Despite my Saginaw 4spd and rear u-joint being the first casualties of the day, I still had a great time. There wasn't a person there that wouldn't have helped a hot-rodder in need if I would have asked. I think that says alot about the Texas hot rod community and our extended family. I only wish I could have made at least one full pass before it went so I could see what she could do with the standard trans. and a decent tune. Can't wait 'til next year.... Thanks Kontinentals and everyone else.
Oh yeah, and special thanks to Evilfordcoupe aka Jason for both bringing my favorite car of the day out to the drags; and for letting me take his Flyrite Chopper for a spin today at his BBQ. The 33 is one bad sumbitch...and the 'lil red metalflake chop has hooked me...I'll be in touch in the not so distant future.
I think the 2 cars I liked the most , which there were a ton of nice cars there, were Creases lil blue coupe and Kartbreakers T roadster. Really kool cars, each in their own way.
i can't say enough about one of the best weekends ever! the kontinentals put on another show topper! thanks to buzzard, krupa for the best hospitality in town! and not to forget mr. hotwheel! you put on one of the best damn garage crawls ever. i hope we can continue it next time. also thanks to voneyeball for the bad ass 32 keychain. best quote of the race! flt-blk {flat-top quit shifting like an old lady} hey my grand ma taught me everthing she knew!
What a weekend! I don't know about you all, but I had a blast tearing up the asphalt! Unfortunately those bicycle tires were no match for that Hemi....but I still had fun. By the way, Fat Lucky - Your stitching on the seat was a hit! Probably the best part of my ugly coupe! Flat-Top, Krupa and Randy - thanks for the great company crawling around the shops in the Northeastern part of town. I really enjoyed it and I hope I didn't burn you out 'cause we only covered 1/4 of what I wanted to show you. We'll do a few more the next time. Jason, thanks for letting me have a hand in your "Killer" coupe! Hopefully the electricals hold up for ya. I was proud to see it moving down the strip. I can't wait to see you put your foot in it! El Jeffe - once again, the club was on! I'm still recovering. By the way, my wife dropped by my shop today.I was sweating thinking she might stumble on something left over from what Chuck called the "pre-Burlesque show". All was clear! Can't wait til next year!!!! Reggie
[ QUOTE ] Flat-Top, Krupa and Randy - thanks for the great company crawling around the shops in the Northeastern part of town. I really enjoyed it and I hope I didn't burn you out 'cause we only covered 1/4 of what I wanted to show you. We'll do a few more the next time. [/ QUOTE ] Man oh man, 1/4? I thought I'd seen all the cool stuff left on the earth at the shops we went to! I'm ready to see the rest!!! Thank you, my Friend.
Thanks for the compliment Root. I enjoyed talkin with you. That Fly is just too cool! Seeing it go down the strip was definitely a thrill. Looks like you've inspired the Barons to build up Mark's Chassis research FED as a club project. The goal is to taker to the HAMB drags.
Sounds like a plan, Crease. Hope ya'll get it together, It is a lot of fun. I think it's the hanging out and meeting people that makes it worth while.
Crease, I'm with Root. You had one of the coolest cars there! It was great chatting with you. Root - I don't care if you run a 50 sec quarter. Just seeing it go down the track gives us a glimpse into what it really like in the early '60s.
[ QUOTE ] Crease, I'm with Root. You had one of the coolest cars there! It was great chatting with you. Root - I don't care if you run a 50 sec quarter. Just seeing it go down the track gives us a glimpse into what it really like in the early '60s. [/ QUOTE ] could'nt have said it better, could'nt agree more.
Thanks Hotwheel I mentioned it before, but your coupe was one of my favorites. You've got the nostalgia thing figured out. When you get a chance, you should post some more pics of it and give a little history on the build up.
who was the guy from the kontinentals with the blue 30-31 coupe that was chopped and channeled? I really liked the stance... wondered what he had done to his frame for the look. my webpage has taken so many hits i think it's down right now - sorry. roots right...show us your pic's! everyone there had a camera....lets see em'!
Man it sounds like you guys had a BLAST! I'm envious. I think it is events like these, put on by a bunch of guys, for the love of getting out and flogging on the old iron, that are the BEST thing rodding has to offer. I also think it's totally tubular that there is such a large concentration of guys back there that are willing to participate and make the event a success... that's one thing that would be hard to achieve out here... Anyway, I am totally jazzed and really look forward to the build ups of nostalgic drag cars... this sort of thing sure beats the hell out of sitting around drinking beer at a fairgrounds event... don't it??!! Keep us posted and keep the good pics coming. Sam.
Ya know Sam, I was saying the same thing yesterday. As fun as the Roundup is, it seems like this would be the bigger event of the two. You get to see all the cars. It's just cooler to see them in action.
[ QUOTE ] How many cars showed up, roughly, more or less than the HAMB drags? [/ QUOTE ] Looks like there was approx 100 cars at the event of which 60 went thru tech and raced at some point during the day. Also had almost 400 people attending including the drivers. Must say The Almighty up there must like vintage drag racing cuz it coulda gone south on us from the start weather wise. We will get more pics up soon, but what a great time. All the participants make it happen at the track and at the club so a big thanks to everyone that came in for the event. The visuals at that track just keep gettin better evrytime we do this. There was some "blue-chip" shit out there. Can't keep my eyes off "The Fly" and EvilFordCoupe that Evil Ford Coupe is a freak of nature.Man that thing is baaad. We handed out some "100 mph club" patches to a few. 11 patches were earned by drivers including Jim and James Jard in the 409 powered '32(111.5 and 102mph respectivly), Merc Charlie in the '26 T(100.64), Big Ric in the '40(102.85), Dennis Hrabal(103.4), Wickster('29 Sedan-101.71),Danny Burroughs('32 Roadster-101.67), Lucky aka Roger Johns(118.14), Chuck Byrd('48 Chevy P/U at 124.51) and Jason-EvilFordCoupe at 100.5 mph, but not in the '33 since they wouldn't let him open it up on the track.....he did it on his Fly-Rite Chopper and since I know that car would do it if tech would have allow it, I figured that was his consolation prize...I mean he did go 100, it was just on a bike. Oh and I owe one more patch to Mike Cox, the guy w/ the tan '32 that kissed the guard rail. Before the mishap, he was clocking in at over 100 mph on his runs. He had other things on his mind other than picking up his patch and I don't blame him. I will send it to him in the mail if I get his address. People were pushin' their cars to the limit to get that patch. It was cool. If I could scan a patch I'd post the pic of it...I'll get some help on that. The guys that brought down "The Scorpion"(Bobby Langley's old race car) which is a work in progress, assured it would be finished and running by next year's drags.Once again thanks to everyone who showed up especially the long distance guys that came all the way from Calif,Chicago, New Mexico and Okla. Did I forget any non-Texans? Hope it was worth it. Ditto on Krupa's thank-yous to all the car clubs attending and a big thanks to all the Kontinentals for being such great hosts to the outta towners. Ya'll make people want to pack up and move here and any and all the folks I met this weekend are more than welcome.
Buzzard, Dragged out dad and a good friend about his age. They were both flipping out. Dad doesn't say much about anything, but he swung by this morning and had nothing but praise for the event. He was saying that if you advertised it more you would have a huge crowd. In the next breath he said, "tell em not to advertise it, it's great just the way it is". Im guessin the day will come when the whole damn place is packed, til then Im gonna keep trying to get 4 runs in before eliminations. Personally, I loved the atmosphere. It was like drag racin with family, except my grandma doesn't shift as well as Flat-tops.
LA Dave came from out from Louisiana with Brother Lurch. Thanks for the work that you and B. put into this. Ya'll make the rest of us look good.
I'll second (third?, fourth?) all that fellas - was a great weekend - and I'm so glad everyone braved the sketchy lookin weather to come out and enjoy themselves this go-round. So many new cool build-ups out there - I'm planning on being out there to tear up the track next time too - gotta earn me one of those highly coveted patches. (and to get back at trash-talkin with Buzzard) Thanks so much to all the HAMB folk for coming out and making this weekend such a gas - great to meet new folks and say hey to old friends. Thanks too to all my Kontinental brothers - Krupanut for putting on a great show for us Friday - and closing things out with Big Sandy last night! mighty fine, mighty fine... Sign me up for that garage crawl too Reggie - good to take a peek at your place on the way back - that coupe of yours just kills me - too damn cool. Jason - glad you got to take the evil coupe down the line - that thing should be kept on a short chain so it doesn't eat any schoolkids - As always a big ol thanks to my buddy El Jefe who helps make weekends like this happen - from our mighty homebase on South Congress, The Continental Club. Helping to put these events on is such a blast - I'm proud to be a part... We're already started setting things up for the next Round Up in March - so we'll see you down the road. I'll be posting more pix of this weekend soon - gotta get ahold of a couple folks cameras
Great event as usual.Had a good time at the track. Now I gotta eat crow for my match against HudsonHawk. My first pass was a 16.4 in the big beast with a bad reaction time. Still better than last year. I never had a solid run after that the rest of the day. About mid track the car would fall flat on its face with total loss of power until I got off the gas. A couple of people told me it sounds like I was floating the valves. Its something I'll have to check into. I went and told HudsonHawk It was time to run or it might not happen. Knowing I was gonna have to back off at some point I tried to get a jump on him and lost right off the line with a redlight. About midtrack my car went flat and I backed out then got back into it. After getting power back to it, Hudson put the pass on me and took the victory. I think it would have been a really close race cause his car really seemed to come on strong toward the end of the track and mine seems to do well out of the hole.Victory for Hudson. I'll have to take my loss like a man.He worked hard and it paid off. I think I can still take him so I may need a rematch in the future on a side street when I get my problems worked out. Had a good time running the minibike down the track. Fatluckys bike was by far the fastest bike.Outlaw prewarned me about that one. I think it was the Stars and stripes Evel Knieval tribute seat he stitched that made it so fast. Alot of guys ended up having trouble this year. I hated seeing Buzzard not get to run his coupe and Bass's car being pushed back from the line without even running was a sad sight.I just wanted to see all the rematches from last years grudge matches. Maybe we'll all meet on a side road for rematches. A year is a long time to wait.(just for the record, I'm not promoting illegal street racing.) I gotta thank 62Buford for letting me ride the SwingBike. Always wanted to ride one of those and now I have. Now I gotta cuss him cause now I want one.Looks like I'll be picking up a couple of old bikes soon and try to build my own. I'm too poor for an original so I have another project. Had a great time talking to ya. Those that chose not to come or got scared off by weather just missed out on a really good time. When the Austin guys have an event, it's a win/win situation no matter what the conditions are. They have the best clubhouse around.See you guys at the next one.
I had an absolute blast on my minibike!! I gotta thank Outlaw and Evilfordcoupe for getting it on the road for me. Does this look fast to you?
Good pics. Camera could'nt even focus you were moving so fast. My bike could'nt take those long runs. My pull rope broke and after that run my carburator bolts fell out and I was about to lose my carb and gas tank.
Damn fine weekend it was! Thanks to EVERYONE..WE are all responsible for making this Kina stuff happen. It was pouring rain 2 miles North and South of the track...I think the Konts might have made a few deals with the Devil. Big Thanks to Evil, Tyler and company at Flyrite choppers for the great Sunday open house and burger burn out! One of those 100 mph patches is mine next year!!!!!!
Another cool run, thanks to the Kontinentals. The time at the track, the Continental club that night. All of it is what makes the trip worth while. Sorry I didn't make it in for the shop crawl, thanks for the invite Reggie, next year I'm there. If company business doesn't carry me to the coast again. Thanks to Outlaw for a spot on the couch at his house, let's not mention the happenings at bar next door, My psyche is burned and it's not good. The shop tour of Fly-Rite was great, I didn't break anything, honest. Also thanks for the Hospitality, my buddy who flew in from Seattle to run down to the show with me was impressed. I think he has a new appreication for the Blues after the Burlesque show. TZ
Thanks Kontinentals - What a day! Totally worth the drive from Albuquerque. Here's a few pics and there are more HERE. Almost all my pics are from inside the cab of my truck cause I barely left it all day! Can't describe how cool it was to tear down an old dragstrip in the woods in the middle of Texas on a cool autumn day with a hundred or so other wicked old cars, and get to meet some of their proud and friendly owners. Had a freaking BLAST and the only 'drag' was clocking 98.5 MPH and being so close to the 100mph club! Maybe next year.
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