Anybody from Pomona remember this gasser?

I know of a few places in the Fresno area but its about 100 miles North of Bakersfield. Any chance you will be coming through here on your way?

 

yes i will be coming your way,,,,, all the way from vancouver ,bc, let me know of the places you think are good and give me your contact info on a pm

 

La Quinta North is close to the track. Not where some of the night time parties are held though. Link below.
There is a couple of In & Outs and a least a zillion Mexican food places.

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-...e&ved=0CAQQtgM&iwloc=cids:4528852500145407504

http://www.vagabondinn-bakersfield-ca-hotel.com/

http://www.sleepinn.com/hotel-bakersfield-california-CA690?promo=gglocal

Or rent an RV and stay at the track.

 

Not sure i should stay where the parties are at lol, living up here with the mountain folks, they think taco bell is real Mexican food, that's why i asked, thanks for the info!

 

5w32, your photos and thread knocked me out of my chair. I graduated from Garey in '65, prior to the advent of the GBF, but several of us hot rodders heard about the project that Mr. Hunt was building in the auto shop class, and some of my friends followed it around the tracks in its heyday. I have notified several of my classmates to try and make it to Famosa for the HRR in Oct. Another friend of mine, Pat Coyle, who has been associated with the "Pure Hell" racing team will be out there also with a nitro burning rail for the cackle-fest. I work in Bakersfield, live in Visalia now and there are several newer motels/hotels located on the frontage road off Hwy. 99 at the intersection of Hwy 65 to Porterville, also another quick way to get to Famosa. Catch me on PM and I'll give you all the info I can to help out. cwardins@yahoo.com see ya' in October. And again, thanks for the memories.

 

Great to hear from you, bring as many people as you can , this is going to be a great event and Royce and I can't wait to meet up with everyone, please ask if anyone has photos or other memorabilia from the car racing or the road agents club that they could bring, see you there!

 

Just found and read thru, What a cool thread, can't believe i've missed this!
5W32, what a great save and rebuild, so much history and so many people that have come together for it. I'd love to see it at the drags, and although I too live in Surrey, it's Surrey - England, so wont be making it. Really looking forward to the posts on the latest strip time, i'm sure you will all have a great time.

 

with california h.r. reunion approaching fast i thought i would take the stude out to Mission raceway for a test and tune day this friday and see how she runs.

 

the first run on the old girl since 1974! yeehah...what a great day, video as soon as i can figure how to post...

 

SUMBITCH !!!

I AM SO HAPPY THAT MY EYES ARE TEARING-UP ! Will post again as soon as I can think logically.

 

Its so cool to see this car on the track. Been following since you started and seeing it wheels up is just great! Post that video!

 

5w32, the old girl launches hard and straight. It must be very satisfying to have accomplished this restoration and met some new folks along the way. Well done.

 

nose up and proud with tons of patina!

 

great shot at mission!

 

Been watching this thread i saw this car 1 time
i am from no cal class of 69
my shop class i was the welder no one else could do it
our teacher was a drunk we only worked on his car 61 ford wagon
then we got 10 lawn mowers to work on
there was nothing realy learned
i wish we had a teacher that had a concern to teach
2nd year i became teacher's asistant for 2 perioads every day till i graduated
i was the only one that taught anything otherwise the class just did what they felt like doing
so much for TLHS
wood shop was best i never got in the class

 

5w32, this is an amazing thread! It's so great to see this car resurected & back on track. You have preserved history. Makes me want to find out the history of my old Willys gasser!

 

yes!!!

 

Those front wheels are spectacular....

 

Wow, it's amazing, since we first saw this car when Gup was asking for info, till 5w32 took it over and started digging into this cars past, how many people came out of the wood work who's lives where somehow touched by this car, a retired shop teacher and students who long ago lost track of it, found a piece of their youth right here on the HAMB, thats what its all about and I can't wait to see some video of this old girl in the spotlight again! Great job 5w32!

 

just had an email from Jim Savage who was the sponsor from Advance speed and marine in Pomona, he is hoping to be at bakersfield on sunday oct 23. this is going to be a great reunion!!

 

heres a few more photos from test and tune last friday, she hooks hard and goes straight. chief imagineer built a good chassis , the lift bars work great!

 

How were you able to get traction in the rain?

 

WELL, What did she run, et/mph 60' times etc?

 

Rain? ........i guess the track looks like its wet because of the vht traction compound they coat the start area with. 12.21 and 1.57 60'

 

Ah, that makes sense. Never saw that stuff back at the dawn of time when I was racing. D'oh!
Hows the video coming?

 

video.....#%&^$@.... that answer your question! i am having a buddy look into it now.

 

only 15 days to go !!!!!

can hardly wait

hope to see many of you at famoso

 

Totally cool thread! Nice to see you got results after all that digging for info on the car....every car has a story most are unknown ......have fun in Cali at the drags!!

 

Sorry man, didn't mean to spin you up.

 

Evan's auto shop teacher was at the track on the same day and got video of the first run(with wheelie) ,the teacher showed the video in the next days shop class and said "there was this cool old gasser there" , Evan just about fell out of his chair!! he jumped up and said hey that's our car!!!!!!! what a coincidence. the rest of the kids didn't know what a "gasser" was.( how sad) Evan will be able to drive one of the two high school drag cars the teachers has( camaro/ malibu) in the spring. as they say " the apple does not fall far from the tree"

Chief came up with a good one, Great Balls o Fire (GBF)..could also be Great Barn Find!