{"id":5865,"date":"2009-10-27T20:27:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T03:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2010-01-10T17:57:46","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T00:57:46","slug":"new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kookie Car Clone Wins With Stromberg 97 Carburetors"},"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%2Fnew-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2FStromberg_Kookie_Engine_detail-400x300.jpg&amp;description=New+Kookie+Car+Clone+Wins+With+Stromberg+97+Carburetors\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[5865]\"><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\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\"><\/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\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"New Kookie Car Clone Wins With Stromberg 97 Carburetors\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=New Kookie Car Clone Wins With Stromberg 97 Carburetors&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\" 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\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\" data-text=\"New Kookie Car Clone Wins With Stromberg 97 Carburetors\" data-desc=\"Stromberg Headquarters\u2014Kookie car clone wins the ultimate accolade and more running genuine Stromberg 97 carburetors at the 2009 Detroit Autorama. Stromberg is pleased to announce our involvement with the new \u201cKookie\u201d car clone, owned by Detroit\u2019s Ron Kregoski and built by Reno Rods and\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Engine_detail-400x300.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><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Engine_detail.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5865]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5867\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Stromberg 97 Kookie Caddy Engine at the Detroit Autorama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Engine_detail-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stromberg 97 Kookie Caddy Engine at the Detroit Autorama\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Engine_detail-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Engine_detail-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Engine_detail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Engine_detail.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><strong>Stromberg Headquarters<\/strong>\u2014Kookie car clone wins the ultimate accolade and more running genuine Stromberg 97 carburetors at the 2009 Detroit Autorama.<\/p>\n<p>Stromberg is pleased to announce our involvement with the new \u201cKookie\u201d car clone, owned by Detroit\u2019s Ron Kregoski and built by Reno Rods and Customs in Oklahoma City. Featured in hundreds of magazines and a highlight of the 1950s television series 77 Sunset Strip, driven by Edd \u201cKookie\u201d Byrnes, the original Kookie car is one of the best known hot rods of all time, originally built in the 1950s by actor, artist and hot rod legend Norm Grabowski.<\/p>\n<p>Running a hopped-up 1952 Cadillac engine with four chromed Stromberg 97 carburetors, Ron\u2019s clone is as accurate as possible to the 50-plus year-old hot rod. He contacted Stromberg back in 2008 because their new and improved 97s are faithful in every detail to the original 97s Grabowski bolted to the Caddy\u2019s rare Horne four-carb intake manifold.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Car.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5865]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5868\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Stromberg 97 helps this Kookie Car Clone take the cake at Autorama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Car-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stromberg 97 helps this Kookie Car Clone take the cake at Autorama\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Car-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Car-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Car-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Stromberg_Kookie_Car.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The Genuine Stromberg 97 bowl and airhorn castings, stainless steel linkage and miscellaneous screws and fittings were all shipped to Advanced Plating in Nashville, TN, for chrome plating or polishing, then shipped back to Stromberg for final assembly onto new bases, specially color matched to the red engine block. The perfectly chromed 97s are an exact copy of the original set-up, and the crowning touch to Kregoski\u2019s clone.<\/p>\n<p>Looking like it just pulled up from its April, 1957 Car Craft magazine cover shoot, Grabowski said, \u201cIt\u2019s the closest clone done yet,\u201d at the 2009 Detroit Autorama in March, where it garnered 2nd place in the Modified T-Bucket category. Owner Kregoski said, \u201cFor Stromberg, Reno Rods and everyone else involved in the build, Norm\u2019s approval is the ultimate accolade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Ron Kregoski and Reno Rods and Customs.<\/p>\n<p>Stromberg will make fully chromed 97s available on a special order basis. Contact our dealers for further information or visit our website at <a title=\"Stromberg 97 Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stromberg-97.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.stromberg-97.com\/<\/a>for complete information about carburetors and the full range of service parts for original Stromberg 40, 48, 81 and 97 carburetors, as well as a complete list of Genuine Stromberg dealers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please contact Thom at (949) 496-3300 or email at <span class=\"oe_textdirection\">&#x74;&#x65;&#x6e;&#x2e;&#x78;&#x6f;&#x63;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x40;&#x6d;&#x6f;&#x68;&#x74;&#x64;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x68;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Email: <span class=\"oe_textdirection\">&#x6d;&#x6f;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x37;&#x39;&#x2d;&#x67;&#x72;&#x65;&#x62;&#x6d;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x74;&#x73;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x40;&#x73;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x61;&#x73;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>URL: <a title=\"Stromberg 97 Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stromberg-97.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.stromberg-97.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Press: <span class=\"oe_textdirection\">&#x74;&#x65;&#x6e;&#x2e;&#x78;&#x6f;&#x63;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x40;&#x6d;&#x6f;&#x68;&#x74;&#x64;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x68;<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<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%2Fnew-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=New+Kookie+Car+Clone+Wins+With+Stromberg+97+Carburetors\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><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\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\"><\/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\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"New Kookie Car Clone Wins With Stromberg 97 Carburetors\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=New Kookie Car Clone Wins With Stromberg 97 Carburetors&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\" 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\/new-kookie-car-clone-wins-with-stromberg-97-carburetors\/\" data-text=\"New Kookie Car Clone Wins With Stromberg 97 Carburetors\" data-desc=\"Stromberg Headquarters\u2014Kookie car clone wins the ultimate accolade and more running genuine Stromberg 97 carburetors at the 2009 Detroit Autorama. Stromberg is pleased to announce our involvement with the new \u201cKookie\u201d car clone, owned by Detroit\u2019s Ron Kregoski and built by Reno Rods and\" data-image=\"\" 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><p>Email Stromberg Headquarters\u2014Kookie car clone wins the ultimate accolade and more running genuine Stromberg 97 carburetors at the 2009 Detroit Autorama. Stromberg is pleased to announce our involvement with the new \u201cKookie\u201d car clone, owned by Detroit\u2019s Ron Kregoski and built by Reno Rods and Customs in Oklahoma City. 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