Thread: Another Drag Racing Oddity

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I understand that the car had a transversely mounted flathead in it, and that it got under way by being jacked up off the strip a little bit. The wheels were spun up, then the jack was released.

In those days guys weren't afraid, as they now say, to do some "thinking outside the box".

Some real ingenuity there. Check out that independent front suspension!

Jim

Yeah Jim,
That's the Cheesehead Spl, based out of Pewaukee, Wisc. Their shop was on Parmesan Ave S. It was operated by a grate racing team that was a cut above the other teams. One unfortunate situation was that nobody wanted to be near them in the pits. The advantage was it was easier for them to keep their secrets. One thing that faked out competitors was a thin coating of mold on the body. It drove competitors batty trying to duplicate it. To lighten the car they drilled holes in the frame. They were ticked off when a few years later Pontiac stole their nick name of the "Swiss cheese car". They actually had 8 cars, this being but one from the whole wheel.

Whey to go Bob!

Ah ....... Uncle Bob?

I have heard it said that "If Bob Parmenter said it, then you can make book on it!"

That, friends, has now proven to be rubbish.

His snide response to a legitimate question from one of his greatest admirers would seem to indicate that he has "gone around the bend", and any future future postings submitted by this once congenial and gentlemanly fellow probably should not be considered reliable information.


Jim
Elder Geezer

Originally Posted by Big Tracks

Ah ....... Uncle Bob?

I have heard it said that "If Bob Parmenter said it, then you can make book on it!"

....would seem to indicate that he has "gone around the bend".....

Jim
Elder Geezer

As the elder statesman here I'm surprised that you're so easily fooled!! And as for having "gone around the bend" I'll just tell you..............it was a short trip..............again.

As a matter of fat some of the utter responses are pretty cheesy!

The famous driver in '61 had to operate under a psuedonym because his mother didn't want him racing, his real name was Earl C. Festoon, but drove under the name Cow Teet. He was pretty Sneaky that way.

Bob, if we merge this post about cheese wedges with your post about chopping the top on your car, we can "cut the cheese"?

Was it Floyd Lippencoat, Jr.????

Originally Posted by robot

Was it Floyd Lippencoat, Jr.????

While you recognized the story line that was there as a ruse (and would ge a good one for another trivia question). However, HRP likely got what was in there.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

As the elder statesman here I'm surprised that you're so easily fooled!! And as for having "gone around the bend" I'll just tell you..............it was a short trip..............again.:

Whoops! Was my attempt to sound like some kind of a pompous, indignant bozo so good that I convinced people that I thought Bob's "cheese" response was anything other than funny as hell?

Man, I hope not! Absolutely no offense was intended, and apologies if any occurred.

Jim

Too late for apologies............I'm forever crushed!!
I felt so brutalized I couldn't even finish my knitting this afternoon!
How anyone could be so cruel........................you're just...............just..............just.......................well, I don't know but you are.
Next thing you know you'll be putting up pictures of scary looking women and claiming they're my girlfriends or something!!













You Texicans is okay though.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

As a matter of fat some of the utter responses are pretty cheesy!

The famous driver in '61 had to operate under a psuedonym because his mother didn't want him racing, his real name was Earl C. Festoon, but drove under the name Cow Teet. He was pretty Sneaky that way.

You sure thats not coming from the udder