's odd. It seems the police are doing traffic control for the racers. How old it that video? -- BottleBob...
Rick: Heh, yeah I forgot about that home-made durometer gauge. I made it at work and through extensive trial and error finally got the right...
327-365hp: Thank you for those kind words. Not everyone views street racing with the same nostalgia that you do. Back in the day, it was a...
327-365hp: I'm glad you enjoyed reading the story as much as I enjoyed living it, and then writing about it. -- BottleBob...
WOW, what brought this on. I thought we were just reminiscing here. How about some PROZAC. Seghi: Nawww, GOT'CHA'S just pissed that all he...
Newport: You're referring to the following, right? #7. 61 Cadillac #8. DAF - German 2 cylinder opposed, centrifugal belt driven trans.,...
Mark: Why thank you. I'll do that. -- BottleBob http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlbob
Groucho: Yeah, I remember that one. I don't think that was the time he was selling it as I believe it was my engine that was in the car -...
To All: Better late than never for an introduction. The most relevant biographical data for a car group is probably the cars they've owned....
Groucho: Yeah, the VCR part sounds right, it must have been worth $800 back then. God I hated racing fast bikes. Not only because they were so...
Let me add a little tid-bit about my choice of spark plugs back in the day. It's my opinion that in an engine that does not see a lot of boost...
Doc: You must be referring to the guy that donated a kidney to his wife, and now that he has divorced her, he wants his kidney back or 1.5...
Groucho: Are you sure it was Robbie? I remember jumping the start at Woodley and feeling guilty about it. I don't believe I would have feet...
Groucho: Actually you probably remember it better than me, it was with "your" Camaro in your picture. One race was at Lumber city, and the...
Grouch: Steve Johnson?, man have I got a juicy story about him giving me like 15 or 20 and the go with his turbo bike TWICE, for a VCR. And you...
Groucho: It's a little fuzzy now, but I seem to remember buying a 482 Big Block (.125 over), to put in the Blown '82 and testing it at the...
Lightning: The race spot you're talking about was alternately called Sepulveda & Mission or Lumber City. Since there was a Lumber City across...
This is a picture of the Frankensqueeze Vette (16 Solenoids), that literally burned to the ground at LACR, that Groucho mentioned. Ran 9.82 @ 143...
WARNING - For those that equate street racers with baby killers - STOP READING NOW - There is nothing here for you. Don't bother getting yourself...
K-head: If I ever knew Boyd's last name, and I'm sure I did, it's been long forgotten after 30 years. That certainly sounds like him. Did you...
Why thank you. Since you ask, and because I may be on borrowed time as the moderators/administrators have seen fit to delete my Street Race...
HRM: Parking structures, well I don't really know. The place I parked was flat blacktop. Haven't been by there in quite some time. --...
B: Thanks, I didn't know you could do that. I'm used to posting to Usenet newsgroups where what you post is archived FOREVER. -- BottleBob...
Customline Vicky: So you have street racing roots as well. See, we're not all that different, your job just aborted a budding hobby as a street...
Sparks: The terminology is definitely imprecise. I don't like it when the cops & the media call some teenager in Mom's Lexus who's weaving in...
Rick: Ah compassion. It's a rare trait in a hard core street racer. You always were a softie... must be why I liked you. :) -- BottleBob...
Goldchainer: Commendable sentiment. Let's see, of the 1/4 mile dragstrips I used to got to in the Los Angeles area they closed San Fernando...
Bart: And starting World War III on this nice cool, calm, and collected group? I'm not sure everyone would agree with your sentiments. :)...
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