The link above is an absolute must see. Click on "Old Houston Drag Strip" Image to go to website. You will find many early photos of the old drag strip in Dickinson, Texas. If you were an hot rodder this was a very special place of early day

drags in the Houston Area... many Jones classmates raced there. Totsy Wisdom's '52 chevy won E/Gas class in 1958 with the original 6 cylinder  engine before

 it became Alley Oop with the Corvette V-8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




  

 

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Jimmy and Glynda Lake JHS '61

 

 

 

Hot Rod Fever...

Many of us caught it as teenagers and never lost it!!!

After years of searching for the right "Starter '52 Chevy"

One was found this week to start on a long planned

project...recreating my Jones High hot rod... Alley Oop!

The website will be updated with photos of the project...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of us just never grew up...

ALLEY OOP II...Stay tuned...

We have the new "Alley Oop II" in Dallas, garaged and ready to start the resto-mod work soon. First project is registration...the we will start ordering parts to install a complete new front end and rearend with 4-wheel independant suspension with 4-wheel disc brakes. Photos to follow

 

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A collection fo 13 hot rod videos (use menu)

Totsy Wisdom's Alley Oop

 

The 1950s was a time when kids had to build a car if they wanted it to be different

or go fast.  Detroit dealt a blow to our "Hot Rodding" past time when it saw the

potential market and produced the muscle cars of the late 60s.  But while it

lasted there was nothing like Friday nights in Houston... car watching others

or crusin' in your hot car!  Do you remember Jimmy Grewball's custom

'52 Ford... Steve Frost's cherry '51 Ford Custom... Richard Gibson's '58

baby blue Impala...Ronnie Rudell's super fast '54 Chevy... James Reed's

red Covette and so many others? Some will remember the illegal drag strip

just off Mykawa Road...We lived and experienced the scenes of

"American Graffiti" some 15 years before the movie was produced...

 

 

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Sue Gordon JHS '59 and her classic Caddy


Totsy Wisdom's new project '52 Chevy


Oscar Schneider in 1958 with 1952 Ford


Oscar Schneider and his 1952 Ford Original


Oscar Schneider with his1952 Fords - Original and Custom


Oscar Schneider's 1952 Ford Custom's 5.0 l Mustang


Oscar Schneider's 1952 Ford Custom with custom interior


Oscar Schneider's - 1952 Ford Original


John Stanford's '34 Ford


Beverly Hauptman ('61) Powell 's cool ride


Gary Townsend's new wheels...old Hot Rodders never change!


Gary Townsend's '51 Mercury


Milton Tadlock and his '52 Ford


Richard Yeats' 1954 Studebaker


Richard Yeats' 1954 Studebaker

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