G-Force Cuda found

[Jr]

Originally Posted by MarkM66

Would you bring G-Force to the Optima Challenge if invited?

That is a hell of a question!

[Al Moreno]

Originally Posted by DJW32

That is a hell of a question!

Why?

[Doug Cooper]

I know they would most probably extend an invitation... I'd rather follow the trend for that event and build a really small light weight car to compete for the win! Alan, Bob and I have discussed it already. I dont know that it fits into Alans shop schedule for this year... we will see?

[alanjohnson]

What a surprise to have this car back in the family after being stashed away in a private collection for all this time. I am sure Doug was more surprised than I was. I know he will enjoy it ,use it, and treat it as it was built to be. It needs it's legs stretched on occasion, not locked up in the garage all the time.

[gforcecuda]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Battle Axe

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/fea...aro/index.html

and not turboed. Built by Alan Johnson as well. I see a trend

You may be thinking of the other Bob Johnson. I believe his black 69 was turbo charged. twins if I am not mistaken. His was a slightly different car on the outside though. I want to say his was a convertible but that doesn't seem right.

The turbo black 69 Camaro was "The Real" Bob Johnson..lol..He lives near Dallas Ga. His had an all aluminum BIG block with twin turbos..and an AUTOMATIC..rode him like a rented mule over that. He got the name The REAL when he showed up at SEMA several years ago with his body shop work shirt on that had his name on it..Bob Johnson..he had a seamstress sew The Real over his name..pretty damn funny..he sold his 69 to Gary Benedict from Massachuttes and sometimes Daytona Beach, Fla. haven't seen Gary in awhile so I don't know what happened to it. Everyone got the two cars mixed up.. because that imitating The Real copied my car, and even copied my name. lol.. i sent him a check for a commission on a car he helped me sell. His wife looked at it and couldn't believe that he had even immitated my damn signature. She said I could forge his check or vice versa..i have been asked if he's my son..I told them he came from BET Bob Johnson..That's the black guy that owns Black Entertainment Television..

[gforcecuda]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Battle Axe

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/fea...aro/index.html

and not turboed. Built by Alan Johnson as well. I see a trend

You may be thinking of the other Bob Johnson. I believe his black 69 was turbo charged. twins if I am not mistaken. His was a slightly different car on the outside though. I want to say his was a convertible but that doesn't seem right.

Originally Posted by compos mentis

That is a great story. Very cool how neither Alan and Bob knew about it either.

That old saying 'its the thought that counts' at the end of the day, that's what really matters when gifts are given. Obviously a lot of thought went into your wife's gift Doug.

i could see my wife buying me a car. kinda like me buying her a gift for her Birthday or Christmas or blah blah blah..We both see something we want, we buy it..so everyday is a birthday, christmas or whatever. She doesn't want anything I pick out so I gave up years ago. She turned 62 on Feb 13. It was snowing outside but that didn't stop her from going shopping and buying herself a Cartier Ring and Cartier Bracelet that she had been eyeing. She was even more excited when she found out the bracelet had been made in the first year (1970) they made this style bracelet..1970 also happens to be my oldest daughter's birth year..someone asked me what my wife thought about me going back to Bonneville after the chute failure that made me crash and destroyed my car. She told me if I was going out there and kill myself, then to please get rid of all these cars and junk around here...She didn't want to have to deal with it after I was gone..lol..i sent Doug an email joke...I told Doug this reminded me of my wife and myself. A man is on his deathbed. just barely hanging onto life. He smelled something cooking and it was Chocolate Chip Cookies..His favorite thing in the world was his wife's homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies..He had a small burst of energy and crawled out of the bed and down the hall on all fours..He reached up on the table from the floor and tried to get a cookie. His wife hit him on the back of the hand with a spatula. She said git yo hands off dem...They's for the funeral..

[gforcecuda]

Originally Posted by Scotch

That car is so cool. I'm the one who named it Battle Axe. I've always liked it.

Is this you Scott? did something happen to your wagon at The Optima Challenge? Alan is about to get my 58 Caballero Wagon ready to drive..Got Evod making me a set of one offs for it..kinda mimicking a 59 Buick hub cap..should be pretty neat if it comes out like I envision..i bought Charlie Lilliards 32 3 window coupe at Barrett Jackson. It's a neat little car..AND it was CELEBRITY OWNED>>lol..

[gforcecuda]

Originally Posted by Scotch

That car is so cool. I'm the one who named it Battle Axe. I've always liked it.

Originally Posted by Doug Cooper

I confess it was me! Ive done a few in that parking lot over the years...

Originally Posted by wiedemab

Doug, it may have you been you driving it at the time, but I remember a few years ago at Columbus Goodguys I heard something pretty mean sounding at the hotel next door and walked over just in time to see the end of the Battle Axe doing a nasty ass burnout in the back of the hotel parking lot - and then quickly parking - of course.

Did I already say that it sounds NASTY! Oh yeah, cuz it does!

The ol Camaro did sound pretty good. That's why I just can't get into a turbo motor for the street. i just gotta have a hot rod sound like a hot rod. Hard to get a turbo motor sounding anything like a nasty cammed up motor with some compression. Alan and I both are into the sound. That 69 that Alan built for Nathan Powell was at Columbus this past year and made the final 5 for SMOY. ALan couldn't make it and neither could Nathan so they wanted me to drive it..Now that was one more nasty sounding beast too. Everytime I would pull up to someone, you'd see them slink down in their seat. That Carbon on Carbon Tilton clutch set-up makes em rev like an air wrench.

[6spdcamaro]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-__Tm1tgi4
That does sound pretty nasty... in a good way

[WSSix]

Welcome to Lat-g Bob. I was sad to hear the XXXLR was wrecked but glad you walked away. Think Doug will let you drive his Cuda some time? I know you've got to be missing it a little.