Old photos

[StriperSS]

Well, I'd certainly like to see your cars, maybe at the Penticton Beach Cruise coming up? Garage tours sound like fun. If you're ever in Summerland, my wife and I have started an antique business, and I have a car memorabilia section with diecast cars, auto art, and literature. Pop in and say hi!

[StriperSS]

So tonight I was showing my father-in-law these photos, when his mouth falls open, and he points and says, "That's my car!" This was him in the Road Runner racing back then. It was a 383, Torqueflite, and he'd swapped the gears for better off the line performance.
His daughter was in the crowd, and I didn't know her then.

[mockingbird812]

That is very cool!

[MrsBillyBobcat]

That's a COOL photo John...and even COOLER story!!! Love it! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

I think he was just waiting for the Statute of Limitations on street racing to pass before he admitted his prior criminal activity! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Billohio]

Reminds me of a story. Friend of mine visited Boston (from Ohio) once and had her picture taken while site seeing. She later met a guy from Boston and married him. They were going thru old pictures and there she was on the corner in boston. The husband said that is my dads car going around the corner!

[StriperSS]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think he was just waiting for the Statute of Limitations on street racing to pass before he admitted his prior criminal activity! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>
This was sanctioned racing. I knew he'd had some cool cars in the past, but didn't know he'd raced here. He also showed me some photos of other cars he'd had, including an early 70's Formula 400 Firebird.

[chevelleheart]

John , just curious if you ever had any pictures of Conroy Beumont Cheetah cars from back in the day ?particularily the 1969 Beaumont cars

[PeteLeathersac]

Forgot about this thread...such great pics!
Not sure where I saved it from but I think the only 68/69 Cheetah pic I've seen is this '69 Post below...
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~ Pete

[chevelleheart]

Pete , I have a 69 Beaumont 2 Dr Post car that I am gonna make a tribute of this car.its not the darker Verdoro green that I think Conroy used in 69 v but Rally Green. I've just had most of the Logo's cut at a vinyl sign shop and hope to have them installed next week. From everything I have found out, it was one of three 1969 Conroy Cheetah cars built , that apparently we're all only 350 ci cars??? Would love more info if anybody had any, especially you BC race guys! My car currently has the 350 in it, but man oh man am I dying to, and may do it anyway,....... of dropping a 427 in it or maybe an L78 into it.
Car is in great shape, has a beautiful original stock green interior ,
The other thing I need to do is install a 68 grill or paint the front grill black like the 1968 Beaumonts had as shown in this picture. I believe they did just use a 68 grill and it also looks like the same Beaumont Script as the 68 vs the 69's
I don't have the small 350 V8 symbol for the lower qtrs or what appears to be the Chrome trim on the lower portion of the car,but other than that , I feel it's gonna be a pretty nice representation of what Conroy was doing &quot;back in the day&quot;...
Anyhow it's been a fun project over the summer,...and if anybody has any info whatsoever on this photo that Pete posted,...please give me a call or drop me an email
Bob
403-519-2685
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