Comments on: Woodward Ave’s Legend, Jimmy Addison

By: pikesan

pikesan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:50:41 +0000

Bill, I will forward your comment to Richard to make sure he gets it. Please make sure MyRideisMe.com has the story when you start working on it. I’d love to see it as-is too. Please mail admin@myrideisme.com. Thanks!

By: Bill Adams

Bill Adams — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:04:24 +0000

I just read your post Richard, please contact me @ hemiviper588@yahoo.com I own Jimmy’s Duster that he never completed…I would like to restore it to the way he would have built it…I am looking for information regarding who the original builder was etc. Thanks, Bill Adams

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:38:30 +0000

well, thanks for writing this Bill. it brought back lots of memories. I worked nights at the Sunoco Performance Automotive for Jimmy as a summer job from 1970-73. Jimmy was just the way you described…

Paul Schramm also worked there at the same time, and we built matching ’64 Plymouths with 440 6 packs while pumping gas and polishing parts late at night. We had some great summers working for Jimmy. You never knew who was going to roll in with what.

We learned a lot, all the cars we built were quiet, daily drivers, that scorched Woodward and I-96. Everything was done the right way, (or it was done over until it was right). That was Jimmy…

By: Wayne Christopher

Wayne Christopher — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:21:48 +0000

I am like a kid again everytime I get near THE BULLET. This Saturday at Woodward,I met Harold Sullivan and talked with him as if we knew each other for a long time. My grandson ,Kevin, was invited to sit in the car ! The grin in the pictures is PRICELESS. The car, history, and lore will live on forever. I truly cannot think of any other story or car that brings on a magical feeling like the BULLET! Jimmy and the Bullet paved the way by setting the bar high , and striving to achieve your goals. The best……simply the best

By: Samir Haddad

Samir Haddad — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:52:49 +0000

He was a good guy. He ran hard too. He was the guy that convinced me to switch to roller cams in my hemis. Back then nobody used them, everyone was scared of them because of how high-tech (and pricey) they were. He knew to run really deep gears in the hemis so you could leave hard and fast and eliminate the smoke show in favor of an awesome launch. I think his gears were steeper than 4.56′s, I know mine were and his launched too well to be below the 5′s. He passed on a lot of good tricks to us hemi guys and he had some connections with regards to cutting edge parts that meant if you knew Jimmy you had a front row seat in the muscle car wars.

RIP Jimmy, I know you were ill way too long…you’re in a better place now.

By: Dave Lentz

Dave Lentz — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:21:42 +0000

The intermediate sized Plymouth ( Belvedere, Satellite, GTX, etc. ) carried the performance banner for Mopar from 1965 to the early 70′s. The 1966 and 1967 models ( the first to have the 426 Street Hemi ) have the same very angular body style. The 1968, 1969, and 1970 had an entirely different body which was more rounded in design. The best known of this style is the Roadrunner. Photos can be found on Google Images and other internet sources. I hope this helps answer your question.
Dave Lentz

By: pikesan

pikesan — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:38:06 +0000

Dave, looks like your’re right. I’m changing the story. “For the benefit of readers” can you say how to tell the difference between a 67 and 68? Plymouth’s aren’t my thing.
-pikesan

By: Dave Lentz

Dave Lentz — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:52:49 +0000

Very interesting article but your introduction needs work. Accuracy is important when dealing with the history of our sport. The Silver Bullet is not a ’68. You should change this for the benifit of those readers who are not familiar with this famous car.
Dave Lentz

By: Browney Mascow

Browney Mascow — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:32:43 +0000

Great story, thanks for letting me relive some of my past memories.

I grew up on Woodard Ave in the late 60′s, I remember the Silver Bullet and the Sunoco station; they were famous to all us Mopar lover’s back then. We used to have Jimmy curve our distrubutor’s back then and it was an honor to be at the station (not to mention the thrill).

The present owner of the Silver Bullet is a friend of mine and he took me for a brief ride in the car, a thrill to just drive over to the trailer and help lower the hood on the famous Bullet.

Those days/nights on Woodard were some of the best times of my life, an era that will never ever exist again.

Thanks for honoring both legends, Jimmy and the Bullet.

Browney Mascow
Boyne City, Mi.
A Mopar Collector

By: Kirk Aldrich

Kirk Aldrich — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:48:02 +0000

Great story,great tribute to legend. I was a senior in high school when I first saw the Silver Bullet. Jimmy trailered it down to Toledo to race a friend of mine who is no longer with us either. The car Paul Kneer drove was a 59 Corvette tha belonged to Carl Norton. It was also a 10second car on the strip,ran at Norwalk, but would street race for good money. Jimmy showed up at the A&P parking lot on Main St.in East Toledo,I remember the bulged out qtr.panels,the car was trick for the era. The took off out to the county in Oregon Oh.to get it on,with a caravan of cars following them,(nothing suspicious looking here),but everywhere they went the cops showed up before it could take place. They even tried going to West Toledo,and up to lower Michigan,but same thing cops everywhere. To bad they never got the chance to race,their et’s were real close,would have been a great race. Paul had a lot of guts,and could really pound a 4-speed,that Vette used to leave super hard w/wheels in air,never had 60 ft.times back then,don’t know if he could have stayed out in front of that big Hemi though,. Those cubic inches are known to reel you in in the big end. Paul never forgot that knight,nor did I,Jimmy was really down to earth and a great guy,you could tell there was a mutual respect for each other that night. The Vette was still in primer,not near as pretty as the Bullet was,but I remenber Jimmy telling Paul pretty don’t make it fast,and that a small block home built that is as fast as your car goes is nothin to be hangin your head about. Hard living took Paul from us,but I never will forget that night when those to met. Maybe It was a good thing the never got to race,because Paul never lost a street race with that old Vette,and from what I,ve been told Jimmy never did either. As the writer of the article Banging The Gears in the Googuys writes “That’s the way I remember it”. Kirk Aldrich,Genoa Oh.