Rufus Boyd aka Brooklyn Heavy passes.
 

A name from the 70's Brooklyn Heavy has passed away. My dad drove a Match Race Pro Stocker for him in 1973 along with a SS/E hemi 4 speed cuda convertable. 3942lbs with driver.


Herb Jr

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At true legend,and a real charecter that brought personality to the classes in his day.I have heard some great stories of Heavy's antics with his entire convoy of race cars running his name.People who spoke to him recently said he still loved the sport both on the street and at the track.He will be missed.

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I have a lot of tales of street racing with him around. One time the guys we ran took off with the money after we beat them Heavy and his crew got us the money the next week. Hand delivered it.

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Herb jr how did heavy pass and were was he living?

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Joe,was that you I used to see hanging out on the Condiut around 1968-71?

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No Ed that wasnt me but a friend of mine but a cammer mustang from him in 84 I will have to tell you about when I see you.Stay well old timmer.

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I remember Heavy's cars along with alot of Schiroff motored cars.The car that stands out was a 64 Galaxie with a cammer.Whipped a corvettes *** coming and going.
Anybody remember the Fish Kid and George the Greek?Hows about Al Cap?
Jeez I wish someone would really invent a time machine.

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Ed
Met Heavy a long time ago at Rotundas Speed Shop in Bloomfield NJ
a very long time ago.

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Eddy (Google Eyes) and Freddy had Heavy's 1969 Camaro sitting in front of their shop in Wantagh for years and wouldn't let anyone near it. It was an Orange SS Camaro. They were waiting for Heavy to get out of the envirement he was in. Heavy and Freddy, rest in peace.

Casey Miles
248H

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I think I have some pictures of Heavy at Connecticut Dragway.
If I find them I will scan them and post 'em.
Dan.

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You left a few out Ed

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Time creates memory loss Artie.
How about,Nunzi's cars?Some crew there.D'Andreas gremlin was a killer back then,mostly at connecting highway.I remember a nash met called Classical Gas.Had a small block in it though.Saw Flip's Speed Shop's volvo a few times.Too many cars so long ago.
Was there the night they ran a front engined dragster at connecting too.

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One of the cars found its way to Sweden over England, here´s a lesson in Swedish (yes, google it)
http://www.wheelsmagazine.se/fragapr...icle225777.ece
Here is some pictures from a local Swedish event "Mopars at the strip 2009":
http://www.hemicuda.se/Bilder/Mopars_at_the_Strip_2009/
Scroll down to find that the Sox & Martin Brooklyn Heavy is doing well
Visit http://www.hemicuda.se for more Google exercise.

/Pelle Andersson

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Joe,

He was living in Brooklyn and was 74 years old (he died January 2, 2010). His grandson told me he had diabetes "along with many other complications" so I assume it was old age or one of his ailments.

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I think the guy you are you thinking of is Tab Talmadge, rather than Rufus Boyd (?). Is your friend Kurt Vogt? If so then you're thinking of a '65 A/FX 427 Cammer previously raced by Don Nicholson then purcahsed by Brooklyn street racer Tab Talmadge back in '69 which he raced on the street. The car eventually disappeared into the back of a Brooklyn storage garage where Vogt tracked it down then purchased from the owner (Talmadge had sold it to someone else by that time). I don't know of any other Cammer Mustangs in New York at the time but I'm sure there may have been. If this is the car you're thinking of, then I don't believe Brooklyn Heavy owned the car after Talmadge, at least I never heard that (and since Heavy went to jail in '75 or '76 for 25 years, it most likely wasn't him the car was purchased from, especially since the Feds took all but one or two of his cars in a raid). But anything is possible :) Is this the story you're thinking of?

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Eddy and Freddy's last name was Leyte, wasn't it?

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Ed I remember a "Nunzi" tuneup. Points plugs and a camshaft. LOL You realy need the Italian accent to appreciate this.

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There was a cammer mustang with a tunnelram from South Jersey I believe. They were friends of Max. The guy with the beatup GTO. We ran them on the Willowbrook with the hemi car. Got lucky twice.

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Doesn't anybody remember the Galaxie with the cammer at the Conduit?I remeber it like it was yesterday.

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Ed I remember that car,I watched at national speedway leave the line and the back window blew out.I was 12 or 13 seems like yesterday.

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Was that Jerry's car (Big Red)? From St Albans?
One of the sweetest memorys of the Conduit was the black 4 speed, small block Dodge Dart.
It was the day after Thanksgiving.
We got them for 18 large (total) Heavy covered a lot of the side money. With Froggys 64 Belevdere. They carried a tape recorder in the car. We gave then 1 and the break. You heard the dart shift though into 4 gear. Then you heard a defening roar as the hemi went by. Then silence.
We would not pop the hood. But we let one of their guys feel around the oil pan for the cross bolts, Which we had covered over with bondo and smoothed over.
I told Froggy to make sure the dart left, because I knew they wouyldn't run once the saw how we ran. He almost waited to long. We got by them about 150 feet before the finish

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Art did you ever run the mud bros.

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You mean the Mutt Bros, and Ronnie Lyle from Bedford Ave? No we knew better , When we finally got into that sort of league he wasn't racing anymore. i don't think he street raced after about 1973 or so. He did the prostock circuit legally. I believe that was the first Sox and Martin car in Brooklyn.

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I met the mutt bros. sorry about that.How fast was that car Art?

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Never had it to the track in Froggy's car.
In our Charger it went 10.30's at Cecil spinning the tires. Basicly a SS/BA weight with iron heads.

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Art you had enough fun for 10 men,you guys are my idol.

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Anyone race, or see a race involving Levi Holmes, Tab Talmadge, Mutt Brothers, "Fast Earl" Mitchell, "Wicked Will" & James Smallwood, "Super John" McFadden, or Heavy himself? Also, does anyone recall a fellow named something along the lines of Willie Camrod ("Cam Rod" maybe)?

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Art, Who were the guys that came up from North Carolina with big $$$ ?

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OMG! Artie has more stories than an 80 year old sailor! Each one better than the last! Jim

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They are good Jim.

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I remember most of them. We ran the Smallwood Bros camaro (tunnel ram small block)
In the Bronx on an elevated section of highway. Didn't win.

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Yes we did some crazy things back then. I stood in front of a cop car (with lights and sirens) one time so we could get the race off. They were actually pushing me with there bumper.

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"fast earl" Mitchell is still around. I ran into him at etown last year...

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...tearletown.jpg

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Hey Artie how about Eliot and Keven and that bad tempest.Butch McKennon. The Westshore exp before it was open. raced for hours uninterupted.

Joey Dee

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That was one fast poncho. I believe they kept the car at Staten Island Speed. Paul Blevins was around once in a while with them.The first real prostock motor in a street race car (not counting the bought ones) Kevin Codd was a wizard with the tuning. And Elliot Wakem, was Elliot Wakem LOL
I made it a habit not to be around when that car was out. Never had to explain things that way. We knew what we needed to beat the car, and knew there was no way we were going to get it.
My partner Ray (Tex) Cook was partners with George Elliot (Hemi guy) before I was partners with Tex. And they donated to the Elliot Wakem cause a few times.

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I was told that story at Milan by Sonny Lipton?(I think I have that name right now passed) The Top Stock racer who used to drive for Herb Sr to all the National Events. Man he told some stories as a black man driving through the South in the late 60's and early 70's. He told some very difficult stories, but in such a remarkable way. Sonny drove the stocker and SSer Hemi as part of the team I think. I heard about Heavy's involvement in NYC it was simply amazing. So was Sonny's barbecue. I could have listened to those stories about Racing, Heavy, Sonny for days.

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Tried to upload a photo of the Duster Heavy ran.
This is the car i remember at Connecticut Dragway.
Douleclick for larger image.

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Sonny Shipman!

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Art, it sure is an honor to be on the same board with you. I have a million questions to ask ;) I'm running out the door so I'll just ask one at the moment: Did Ray Cook own a gas station in Bayonne? Were you involved in it?

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I don't know if Ray did but Bernie Agerman did.