Grand Rapids Autorama..

[Bugpac]

Congrats Charlie, Glad to see you had fun, That is what its all about right...

[purplepickup]

I got the American Rodder 2008 All American Hot Rod Award. That was pretty nice.
Charlie

Congratulations Charlie, you earned it.  That is one cool pickemup

Slocrow, could you email me the full rez pic of Ken, Charlie and me that you posted above.  I didn't take my camera and pics of pals will be good to look back on when I get old.....er.

[Ohio Blue Tip]

Congrats Charlie, on your two awards.  It was fun but ya worked me pretty hard!

[phat rat]

Cool Thanks to all those neat things you did on it.

[kb426]

Congrats, Charlie.

[slocrow]

Way to go you "geezer" you. Recognition it sweet..............& deserved!

George; PM me here on the e-addy you want me to use and although I only have a slightly bigger one, Curt may have something at a better res. I'll check with him and follow up.........Frank

[Dave]

Huh.., Now charlie is a trophy * too..
Congrats Buddy. Its well deserved..
Dave  

[slocrow]

George; Sorry for all the drama. Check your PM's ............Frank

[Charlie Chops 1940]

A little history for you out-of-towners...Whiskey Ridge was a little dirt track out in the pucker brush NE of Muskegon about 15-20 miles. It's hay day was the 50's into the early 60's. Kind of a bowl carved out of the side of a big hill. They reopened one summer for a few races in the mid 70's. I went up there a couple times - it was pretty raw bone. A couple years ago I got some copies of a couple b&w prints from back when the track was popular. In one of the pics there are three '32 3 winder coupes being destroyed all at once.

5 or 6 years ago I picked up a little hand lettered sign at a swap meet in Grand Rapids that represented someones idea of a sign that might have been placed in the Yellow Cab office. It might be original but seems too nice. I had that sign next to the car at the show. Over the weekend I had 3 or 4 old geezers (older geezers than me) tell me their stories about Whiskey Ridge and their pal or brother or whoever that raced there. My favorite comment from one guy is that a lot of the racers drove their jalopies home - if they didn't wreck them too badly.

Anyway, that little sign was one of the things that influenced the car being named the Whiskey Ridge Special.

Charlie

[n.c.rodder]

Way to go Buddy! I knew that little pickup was going to turn some heads once it  got out!!

Mike

[Dave]

A little history for you out-of-towners...Whiskey Ridge was a little dirt track out in the pucker brush NE of Muskegon about 15-20 miles. It's hay day was the 50's into the early 60's. Kind of a bowl carved out of the side of a big hill. They reopened one summer for a few races in the mid 70's. I went up there a couple times - it was pretty raw bone. A couple years ago I got some copies of a couple b&w prints from back when the track was popular. In one of the pics there are three '32 3 winder coupes being destroyed all at once.

5 or 6 years ago I picked up a little hand lettered sign at a swap meet in Grand Rapids that represented someones idea of a sign that might have been placed in the Yellow Cab office. It might be original but seems too nice. I had that sign next to the car at the show. Over the weekend I had 3 or 4 old geezers (older geezers than me) tell me their stories about Whiskey Ridge and their pal or brother or whoever that raced there. My favorite comment from one guy is that a lot of the racers drove their jalopies home - if they didn't wreck them too badly.

Anyway, that little sign was one of the things that influenced the car being named the Whiskey Ridge Special.

Charlie

charlie ill have to find the link but there is a sit here in michigan that has stuff from most all the old race tracks and i do remember reading about whiskey ridge :!: I hav a couple posts on the site from when i raced at the old manchester speedway.
Dave  

[purplepickup]

charlie ill have to find the link but there is a sit here in michigan that has stuff from most all the old race tracks and i do remember reading about whiskey ridge :!: I hav a couple posts on the site from when i raced at the old manchester speedway.
Dave  

Dave I was just getting ready to post a link I saw about the track.  Here's one with a couple of pics http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/speed.asp?id=1806&type=9 and there was a post on the HAMB a couple of months ago with a pic or two in it.  http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223300

[Dave]

charlie ill have to find the link but there is a sit here in michigan that has stuff from most all the old race tracks and i do remember reading about whiskey ridge :!: I hav a couple posts on the site from when i raced at the old manchester speedway.
Dave  

Dave I was just getting ready to post a link I saw about the track.  Here's one with a couple of pics http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/speed.asp?id=1806&type=9 and there was a post on the HAMB a couple of months ago with a pic or two in it.  http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223300

Yup thats is George.. Good job i didnt have to look for it..
Dave

[UGLY OLDS]

Good job Charlie :!:  :!:   Congrats :!:

Bob....

[Fuzzy]

Nice job,Charlie,well deserved.I walked over to your car a couple times,but didn't see you.It looked great!  Fuzz