how did we let things get this way

[Autumn Daze]

38 Chevy coupes are great. Do ya have any pictures John? What kind of motor?.....small block? Wait a minute B gas...Hemi?

[Big D]

Small block Chevy, bored 1/4", stroked 5/8" for 352 CID. Initially had Giovanni Cam. Later, Hilborn Injection and and Isky Roller. Giovanni cams were best known for the promotional decal which had a gal with a short skirt riding a camshaft, ala a witch on a broom

No pictures, unfortunately. Car ran in the mid Atlantic area in the late 50's, early 60's. Was painted white, and was called "TNT"

[Dean Romig]

I've always liked the Rigid Tool Co. calendars with the monthly "Miss Rigid Tool"

A Chevy small block 301 cid was one of my early favorites (high-revving screamer) and was easy to build in the garage or basement. Then GM caught on and put it into the very first Z28 Camaro's in '66 if I'm not mistaken

[Bill Murphy]

John, they are Giovannoni camshafts, not Giovanni. Don't want to insult the California Mafia.

[Autumn Daze]

Wow! This thread is outta control....This is great! Anyway..Back in the day we used to take Chevy 327 blocks and put in 283 cranks and viola a 301 motor! My buddy and I used to run a 63 Nova gaser with Hillborn Injection What a pain in the ass that setup was. Later on we went to a tunnel ram with Holley carbs and ran better times.

[TARNATION !!!]

Mopar Garage Car - another get around to it project. Completely original - may need to change that. Outta control ? Nah, just folks jawin' From wheat to woodiies and beyond in a few seconds more than it takes for a slightly modified deuce coupe to run the 1/4.

[Bill Murphy]

Ray Giovannoni had a shop in DC on Maine Avenue and left town for Florida before I got involved in cars and racing. His name was left behind and he was a topic of discussion here in DC for years after he left. Strick's Automotive was the race car shop in downtown DC in the sixties. Linda's aunt Bernie still owns Strick's Bar and Liquor just over the DC line in Maryland on Pennsylvania Avenue extended and has for more than fifty years. I don't know what the connection is, but I will ask Bernie next time I see her. Strick's is the music venue that gave Jimmie Dean, Roy Clark, and many other big namers a start.

[Dean Romig]

WOW! That pic lends a whole 'nother meaning to "bump stick"

[Big D]

Francis - As I pointed out in a prior post, no one really knows the original derivation of "the Whole Nine Yards". We do know though that a belt of .50 MG ammunition is not 9 yards long. Not that Wikipedia is the ultimate resource, but they point out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_whole_nine_yards) that the phrase didn't become popular until the 50's - after WW II.

[Dean Romig]

Look up Don Roberts on any drag racing website and you'll find pictures my old friend Don in various rails and funny cars up and down the East Coast. He broke many records 'in the day' one of which was 175 mph in the 1/8 mile at Norwood Ma. back in the 70's. His racing career (and it was a colorful one) ended when he had a horrific crash and as a result, lost a leg. Look up "famous quotes of drag racers" and you'll find Don's quote made sometime after that crash where he states "After the third flip I lost control."
He and I worked at the same Shell station in the mid-sixties - I had a '65 GTO and he had a 305 Honda Scrambler. We would swap vehicles often... Kathy rode with me on/in both - Great days those were.