{"id":16,"date":"2007-09-03T06:35:10","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T23:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2013-02-03T16:08:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T23:08:20","slug":"one-friend-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-friend-found\/","title":{"rendered":"60&#8217;s Drag Car Found&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fone-friend-found%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fpikesan.wordpress.com%2Ffiles%2F2007%2F09%2Fhome_wrecker.jpg&amp;description=60%E2%80%99s+Drag+Car+Found%E2%80%A6\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[16]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-friend-found\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-friend-found\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"60\u2019s Drag Car Found\u2026\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-friend-found\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=60\u2019s Drag Car Found\u2026&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-friend-found\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-friend-found\/\" data-text=\"60\u2019s Drag Car Found\u2026\" data-desc=\"Vintage Drag Racing Back before I was born, my pops raced this car in northern California, especially Fremont Baylands Raceway and Vaca Valley. It was called, \"The Happy Home Wrecker\" (my parents are divorced): I have some great memories of this car because after my dad raced it, he sold it to his\" data-image=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/09\/home_wrecker.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Vintage Drag Racing<\/h3>\n<p>Back before I was born, my pops raced this car in northern California, especially Fremont Baylands Raceway and Vaca Valley. It was called, &#8220;The Happy Home Wrecker&#8221; (my parents are divorced):<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nostalgia Drag Racer: 1964 Ford Galaxie from early 70's\" href=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/09\/home_wrecker.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16]\"><img style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Nostalgia Drag Racer: 1964 Ford Galaxie from early 70's\" src=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/09\/home_wrecker.jpg\" alt=\"Nostalgia Drag Racer: 1964 Ford Galaxie from early 70's\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have some great memories of this car because after my dad raced it, he sold it to his friend and racing partner Brad Bradly. I used to see it at Brad&#8217;s shop, Bradly&#8217;s Automotive in Pt. Richmond, CA. Any time he was going to move that car, we wanted to see it cause it was the loudest car we&#8217;d ever heard. Many years later, after the car had changed hands a few times, the new owner, Don Boucher, tracked down Brad in Nevada. Now that I knew who had this old friend, I contacted Don and told him who I was. Don plans to return this car to it&#8217;s former drag racing glory. I will be updating this blog based on the progress Don makes. I hope to see this car running again. Don, keep us posted! To see more picture of, &#8220;The Wrecker&#8221; go to <a title=\"Nostalgia Drag race Galaxie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Garage\/crazy4fords\/424\" target=\"_self\">Don&#8217;s Garage at MyRideisMe.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next story isn&#8217;t so happy. Does anyone know where this car is?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nostalgia Drag Racer: 1932 Ford 5 window coupe from early 70's\" href=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/09\/lime_rickey2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[16]\"><img style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Nostalgia Drag Racer: 1932 Ford 5 window coupe from early 70's\" src=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/09\/lime_rickey2.jpg\" alt=\"Nostalgia Drag Racer: 1932 Ford 5 window coupe from early 70's\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d really like to find it. It also was raced in northern California. It went by the name &#8220;Lime Ricky&#8221; and was powered by a fuel injected 289 Ford. You might remember that the car had center steering. You drove with one hand and shifted the 4 speed between your legs! Don&#8217;t miss 2nd!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a new friend Gian, I&#8217;ll make a special section of <a title=\"60's drag car pictures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.MyRideisMe.com\" target=\"_blank\">MyRideisMe.com<\/a> to help people find the history or track down their car&#8217;s original owner or racing history. Stay tuned for that. If anyone has info about this car, please contact me. 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