Cool race car names!

[RJ]

Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376

Wow.These are fun!! From Irwindale,Orange County, and Riverside from 1974-1988,I remember a red 65 GTO with a 427 and a tunnel ram of Paul Harris:Ponti-Rat, Pat Melendy's string of Plymouth Roadrunner bracket cars(he was the Bird Man),American Rikshaw from an earlier post, a yellow 69 Dodge-Poison Dart, a red Challenger called Live Bait, a whole lot of SBC 4 speed Camaros and Novas called Mighty Mouse,a rather rough 57 Chevy called Strictly Business, and in the early 80's,I had a 63 Chevy 409 called Rapid Transit. It was featured by Doug Marion in the March 84 Super Chevy, more recently I built a 68 Chevelle stocker that had a tendancy to corkscrew rather noticably as it pulled the left front wheel, I called it "Yank". I built another one and called it Yank II when I sold the first one to Tony Janes,after we upgraded the rear suspension, it tamed them down considerably, speaking of Tony, he and Marv Ripes had a 57 Chevy stocker called the Powerglide Prosecutor. He has a 4 door Chevelle today called the Powerglide Prosecutor II. We also have a red 68 Chevelle wagon O/SA car called "the Mule." It was originally supposed to be a test mule for various drive line combinations. Let's hear some more from those days in So Cal racing!!

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by RJ

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

I remember these!! These cars ran at both Irwindale and Oreange County then,some were still around at Riverside. This is a great look at some fine moments from the past!!

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by RJ

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

I remember these!! These cars ran at both Irwindale and Orange County then,some were still around at Riverside. This is a great look at some fine moments from the past!!How about a beautiful Chevelle called Indian Summer,as well as Art and Jan Petersen's Indian Uprising?

[Alan Roehrich]

A few I either knew the owners and drivers of, or worked on:

Billy Hobbs' 62 Chevy II "Novacaine"
Billy Hobbs' 77 Hal Canode dragster "Short Circuit"
Wayne Basham's 68 Camaro "Rambunctious"
Alan Oakley's father owned a lumber company, so there were several cars in his stable named "Sawdust".
Jr. Crawford's 27 roadster "The Other Woman"

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by RJ

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

Hey, how about Jim Chevront's Just Another Cheap Thrill Anglia, Casey's MAD '55 Nomad, Clownin' Around '55 Chevy, Horseplay '65 Mustang, Hawaiian Style '68 Camaro, Vintage GTO '38 Pontiac, Kim Wright's "Wright-On" '70 Cuda, and a really cool '65 Chevelle wagon called Assassin Wagon from the high desert (LACR).

[Rob Petrie E395]

I am currently building another car and I put NEVER Satisfied on it because it seems no matter how hard I try I never am.

[Denny Sanders7970]

Kim & Wilbur Wright's "Wright On' C/G Cuda. Now that takes me back. Their previous car was a '66 Dart C/Gasser with the same name. After it rolled at OCIR we called that one "Wright Over". Kim wasn't hurt so we could laugh about it later. The Cuda was a much better car once it got sorted out. There were a lot of neat names on cars in the sixties and seventies. It was a great time to have been introduced to the sport.

[stefan callender]

My favorite is Lincoln Morehead's Alpha Wolf....LOL

[Glenn Hayes]

A guy that I worked for back in 72 had a Road Runner that he raced in AHRA Formula 3 Stock that was named 'Tramps and Theives'.

[Jeff Cockream]

Here is my "Sweet Revenge" 67 Fairlane soon to be a S/S'er.