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    Yo soy tu papa! Doug Krebs's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Graystroke
    I know Hans... There use to be a Classic Car Club back in 'ol Army days. Mostly muscle cars when everyone could still halfway afford them in the 93-97 days. He had a lot of cars...like a whole warehouse full of them down in Bastrop I think. He had a 9 sec small block camaro, some ratty crossfire injected corvette that would surprise a lot of people, a 3/4 70-72 checy LWB p/u w/ 400 BB and 4.56's! rackin some serious RPMS at 55mph. just a few that I recall...I think he inherited money from his Dad. I think he passed early on, maybe while he was in HS/college? and had a lot of property in Norway and a good life insurance policy..that was the story anyway...Is he married? I think his woman is one of my buddies ex's. Does she have a big snake tatted on her shoulder/neck?

    6 degrees of Grayson.. He may remember my car I drove back then....Black 1959 Studebaker Lark HT...I think I blew up my axle racing him off Greens prairie road


    I've only talked to him a few times as he is in norway. He's got money somehow... He just bought 3 30's era cars. He used to own a rod shop near houston somewhere before he moved to norway. They wanted to raise their kids for few years in norway and then move back here.

    I've never met his wife... I know she is from norway and came over here for college or something similar.

    My neighbor down the street is a very good friend of his, and picks up all the cars he buys off of ebay, and stores them.

    There old storage lot was in La Grange. He just bought a couple acres in anderson for that purpose.
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    ^TAMOR NORTH^ Graystroke's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fredo
    grayson, what was that guy's name who used to show up to the cruise nights in CS that had that nasty sounding amc?
    Jr?
    there was one guy that had a pacer and he trailered it out to where we raced on hwy 50. it had wheelie bars and 15" wide tires! Is this the guy...he was just some older dude from Bryan. We always met at a place across from Kroger. It use to be Redline Burger. We filled the Bank Parking lot and the burger joints....This was back when Hondas and anything w/ fewer than 8 cylinders was not cool...w/ the exception of a GN of course
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    ^TAMOR NORTH^ Graystroke's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doug Krebs
    I've never met his wife... I know she is from norway and came over here for college or something similar.
    Different girl then..I think this girl was half from Mexico.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graystroke
    John did you see any studebaker powered cars...there are usually a couple of Avantis out there...
    Poteet's got one of everything...








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    Quote Originally Posted by Graystroke
    Jr?
    there was one guy that had a pacer and he trailered it out to where we raced on hwy 50. it had wheelie bars and 15" wide tires! Is this the guy...he was just some older dude from Bryan. We always met at a place across from Kroger. It use to be Redline Burger. We filled the Bank Parking lot and the burger joints....This was back when Hondas and anything w/ fewer than 8 cylinders was not cool...w/ the exception of a GN of course
    me and karl went once or twice with weatherford/russel in his mustang.

    Once we couldnt find sandy point (or where ever it was they used to race) and once russel's vacuum pump took a shat.

    The ricers used to set up in the kroger parking lot, and i of course felt the need to heckle them along with everyone else.
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    So you loose, I win!

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    ^TAMOR NORTH^ Graystroke's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by agjohn02
    Anybody know where I can get a front right fender for my stude?
    try http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/
    search the classified section
    Last edited by Graystroke; 09-07-2007 at 12:34 AM.

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    An Avanti is on my list of (I'll never get around to) building. I think a Pro Touring Avanti with an LS-whatever motor would be the ****.
    Boats and hoes

    Stumble in to the liquor store
    With a dollar-fifty for a bottle of wine,
    I know just what I'm lookin for
    Thunderbird will do just fine.

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    I've still got a bunch of pictures to add here but just been too busy to take the time.

    Here's a Boeing Newsletter article about the guy that had the record we set.

    http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers...i_people1.html

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    ^TAMOR NORTH^ Graystroke's Avatar
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    Good job, john

    If I get a copy of the magazine will you autograph it?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Last line of article John Posted
    "If you know somebody that's willing to tow the trailer up there, we'll put their name on the bike."
    Now we know how John really got in the record books!

    Congrats that is badass!
    Boats and hoes

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    Thunderbird will do just fine.

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    That's right folks, I still pray to the Northwest three times a day.
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    Trucks on salt













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    Streamliners R cool








    345mph on 4 cylinders




    Last edited by agjohn02; 11-27-2007 at 05:10 PM.

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    front wheel drive makes a lot of sense at Bonneville, when you spin the tires, it stays straight



    RWD, this guy spun at 220mph





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