That's funny because when I was in high school in the late 70s, we were into the bell bottoms and you were considered a geek if any part of your shoes or socks showed. When 501s first came in, we were saying, ha what a nerd.Old Guy said:
Way back in the day
This is a picture of my Mom and Dads, neighbors relative. I am not sure which one he is, but I thought it would be cool here.
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Deano,
My dad was serious about photography had many different types of equipment, darkroom, enlargers, projectors things I had no knowledge of, what he didn't have a few of his many photography club members did, they were all so serious about their hobby. as a young boy I spent many many hours at their meetings and photo shoot trips, some with nude models.... man I sure hated that :grinwink:. At the time I didn't realize the value of their combined talents and regret that I didn't use their experience to improve mine. The main benefit of his interest in photography is very appearant today as he left behind life long clear and precise photo documentation in thousands of photographs of our extended families and the countless functions that are usually left only as past and foggy memories, I am in awe of such foresight and recommend that anyone who has not given this a consideration do so before its too late.
Another aspect of his interest was auto racing and we also attended many of the locally promoted racing events. Sports Cars were his primary attraction and we spent most of our time at those venues, Torrey Pines, HourGlass field, some old airport or wherever there was a group of any sort of racers even including earlier drag racing programs, so much so that at some point he got a bit bored with the old Ford wagon and stepped things up a bit. Some time around the mid 50's he made up his mind to roll in style, his choice of rides is pictured below. Can you believe he even let me drive that thing to High school on occasion, some interesting stories involved there :lookatme:. Man I wish I had that car today.
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My dad was serious about photography had many different types of equipment, darkroom, enlargers, projectors things I had no knowledge of, what he didn't have a few of his many photography club members did, they were all so serious about their hobby. as a young boy I spent many many hours at their meetings and photo shoot trips, some with nude models.... man I sure hated that :grinwink:. At the time I didn't realize the value of their combined talents and regret that I didn't use their experience to improve mine. The main benefit of his interest in photography is very appearant today as he left behind life long clear and precise photo documentation in thousands of photographs of our extended families and the countless functions that are usually left only as past and foggy memories, I am in awe of such foresight and recommend that anyone who has not given this a consideration do so before its too late.
Another aspect of his interest was auto racing and we also attended many of the locally promoted racing events. Sports Cars were his primary attraction and we spent most of our time at those venues, Torrey Pines, HourGlass field, some old airport or wherever there was a group of any sort of racers even including earlier drag racing programs, so much so that at some point he got a bit bored with the old Ford wagon and stepped things up a bit. Some time around the mid 50's he made up his mind to roll in style, his choice of rides is pictured below. Can you believe he even let me drive that thing to High school on occasion, some interesting stories involved there :lookatme:. Man I wish I had that car today.
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Yes K.B. himself.
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This is the team I used to be the Gopher for back in the early 60's, Dallas Martensen (L) and Bob Meyer (R) these guys were right in the thick of it, again at Ramona track, ran as well as the rest just underfunded sadly both are now deceased.The two of them worked for Crower at the time, lot of knowledge between them. Back in the day, right around the old Bakersfield meet all the east coast / midwest names would come out to California It was common to drop in at Dallas's house and have dinner with the likes of Garlits, Kallita, Ongias, Bruce Crower, I even remember Scott Kallita running around in diapers. Made for very memorable High School years.
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No need for I.D. here, I think this was also at the Ramona airport track around same time frame if not the same day.
This is the team I used to be the Gopher for back in the early 60's, Dallas Martensen (L) and Bob Meyer (R) these guys were right in the thick of it, again at Ramona track, ran as well as the rest just underfunded sadly both are now deceased.The two of them worked for Crower at the time, lot of knowledge between them. Back in the day, right around the old Bakersfield meet all the east coast / midwest names would come out to California It was common to drop in at Dallas's house and have dinner with the likes of Garlits, Kallita, Ongias, Bruce Crower, I even remember Scott Kallita running around in diapers. Made for very memorable High School years.
No need for I.D. here, I think this was also at the Ramona airport track around same time frame if not the same day.
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