Bob

[Craig CT]

Happy birthday Bob. Bob is 89 years old today. Bob and I have been emailing each other since Shelly had the Barn and he has some great stories. If memory serves there's one about one guy shifting and steering a full fender ford while the other guy sat on the front fender working the throttle. Anyway Bob is one of the true hotrodders and a great guy to know. So happy birthday BOB, Craig.

[Zeke3]

Happy birthday Bob!

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by Craig CT

Happy birthday Bob. Bob is 89 years old today. Bob and I have been emailing each other since Shelly had the Barn and he has some great stories. If memory serves there's one about one guy shifting and steering a full fender ford while the other guy sat on the front fender working the throttle. Anyway Bob is one of the true hotrodders and a great guy to know. So happy birthday BOB, Craig.

Ditto to the above......and Happy Birthday Bob!!

[B-O-B]

Craig thanks But you shouldn't have told about My buddy working the throttle on my 38 deluxe coupe. We were test driving after installing a clutch had the brakes disconnected.
Forgot to hook the brakes up in our hurry up to getter on the road. It's a long story but here is the short version. Came down the hill flying & a grinning ): ): to show off to the guys standing in front of the station I worked there & the guy on the fender owned it.
Came to the stop sign & hit what I thought was brakes, nope nothing so I looked both ways & kept going. All Hell I didn't see the 48 Kaiser on my right, bushes in the way. We hit the Kaiser with the right front fender & it went sailing up in a yard only to hit a tree. Damn I thought DeArment would be crushed nope he went flying over the top of the engine, landed on his feet & just brushed himself off a bit, not even a scratch.
Everyone survived shaken but OK. The couple in the Kaiser were old & the car was pretty new. OH BOY cops arrived on scene license & registration & insurance HA. I don't have but one an out of state driver license furthermore I lived in Ohio & we were in Pa. I received a lengthy ticket. We took care of the repairs on the Kaiser & I paid my fine. The 38 had pretty good damage to the front but the hood was still nice cause it had not even be put back on. I sold the coupe. Only time I ever drove it. pretty car, it was light blue
My mother never new about it until years later when I was living & hotrodding in So Cal.
My aunt mom's S I L came to visit & gave her the newspaper clipping about the accident. Mom sent it to me. I never told my parent about my accidents', but they still found out. I totaled two beautiful 40 ford std coupes, a 51 caddy coupe-de-ville that I put up an old oak tree, totaled that one, hit so I buckled the rear 1/4s, the 50 chevy vert took out 13 guard rail posts & telephone pole. Thanks all for the wishes, more stories some other day. Lunch time.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by B-O-B

I totaled two beautiful 40 ford std coupes, a 51 caddy coupe-de-ville that I put up an old oak tree, totaled that one, hit so I buckled the rear 1/4s, the 50 chevy vert took out 13 guard rail posts & telephone pole. Thanks all for the wishes, more stories some other day. Lunch time.

Happy Birthday B-O-B

[B-O-B]

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Thanks Pete.
The chevy had enriched 270 Jimmy. I wasn't a bad driver just couldn't find time to sleep, so did it behind the wheel or on the bike. Tried going in& out the traffic lines & nodose but nothing worked.

[Mart]

Thanks for sharing the story Bob and happy birthday.
Mart.

[Bored&Stroked]

Hey B-O-B - well happy birthday to yah! My Mom just turned 89 this year, so I KNOW 33 was a great year! Take care, have fun and do something you wouldn't want to have told your Mother about! LOL

[reagen]

Happy Birthday Bob !!

[19Fordy]

Bob, Enjoy every day because everyday is your new "birthday" on life.

[B-O-B]

Thank You everyone & Ford Barn. The pic is the filet mignon & shrimp dinner my bride fixed. Boy was that nice with peach cobbler for dessert. It was a good day as any day that you wake seeing the sky is much better than grass roots.
B&S there was stuff that I did that I never told my folks about. I would just come home & crawl thru thru the window & hit the sack. I rode to work with my dad as we both worked in the same dept @ Westinghouse Electric. One day while riding to work he sez " When you go to bed & take your shoes off would you please drop the 2nd one also. I lay in bed awake half the night waiting for the other shoe to drop". He really thought he was big shot, riding to work in a
51 caddy.
Would have liked to went for a drive but yesterday, but 118 is just too hot.
B-O-B
Talk to you all next year. ha ha

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by B-O-B

Thank You everyone & Ford Barn. The pic is the filet mignon & shrimp dinner my bride fixed.
Would have liked to went for a drive but yesterday, but 118 is just too hot.
B-O-B
Talk to you all next year. ha ha

[corvette8n]

Happy Birthday, you got in a little mischief in your younger days, I hope your behaving now

[petehoovie]

I think B-O-B is still a 16 year old kid but he's trapped in a 89 year old body...

[5851a]

Happy Birthday Bob, we are all here because we survived our past. Best wishes.