Ken, great pics. I grew up in Chattanooga,Tn, home to both Coker Tire and Honest Charley's Speed Shop. I bought a '54 Ford coupe when I was 15 for $35, the first parts I bought for it came from Honest Charley's, a small chrome air cleaner for the 2bbl carb and a purple muffler (was that a Thrust muffler??).

Later I became good friends with Charley's 2 grandsons, Bobby and Charley Espy. I helped Bobby build a '68 Camaro big block in Honest's garage at his home. Honest, as we called him, was such a cool character, I used to love to hear him tell stories from back in his day, like the time he was at a party in Hollywood. He always had some of his Honest Charley Speed Shop logo stickers in his pocket and would leave them stuck to various places. At this party, a gorgeous blonde was making the rounds, saying Hi to everyone, when she said Hi to Charley and turned to leave, he had a sticker ready in the palm of his hand and patted it on her butt. She walked around the party all night long with a sticker on a butt cheek that said, "Powered By Honest Charley's". A story came out in an L.A. newspaper a day or so later about Marilyn Monroe at a party with a decal on her butt!!! Honest had a copy of the article papered on his garage wall. Too funny.

Mike