Go Back   The Supercar Registry > Dealer Specific Discussion > Nickey Chevrolet & Bill Thomas Performance


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #51  
Old 01-19-2009, 08:28 AM
jeff morocco jeff morocco is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: on the starting line
Posts: 1,182
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

[ QUOTE ]
[ 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.
Reply With Quote
  #52  
Old 01-21-2009, 06:15 AM
wheelhop wheelhop is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 1,779
Thanks: 15
Thanked 296 Times in 138 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

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
__________________
69 Chevelle SS L88 "Day-2" Lemans Blue
69 Chevelle SS L34 postsedan project-Azure Turquoise
Reply With Quote
  #53  
Old 01-21-2009, 06:34 AM
Xplantdad's Avatar
Xplantdad Xplantdad is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: AZ
Posts: 32,388
Thanks: 7,439
Thanked 5,346 Times in 1,875 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

I think that Ken is on the road as well...Patience grasshopper!
__________________
Bruce
Choose Life-Donate!
Reply With Quote
  #54  
Old 01-21-2009, 07:38 AM
wheelhop wheelhop is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 1,779
Thanks: 15
Thanked 296 Times in 138 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

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.
__________________
69 Chevelle SS L88 "Day-2" Lemans Blue
69 Chevelle SS L34 postsedan project-Azure Turquoise
Reply With Quote
  #55  
Old 01-21-2009, 04:38 PM
Xplantdad's Avatar
Xplantdad Xplantdad is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: AZ
Posts: 32,388
Thanks: 7,439
Thanked 5,346 Times in 1,875 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

[ QUOTE ]
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!
__________________
Bruce
Choose Life-Donate!
Reply With Quote
  #56  
Old 01-28-2009, 06:23 AM
Xplantdad's Avatar
Xplantdad Xplantdad is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: AZ
Posts: 32,388
Thanks: 7,439
Thanked 5,346 Times in 1,875 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

[ 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 Ken...
__________________
Bruce
Choose Life-Donate!
Reply With Quote
  #57  
Old 01-29-2009, 01:23 AM
jeff morocco jeff morocco is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: on the starting line
Posts: 1,182
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

[ QUOTE ]



Ummmm...still waiting!

[/ QUOTE ]


hey Ken.............
Reply With Quote
  #58  
Old 01-29-2009, 09:51 AM
Andy Andy is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Cleveland, Georgia
Posts: 364
Thanks: 72
Thanked 133 Times in 37 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

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. Sorry for the sad ending but its just a reminder of how dangerous this stuff is.
__________________
Camaro, 'Cuda, Super Bee, Duster, Blazer and some trucks
Reply With Quote
  #59  
Old 01-29-2009, 08:55 PM
black69 black69 is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Around Chicago
Posts: 1,454
Thanks: 23
Thanked 149 Times in 55 Posts
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s


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.
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to black69 For This Useful Post:
x44d80 (05-01-2017)
  #60  
Old 03-14-2009, 09:01 AM
cammer427 cammer427 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 97
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default Re: chicago street racer names and reputations, late 60s

[ QUOTE ]
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



[/ QUOTE ]

IMA 62, would you happen to have a full-page scan of this article?
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 03:18 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.

O Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.