My father-in-law Larry Petit

Damn, Great Stuff ! I`d thank you for the posting..but now my key-boards covered in drool !

 

god i wish i had that helmet.....hopefully Eric (his son) will see this and ask him. Friday was my brithday and larry called and left a messgae calling me an old bastard. my body is old compared to his and im only 35.

 

Ya , who knows what happened to that helmet . I have some old nomex gloves and socks and shoes but that's it . Most of that stuff disappeared when I was just a kid . It would be cool to have it all .

 

See folks, this is one of the things that makes this place so great.

It took me over 1 hour to just look at the old cards and clippings.

Thanks

 

I have so much work piled up now because I couldnt stop!!! WOW

 

DAMN just f#*fing cool thanks man

 

Damn, forgot about this thread. KILLER! Slim

 

Haha , this is funny , my dad said Billy painted a red dot on his helmet because they called him "Red Light Petit "

 

had coffee at mickey d,s in mogadore with larry tuesday 7.6.10,this guy is the coolest, I couldnt keep up with him,,and I didnt want it to end, he should write a book,very modest,very real, he said hell bring his scap book someday,,looks like you have most of it posted,cool thread

 

WOW indeed! A history of racing and more collectibles than you can shake a stick at. Good job!

 

The scrap book is really cool. I've yet to meet Sr. but I have the pleasure of working with Larry Petit Jr. A real nice guy and one hell of a machinist. We frequently shoot the bull about building a tribute of the Vespa competion coupe.

Maybe one of you guys closer to Sr. can tip him off about the Geezer Gathering.

 

Gonna go out on a limb here and say this guy has paid his dues.
Hats off to the man.
As to the red light thing, it is a well known fact that the lights were slower back then.

 

I agree.

 

Whitey Ford, I know your father-in-law well! Also know Eric and your wife! I remember them when they were young. You sure are lucky Larry gave you those pics! Your father-in-law is a great guy! Larry told me a bunch of old drag racing stories over the years. I remember when he used to sell cars. Mark

 

AWESOME! Thanks for the pics!

 

Oz welding....... I got chills

Butch Osman was just in the shop today for coffee
Drove cars called "The Wizard of Oz" .....1978 AA/DA World champ
Him and my dad go way back

to cool,

Tony

 

Amazing !,....

I have no idea how I missed this thread !!!

 

Amazing collection of racing history.

 

Great stuff, I am glad this post was brought back up to the top.

 

sorry its been awhile but just checked out my own thread and seen this. Thats funny you know eric and my wife. We are in Mississippi right now but since the Ohio winter is hitting im sure Mr. Larry will be visiting us soon.

Yeah he did sell cars for a long time as well. Funny stories of that too. Damn dude is still sharp as a tack.

 

Been a while but I just got back on here. A thread on another site got me thinking about this. I see we lost a bunch of pics from pb. I’ll have to see if we can fix it. My dad, Larry, is now 83 years old and still sharp as a tack. I’m looking for someone to help me set up an interview and recording session with my dad. While he is still pretty healthy the last few years have been a little harder on him. Shoot me a p.m. if you can help me to make this happen. I don’t get on the internet much but will keep checking.

 

WOW, what a GREAT life.

 

Just read this thread. It’s killer. Thanks for the ride so far. Please continue.


Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app

 

My dad, Larry Petit, passed away last night at 11:20 pm. He is finally reunited with my mom and all of his old racing buddies.

 

having just read through sad to hear. my condolences I am sure more will follow along with theirs

 

So sorry to hear this.