Any Concord Ca. guys, from back in the day

[dart4forte]

Back then it seemed we had a lot of Modified production cars that were driven on the streets. I remember a small gas station on east Springs Road that was turned into a speed shop. They had a MP 56 Chev.

 

[Budnicks]

seems I remember that name. Bailey Brothers seemed to cater to dirt track racers and HP boats

yep

lots of GM guys used them at Sears Point drags
(Infineon Raceway now)
I bought a combo from them at one time
that needed to be refreshed, one of their customers was selling
all allum. like 13.5:1 stoked 377cid SBC, 23* heads, full roller
ran low 8's in my 23 T Altered
with my alcohol Enderle Hat on a Tunnelram mech. f/i on it

 

[POMONAMISSEL]

jim davis was from that neck of the bay area . he built draster chassis race them as well , here one of his early car restored by a buddy of mine here in south bay .

 

[dart4forte]

jim davis was from that neck of the bay area . he built draster chassis race them as well , here one of his early car restored by a buddy of mine here in south bay .View attachment 1176043 View attachment 1176044 View attachment 1176045 View attachment 1176046 View attachment 1176047 View attachment 1176048 View attachment 1176049 View attachment 1176050 View attachment 1176051

lots of front end early hemis run back at that time. I remember seeing a lot of shoebox chefs and 66-67 Novas run MP

 

[dart4forte]

Not many Mopars

 

[Duckmanreno]

I remember there was a popular speed shop in Walnut Creek. We had several with Bailey Brothers being the bigest. I remember there were several instances where the City of Walnut Creek opened the fire hydrants and flooded the street to prevent cruising.

Bailey Brothers had a shop in Vallejo , I think?

 

[dart4forte]

Bailey Brothers had a shop in Vallejo , I think?

Outside Vallejo half way between Vallejo and Napa

 

[POMONAMISSEL]

yes , green inland road turn off from valleyo to napa .

 

[Budnicks]

He may have lived down there before the time I knew him

jim davis was from that neck of the bay area . he built draster chassis race them as well , here one of his early car restored by a buddy of mine here in south bay .View attachment 1176043 View attachment 1176044 View attachment 1176045 View attachment 1176046 View attachment 1176047 View attachment 1176048 View attachment 1176049 View attachment 1176050 View attachment 1176051

He lived in/near Brentwood, Oakley or Discovery Bay area
east of Antioch area
(I can't remember the exact address, this was well over 20+ years ago now)
His shop was in Brentwood right off the hwy
as long as I knew him, for decades
before he was killed on his Harley
he was a custom Bike & chassis Builder professional T/F racer

his son Brent was driving one of his old FE dragsters
when he was paralyzed from a rollover at Fremont Raceway,
horrible wreck to witness

Crazy Horse #354 (IIRC named after theier old BFFB IHBA record holder)
T/F FE Dragster
he set most the records in
Nostalgia races, SCTA, Gary Meders, Goodguys, AHRA events etc.
my former Nextdoor neighbors in Pleasant Hill
car Owners crew chief Pete & Marline Kaiser, their son Fritz, Al Bush
other partial owners Don Tourte, John Picket, Arlen Ness (Bike Builder fame)
& even Bob Monroe (not an owner) on many TV shows
(like Chasing classic cars, RIDES, or Arlen's old show, can't remember the name offhand)
him/Bob & Don did a lot of fab work on them too
all were/was part of that group later on too
(many of them were org. from the old Alameda shipyards. from the 60's-70's)

fond memories, I learned a lot from that group
met a lot of cool car/parts, fabricator, welders, engine people,
all because of them
did a lot of traveling with them to races too, crewing for them
before I moved to Rancho Murieta, in 1997

Pete is stiff doing it in the NHRA Heritage Nostalgia races still
he's at a min. 10+ years my senior too, still has it down

Oh yes the memories

 

[Budnicks]

Jim Davis driving way back in the late 80's to early 90's IIRC
Pete & Marlene's car at Fremont 6.91et

Ron Burch photo

 

[Budnicks]

Another from the 80's RE Dragster
Jim Davis at Fremont in Gotelli Speed Shop car

 

[Budnicks]

Here was one of the later photos in Tulsa Oklahoma
in Pete & Marlene's car Davis Kaiser Tourt owned Scorpian (IIRC)

 

[Budnicks]

wow I just reread this thread
great memories

man my typing & spelling or lack of it, were horrid
I didn't use to proofread anything, just typed & post

I wanted to refresh my mind for the 'Street Racing Confession(s)'
thread in the Racers Hangout