It's ALIVE!

The debut of the restored Mondello & Matsubara Fiat...at the California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield!
With Sush Matsubara's grandson Daine in the seat, Pete Eastwood, Brendan Murry and Karpo Murk fire this thing up for the crowd on Saturday afternoon. And you can see me scurrying around, ducking under the camera, taking still shots...

October 13, 2007

Oh yeah, and I hosed the main page which is why the page looks like it does. Guess I'd better practice more!

I'll have to get a back-up copy from home and fix this up...maybe I'll be forced to update, maybe?

NOBODY CAN I.D. THIS CAR!!!

...well, except for this guy...

The roadster you don't know .....it only ran that way one time !
That car is the blue Blazer-# 2-built by ROADSTER MAN Jack Eckelson,
from Fullerton, CA.The car can be identified by the front fuel tank-up -right
-with the radiator shell around it.The car was Driven that day by Tom Ferraro,it
had a FUNNY car motor ''borrowed from -Ray Alley ''. The car went 202-M.P.H.
that day. I am not sure but that was one-of-the first 200-mph runs
if not the first at LIONS for a AA/FA. ''Willie'' may have done it but i think
it was at IRWINDALE. Tom Ferraro and RAY,told me that they would make that
100-'' WHEEL-base car go over 200-i think 'tom hoven' (John Hoven?)-was the wrench,But i would
have to take the lettering off the car,so we Painted the car and went to long
beach,and Tom went 202-MPH-OFF THE TRAILER.We loaded the car and went back to
RAY's shop and took his motor and clutch out of the car.I went to KEITH BLACK
and and bought a MOTOR and SLIDER clutch,we went to IRWINDALE and went
205-ha/ha/ha.............
KNOW what's funny---back then a KEITH BLACK -392/and slider clutch___complete
was 10,000-$......................................
i just got your web site and it was good to see some of the old cars.The pic of
Al Carter(dead) driving the AA/FA,at the BAKERSFIELD fUEL/GAS
championships-1964/1965..is a classic......500-cubic inch on ALCOHOL/and 10-%
nitro,
i owned the car and AL drove for me.JIMMY NIX (dead)-helped me build the big
STROKER motor.THAT was the first BLUE BLAZER-i had my name on the car some ,but
so many guys
helped me that i /we decided to name it.When i landed in CALIFORNIA 1964-i found
LEON FITZJEAROLD/etc. in ANAHEIM,ca and we ran -until,i contracted ROADSTER MAN
JACK ECKELSON-fullerton ca. and we built the no.2-car ,cause they now had SLIDER
clutches...etc.etc.etc,
in 1967-the AA/FA SLOWED and there was no money ,so i sold the AA/FA trailer/tow
car/tools parts-to BOB Hankins.
I Went BOAT racing with HONKER at CLAY SMITH,and we killed a few 100,000-$ doing
SINK the BOAT...ha,ha.Then funny cars and a couple TOP FUEL-cars.
I have been building MOTOR CYCLES For 45 years,SEE my web site- www.kdcustoms.com
___________Keith Drum___________

At least, that's what the email sez... it's all Keith, I didn't edit a thing!

One more thing...here at Fuel Altered Central, we're a bit short on pics of Fuel Altereds, between 1980 and 1990...
these are mostly the later model Transformer cars (either Fuel Altered or Funny Car),
and we need to fill that chronological hole there...so we can bring in the newer cars.

So scan them pictures, and e-mail 'em to us here...at the "info" link below. Thanks!

Try the new Google search engine...just type in the name of what you're looking for!

But, things I hope you WON'T find are...

"Funnys" , "Gassers", "Camaro", "carbs", "Super Stock"...these have all been searched for by previous visitors.

Oh, and you guys searching for Willie Borsch...click on that "Winged Express" button over there on the left, right above the "West Coast Altereds" button...it'll save you some time. all righty?

IT'S A FUEL ALTERED SITE, OKAY?

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alteredinfo@mysterion.net
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