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[Tom S]

<!--quoteo(post=8611:date=Tue 20th Jun 2006, 02:15 AM:name=tdm850rider)-->QUOTE(tdm850rider @ Tue 20th Jun 2006, 02:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Burt Monroe was what? 79 when he was still running records at Bonneville?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I was at Bonniville in '79 & 81. Met & talked to lots of the/my 'Hot Rod Heroes' that I had read about since I was 12 years old. It was great!
Took tons of slide pix. It is awesome! I never use that word, but for me it was a long time dream to just go there. Met many guys & really worked/helped on a couple cars with some guys too. One was the neatest, cleanest belly tank Lakester that I had ever seen. They made the 200 MPH club! I brought them the news at the far end of the run.
They gave me, or I earned, that blue Boniville Participant decal that is peeling of on the lower left windshield of the Roadster.
The other was a '32 Roadster that was run by the guy, Gary Hartsock (just cal him HotSocks) & his partner that first got my '31 on the street. Made it a point to to track him down & meet him in Calif just beforehand.

I was in hog heaven at Bonniville.
Met Al Teage, (sp) and George Bentley, both legends on the salt. Talked with both at length. 'Specially 'Ol Bentley. We talked for a long long time, about Boni history & stuff while the cars & bikes waited in the long line to run. I knew lots of it from the magazines. He even mentioned an old Boni '29 Roadster that he knew came up here somehow. I had seen the car on a trailer gong down the road. Remembered the car number too. Never could track it down. Dammit.
George is gone now.

In '79 I ask about Bert. They had to make him quit. He was getting off course & wandering all around the salt. Just lost.
Seen the movie? Took to long to get to the Bonnie stuff.
Some of it was way cool, authentic. The Redhead streamliner taking off was the greatest!!! Brought tears to my eyes!
Also heard first hand some other nasty stuff about 'Ol Bert just recently. I guess he was not a nice man. Still, he did make a mark.
Maybe I should just have kept that to myself.

BUT-
What about Rollie Free & the Vincents? Vincents--ewww,-- drool---. Do a search for Rollie Free.


This car sadly was destroyed in '79. Had a long history. One time had 4 or those 406 Ford mills for power. At this time was powered by a turbine. Power to the wheels though. Jet, rocket powered cars do not count at Speed Week.
Took this pic, the sun rays were cool. Ermie Immerso Streamliner. He is now gone too. Wish I had sent him the pic of his beautiful car. Always meant to.
Poor scan--


Wicky, "chicken chasers"?! No. WTF?

Thanks 8fiddy. It's a keeper.

HEY!!-- Hey!
What about my FORKIN FORK PROBLEM?!
This is out of hand. Sorry, my fault for the hijack.

Forks dammit! Where are the forkers?!
Fork, I like that word. But mine ain't fixed yet!
Fork.