Bottle Bob

Larry Dixon talks about Bottle Bob in the new issue of Hot Rod magazine.

Eddie Trone

 

I saw him last year at Bobs Big Boy in Toluca Lake. My wife asked me what he look like, so I whipped up a sketch. She found him with it.

 

Looks like all the old farts I know- or Santa.

 

A real character. One day, I went to his house and found him in the garage. His eyes were closed and he was holding his fingers in his ears. I tugged on his sleeve and asked, "Whatcha doing?". He said he heard a Bic lighter was worth half a stick of dynamite. He had a bic lighter laying against the garage wall (outside) with a propane torch on it. I told him, "Are you out of your mind? It will take out the wall!!!!!". I covered my ears and waited. All we heard was "pssssssst".

 

just got that mag in the mail, cool street racing stories!

 

Bottle Bob, wasn't that the old wino in OC and Stiggs?

 

Bottle Bob's Black Vette was Bad Ass!! I called him the mad scientist.