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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Will Scott has taken a turn for the worse and is in Cedars/Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. This information is according to Evelyn Roth. My brother, David Parks, and I visited Will today, Tuesday, at the hospital and his situation is serious. We also visited with Teal Scott, Will's son, Evelyn Roth, owner of www.oilstick.com and Vickie Mendenhall, wife of Mark Mendenhall. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My mom, Vi Arnett, and I appreciate your phone call and question about my dad, Joaquin Arnett's, health. He is currently at Kindred Hospital in San Diego, California. He is suffering from bilateral pneumonia and is in ICU. For more than 3 years dad has Alzheimer's disease, yet he has been active and walking about in the Lakeside, California center where he is living. Then on May 23, 2009, he was hospitalized on 2 different occasions for respiratory problems. He is currently very sleepy and receiving antibiotic treatments. Hopefully he will recover from this, and get rehab and go back to the center. However, pneumonia for anyone is a hard thing to combat, especially an 82 year old with Alzheimer's disease. The disease is progressive and yet he continues to fight and has a strong will to live. I will keep you posted. Thanks again for your concern. Jackie Arnett Sonka |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Just wanted to let everyone know that Ron had a stent put in his right renal artery today at UCLA and he did just great. He will be home tomorrow. Doctor said he was fantastic as he asked for just a local instead of the "put me out completely." So when came through it he wasn't groggy or out of it. The doctor did say the closer in the artery was more severe than it showed on the scan. Anyway, it's all fixed and hopefully this will help his blood pressure and the swelling in his legs that he was having. I'm sure he'll be on the golf course in 2 or 3 more days. Marilyn Lachman |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Good job on the list. The '08 boys will be posted in the '09 program. If you have an '08 program it lists these guys; Don Ferguson III, Jim Jensen, Mike Manghelli, Steve Toller, Dennis Varni, Bob Webb. From the past; Quin Epperly, Jim Feuling. MFG of the year; Rick Gold from ERC. Historian; John Thawley. Hope this helps. Your revision on the what constitutes a Hall of Fame was right on. Jim Miller |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I wanted to contact her regarding a movie script that was written about her dad back in 1996 (I believe), and there is some interest in it again and we would like to see if she would be interested in such a project. Thank you again for your help. Norma Leonard and Mario Simon |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The SoCal Chapter of the Society of Automotive Historians presents: 27th Literature Faire and Exchange, Sunday June 28, 2009 8AM - 3PM, at the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum, Los Angeles County Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave, Gate #1, Pomona. There is free admission and parking for spectators and buyers. Vendors and sellers pay a small fee for their space rental. This is Southern California's largest venue for automotive paper: owner's manuals, books, advertising, posters, automotive art, magazine back issues, photographs, current magazines, pins, badges, event programs, sales brochures, models, small collectibles and memorabilia. If it is paper, you may find it here! No car or car parts allowed, this is not a car swap meet. Plan on visiting the NHRA Museum while you are there. Bob Falcon |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ George Barris will be at Autobooks/Aerobooks on July 11, 2009 and not in June as previously announced. Tina Van Curen, Autobooks-Aerobooks, 3524 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505. 818 845-0707 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have been meaning to contact you about Jack Peters, then Don Coonan cc'd me on his/your emails. Attached is the draft of the article I'm doing about Throttle for Rodders Journal and the front of the book reprinting all 12 issues of Throttle. There may be some inaccuracies in it at this point--it's just a draft. I talked to your father a couple of times about Throttle and one time he was with Alex Xydias so it was great history--but not much they remembered. Your father was amazing because the first time I met him he knew all about me which was beyond flattering. I held him up very high but he was always very easy to approach and talk to. One of the last times I saw him was at the graduation of your niece (Mari Parks Bell) at Pepperdine--my niece graduated in the same class and the two were room mates for a time. We talked for a bit--he didn't seem surprised to see somebody from the car world at a place like Pepperdine--I got the feeling he would bump into people who knew him wherever he happened to be. Anyway, we're on the hunt for Peters. I have talked to Louie Senter, Phil Remington, Bill Burke and others. We have gotten almost nowhere. Steve Coonan and I went to visit with Bill Burke...he just doesn't remember anything about Peters. They were good friends and he has mentioned him in articles in the past. I quoted you from the Land Speed Record site where you posted origins of Hot Rod magazine info. Thanks for all of your help. Thom Taylor |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Have Thom Taylor call Louie Senter. Since he wrote for Peters and might have some additional information on him or the Throttle magazine. About the late 1945 meet at Rosamond. The big stink was a lot of guys weren't back from the service yet. Also the S.C.T.A. hadn't re-incorporated so that was a problem. Also there was no election of officers and Bozzie and the group kinda elected themselves and that got a lot of folks "steaming" mad if I could use that word as a pun. The S.C.T.A Racing News for 11/45 and especially December 1945 (Volume II, no. 14) will enlighten you more on this subject. The Jan '46 issue talks about electing officers and being incorporated. Also the boys were kicked off Muroc. Somehow Bill Warth negotiated with the Army and got them back there. I'd have to do a little research to get the exact dates. It was all published in S.C.T.A. Racing News before WWII. Jim Miller |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm trying to get some history about a car I bought. The SCTA timing tag is missing from the dash. I think it ran Bonnieville in 1951 or '52. Do you have Jack Underwood's Email Address? The car was built by Bob Hamke in 1950. Thanks for any help. Steve Carrasas, Eaton Ohio, [email protected]. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KPBS speedweek show. Our treasurer (Sidewinders) just informed me that at 10 PM tonite (June 22, 24, 28) on KPBS (check your local listings) there is a show called Inside Tonite. They have an hour long show from speedweek. Happy viewing. Ron Main |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Running as car #513 in Class C Modified Roadster at Bonneville in 1951 Robert Hamke from Indianapolis drove the Ralphs Muffler Special. Power was a 306" '50 Ford flattie. Bob drove the car 149.253 mph for a ninth in class. This is the info I have on the car. In '52 another Ralph's Muffler car appeared. It was Fred Carillo's rear engined car from '51. Don't know who drove it. Jim Miller, www.AHRF.com. |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As a general rule I do not add any support to unfounded rumors but rather just identify it as a rumor, with no creditability at that point. I will be sending you a short blurb about the story I did for The Alternate. The first installment was in the June issue which I just received last Thursday. And I received some good feedback from a reader. How about that? Just to let you know the first installment of the Ted Halibrand story written by yours truly has been published by The Alternate. It appears on page one of issue number 246 dated June 2009. The balance will follow in the July issue but, since it is very long, may kick over into the August issue also. A sample single issue can be obtained by contacting the publisher, Phyllis Devine, by phone at 717-469-0777, mail at PO Box 239, Grantville PA 17028-0239 or by logging on to the web site to E-mail www.racepaper.com. Many of the dry lakes and drag racers are familiar with the equipment manufactured at Halibrand Engineering. Bob Falcon |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Moldy Marvin's "Doin' it in the Dirt Camp N' Cruize, June 27-28, see www.moldyshows.com. Moldy Marvin |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Editor's notes: The following email comes from Lenny Schaeffer at Chop Shop Customs. I write a column for his newsletter, which gets a short exclusive and then I republish it in the SLSRH Newsletter. |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following list is courtesy of www.oilstick.com, owned and operated by Evelyn Roth. Here is a list, by year, of the honorees and cars of the Dry Lakes Racing Hall of Fame, from Evelyn's website. |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm working on an article about stock car road racing in So Cal during the 1950's. There were two races at Paramount Ranch and one at another location, I think perhaps Pomona. I have dates on the two Paramount's, but not the other, also promoted by JC Agajanian, I think. Do you have any info? Do you have any photos? Thanks, Art Evans, [email protected] |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We're the new public relations firm for the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving. We're asking your permission to submit their news releases to this e-mail address. Will this be ok? And when your travels take you to the Phoenix area, we'd like to invite you to visit. Thank you for your review and consideration. Shari McCullough-Arfons, McCullough Public Relations, Inc. 3570 Executive Dr., Ste. 104 Uniontown, OH 44685. 330-244-9980. fax: 330-244-9981. email: [email protected], web site: www.mcculloughpr.com. |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are coming along fine with the Spurgin/Giovanine Roadster and so exciting to have all the families coming to Ventura on July 12th to the Ventura Motorsports Gathering (automobile Concours- 2nd year) ...as we will un-veil the S-G Roadster at that time for the families- Spurgin- |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Ernie: The biggest problem we have is finding color shots of the early race cars. My gut says since the car was a stocker when first built the exterior and interior would of been stock colors. The front cowl panels were pulled out and modified to fit over the frame rails so they were probably repainted inside. The dash was probably its original production color as insides didn't matter to the go-fast guys. By finding a color paint code for Chevy's of this period you may be able to work from that. The site below is what I found on Chevy colors. From what I can deduct the body came in 2 shades of grey and one in green. |
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