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Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I don't have time right now......But I'll relate to my "Experience" of the Chicago Street Racing Scene during the Mid 60's Muscle Car Craze in a day or Two.......... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif....Won't be a Short Story and I have to Decide how much to talk about because some of the Real Story isn't too Pretty.....But....That's the way it was... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif Ken https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif [/ QUOTE ] Ummmm...still waiting! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif [/ QUOTE ] Maybe you can tell me when you get here? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif [/ QUOTE ] then maybe you can tell me/us https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif......i bet theres just tons of stories up in that noggin of his !! [/ QUOTE ] Sorry Guy's https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif.....I'll do it when I get back from Barrett-Jackson........ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif [/ QUOTE ] Spoiled brat! |
Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I don't have time right now......But I'll relate to my "Experience" of the Chicago Street Racing Scene during the Mid 60's Muscle Car Craze in a day or Two.......... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif....Won't be a Short Story and I have to Decide how much to talk about because some of the Real Story isn't too Pretty.....But....That's the way it was... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif Ken https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif [/ QUOTE ] Ummmm...still waiting! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif [/ QUOTE ] Maybe you can tell me when you get here? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif [/ QUOTE ] then maybe you can tell me/us https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif......i bet theres just tons of stories up in that noggin of his !! [/ QUOTE ] Sorry Guy's https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif.....I'll do it when I get back from Barrett-Jackson........ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif [/ QUOTE ] Spoiled brat! [/ QUOTE ] https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif |
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Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
I worked at the gas city in those pictures starting in 75, it was across from the chicago ridge center where all those cars parked. man, that was great to see!
a lot of the accidents I saw were exactly where those pictures were taken. I will never forget the vette that shattered into on million little fragments on a drag race that went terribly wrong. The guy did die and all that was left were the 2 seats in the middle of archer. Some guys raced when it was cold out, I do remember that. I did see a lot of good races go down. It was awesome when some guys came in for gas and their engines were turning high revs at idle due to their radical cam. My house was 4 blocks right behind where that was. thanks darren and ima62 for the flashback! |
Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
Kwhizz, we're still waiting for your story(s)!!!
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Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
Give the guy a chance to land man. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
Doesn't he have a private piper cub with internet? the guy's all over the place.
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Kwhizz, we're still waiting for your story(s)!!! [/ QUOTE ] Just spent an Hour Typing and the Post Timed out and I lost it all..........I'll do it again later this week...Darn!!............Next Time I'll copy it before submitting......... Ken |
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[ QUOTE ] Kwhizz, we're still waiting for your story(s)!!! [/ QUOTE ] Just spent an Hour Typing and the Post Timed out and I lost it all..........I'll do it again later this week...Darn!!............Next Time I'll copy it before submitting......... Ken [/ QUOTE ] Oh man that happened to me a couple times.. Almost did this .. |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Kwhizz, we're still waiting for your story(s)!!! [/ QUOTE ] Just spent an Hour Typing and the Post Timed out and I lost it all..........I'll do it again later this week...Darn!!............Next Time I'll copy it before submitting......... Ken [/ QUOTE ] Oh man that happened to me a couple times.. Almost did this .. [/ QUOTE ] Ken, next time type it in Word, then copy/paste here. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif |
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Ken,
I'm out of town for work in the middle of nowhere, bored out of my skull! I could really use a story before bedtime1 |
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I think that Ken is on the road as well...Patience grasshopper! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
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Well, Bruce I just noticed that my last post was # 396 !!
Fitting for a 69 chevelle guy. and then I looked at yours and you have 15,560 posts! No wonder your fingers hurt. |
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Well, Bruce I just noticed that my last post was # 396 !! Fitting for a 69 chevelle guy. and then I looked at yours and you have 15,560 posts! No wonder your fingers hurt. [/ QUOTE ] LOL...you got me! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif |
Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
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[ QUOTE ] Kwhizz, we're still waiting for your story(s)!!! [/ QUOTE ] Just spent an Hour Typing and the Post Timed out and I lost it all..........I'll do it again later this week...Darn!!............Next Time I'll copy it before submitting......... Ken [/ QUOTE ] Oh Ken... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif |
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Ummmm...still waiting! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif [/ QUOTE ] hey Ken.............http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...r68/boring.gif |
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This isn't Chicago related, but my dad tells me stories all the time about when he was 16-20 years old (1968-72) and some serious racing here in the south. A lot of his friends were into the top end stuff. His first cousin bought a 68 GTX brand new, 440 super commando 4 speed, and a local guy with a 66 Chevelle with an 427 tunnel ram, kept talking smack about how he would walk him. So the other day we were driving through the southern part of the county and my dad is like, here is where the race happened. "They started here from a dead stop and were in 4th about a 1/4 of the way through the straight. They were even, but the GTX started pulling on the Chevelle. He said the Chevelle dropped in behind the X at about 130 or so and stayed there til the 150 speedo was pegged in the X. He said that Chevelle tried to pass the X about 3 times but every time he came out from behind the car, the wind would blow him back.
Another story relates to some 2 AM runs on I-85 in a 68 Coronet R/T, Hemi, 4 speed. He said a 69 L-88 Vette pulled up beside them, they were both running about 70. The Vette just nailed it and dad was like, well, you gonna let him go? The coronet driver was like hell no, so he put it back in third and and started reeling the vette in. As they both shifted into 4th they were hanging side by side. Dad said big mopar was starting to float in the front and the wipers were starting to blow up on the windshield. 140, the vette is starting to fall back. At about 150 they had the dodge maxed out and had put about a car length the vette. Man, if I could only have grown up then. Racing was still dangerous then though. The guy that bought the 68 GTX from my dad's cousin had a thing for top end speed/betting and he got killed in it. He was making a top end run from the next town over and right when you come into our town, there is a truck stop. Dad said a loaded 10 wheeler pulled out in the road that had a 20 ton granite block on the back of it and by the time he got straighted out in the road the GTX hit the back of it, knocking both axles out from under it. 3 guys in the car, 1 guy lived. The front two passengers were both decapitated. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif Sorry for the sad ending but its just a reminder of how dangerous this stuff is. |
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the hemi story that ended bad reminds me of a friends uncle, who died a tragic death. He had the same need for top end speed with a 68 hemi and in one case he went too far, and planted the car into fresh concrete up to its belly on a new interstate or road. He went into the local bar, and asked for help (they beleive). He ended up murdered that night never knowing what happened. His family thinks someone in the road crew killed him for messing up the highway, who knows. same result as hitting a truck. |
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this might be what you are looking for... http://s508.photobucket.com/albums/s...whitephoto.jpg http://s508.photobucket.com/albums/s...t=magazine.jpg http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s...5/magazine.jpg http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s...whitephoto.jpg [/ QUOTE ] IMA 62, would you happen to have a full-page scan of this article? |
Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
That black '62 just happens to look amazingly like mine even down to the NMW Tow Tabs!
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Ya'll aint got nuthin on Jersey ;}
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Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s
Hey all! Nice to find you here!
I used to have a 73 Challenger with a 1969 440-4 and a Pistol Grip 4 speed. Had MT cheater slicks and close to 690HP. It was Candy Apple Red with a Black Racing Stripe. Used to hang out at Dukes on Harlem from the mid 70`s to early 80`s and then on Archer till about 2AM when we would run down to the back of the yards on the Soutside! Miss those Beautiful Days and Nights. Still living in the Great city of Chicago and there are still nice cars runnin round. I am driving a 69 Runner 440 right now. |
Are we still waiting for Kwhizz and his story?
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Yes, we are. I am glad to see this thread again lots of good stuff in it. Anyone from the Chicago area remember the racing on the bridge that crossed over to Indiana, it was covered in an issue of Hi-Performance Cars in the late 1970s.
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Does anyone recall a Chicago guy they called "Fink"? Saw him driving a 68 Chevelle SS 396/375 back in 68. White with a red interior I think. Legend was he never lost a race, and paid for the car with street race winnings.
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Bob, Can you give me a location in Chicago were this gentleman named " Fink" would race this Chevelle?
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Mike,
Tell one of your race stories with the black COPO Camaro. They were good ones!! |
I moved away in 76 at age 16 and missed any street racing but I remember an article about Dukes drive in and a Steve Lisk's 9.90 "street" car :) few years later I drive my Fathom green 69 Z and visited Dukes was a good time back in the 80's
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Bob, I'm glad you brought this up as my Chevelle was purchased by Robert (Bob) Chalupa in 1977 from the Chicago area. He said that he bought it from some "Punk kid" who raced the car down by some "Railroad tracks" in Chicago but he couldn't remember where. Maybe someone can help me out on this.
Bob said the kid raced the car without the hood on and had to go back to the kids house to get it. The for sale ad I have for my car says it has a tri-power setup. Great stories everyone.....keep them going. :3gears: Kurt :headbang: |
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Your correct Bob D. Clyborn was a Hot place to be on Friday night until the boy's in blue would shut us down, so we moved over to Old Mannheim Rd. Just west of the New Mannheim Rd. Old Mannheim Rd. Was next to O'Hare Airport out in the sticks know one would see us,hear us, or bother us it was a great time 1969 thur June of 1970 then Uncle Sam called.
That's funny (49) years latter the grandkids and myself are still playing with this Camaros and Corvetts of the 60's. T |
McNamara ran his car both on Clyborn and Old Mannheim........he was tough to beat.........
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Michael McNamara?--- 1968 440 Mr.Norm green Dart "Laddy Buck"
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I'm a transplant, I started hanging out in the car scene in 1992. My buddy used to street race this car I'm guessing in the 80's.
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Did your Buddy "John" marry a girl named Denise Lucas from Roselle Illinois?
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My buddy is Kevin Pol***n, married a lady who teaches medicine now. He's from the old Berwyn scene.
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