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Post by tracman on Jan 20, 2009 10:54:11 GMT -5
This is an article from the Utica OD newspaper ...Spring 1970...I was on a weekend pass from Fort Dix , New Jersey  |
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Post by zarnock on Jan 20, 2009 17:20:51 GMT -5
yeah, it sure was nice to have stuff like that in the paper back then....
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Post by zarnock on Jan 20, 2009 20:50:13 GMT -5
Hey Mike ! I think that maybe George Croff's old Road Runner. I think he sold it to a Ray or Ed Meyers and it ended up out that way. Do you know any history of this one? Would be nice to have it now! If we had all the old cars we owned over the years we would be millionaires! I got to get digging for some photos today. Had breakfast with Lance and a few guys saturday...said he had a hard time getting on here... not sure why. Dick, This car (1968 GTX) was done by Castronovo. There were two cars, a HEMI Convertible and the 440 Hardtop car. They were both painted pretty much the same. This one and the HEMI car were parked at Johnny Castronovo's lot on State and the Arterial back in the day. I remember going down there and seeing them when I was in High School. Eddie Meyers did get Georges old Orange Six-Pack and he had the blue GTX too. I painted the Six-Pack black and it ended up as "Raven Mad". |
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Post by tracman on Jan 21, 2009 9:52:38 GMT -5
Ah! That sounds familiar now! Talked with George yesterday...He has a few old 8mm films he will bring down when he comes to visit ..probably next month. Can't wait to see them!
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Post by zarnock on Jan 21, 2009 16:29:58 GMT -5
Ah! That sounds familiar now! Talked with George yesterday...He has a few old 8mm films he will bring down when he comes to visit ..probably next month. Can't wait to see them! You have to get those onto DVD!!!! |
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Post by zarnock on Jan 22, 2009 23:08:05 GMT -5
Dick,
Missed you at coffee tonight! Had about 15 or so guys show.... had a good time!
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Post by tracman on Jan 23, 2009 11:20:32 GMT -5
Yea sorry I didn't show ...Ron called me but i was out getting groceries...time i got home and got them in the fridge ..i was running out of steam. did you bring up this site to them? Oh I plan on copying those movies to DVD already!
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Post by tracman on Jan 23, 2009 11:21:33 GMT -5
This was my 68 gto...I bought it from a friend and one of my other friends owned it before him.... recognize Bleeker Street behind it?  |
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Post by tracman on Jan 23, 2009 11:24:19 GMT -5
This is one of my favorite all time photos!! Arnie Beswick was the driver of the Famous GTO here. I took it when I was 15 at the 1966 Winter Nationals At Pomona, California right after the Blizzard here.  |
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Post by tracman on Jan 23, 2009 11:44:42 GMT -5
These cars were owned by good friends...White Dodge...Mike (Denny) Cagginelli who passed away in a terrible car accident later owned by Dennis Johnson The other car was owned and tuned by John Grabski and usually driven by Terry Mullens. I took the photo at Utica Rome.  |
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Post by Clipper on Jan 23, 2009 14:07:50 GMT -5
Dennis Johnson who later owned and operated Kuyrahoora Sales in Poland? I never knew him for his drag racing, but he built and raced some really awesome and fast snow machines in later years.
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Post by zarnock on Jan 23, 2009 16:35:16 GMT -5
Dick, do you remember what it said across the back of John's Camaro?
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Post by tracman on Jan 23, 2009 17:32:40 GMT -5
Old man Trouble..across the back of the Camaro... I think
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Post by tracman on Jan 23, 2009 17:38:28 GMT -5
Dennis Johnson who used to be Kayahoora in Poland, NY has raced cars since he was a kid. Dennis and his son still race on occasion and have a few cars put away yet. But the Dennis Johnson I referred to .....used to be Kolor Kreations on Mohawk St. in Utica. He is now a service manager at Pep Boys New Hartford and still into cars.
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Post by tracman on Jan 23, 2009 17:39:09 GMT -5
Here's George Croff's Road Runner at ESTA around 1971 or so ... a fun car!  |
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