The Jalopy Journal
I was a HS senior in 1970, and one of my classmates had a '65 Chevelle SS. It was red, with a white interior, a 327 4 barrel, backed by a 4 speed.
I have an "update" to this statement. It turns out that I got some bad information in the past, and Jess didn't pass away until this past week....
Actually, I wasn't around in his "heydays", when he was located on Halstead St. either, but several of my older friends had a lot of work done by...
Most older folks from the Rochester, NY area, remember the name of John C. (Jess) Haelen, as one of the earliest owners of a machine shop geared...
I would be great if you can post the pictures, as I'm sure a lot of people would like to see what a craftsman Steve was.
If you're looking for specific pictures of Steve's '71 Mustang, and his former '37 Ford, that might be difficult. With no disrespect to Steve at...
Man, you got THAT right!!! I'm in Webster, and my taxes have DOUBLED since I moved here in 1990.....
Steve mustn't have owned it that long, then.....
Oh man, I wish I had checked back in this website last week!! I most definitely would have driven out to Molye's, just to take another look at the...
Yes, that's the restaurant. I'm not sure about there being one in Greece, but I think there was one in Henrietta, on Jefferson Road, right across...
Mark, was that Sunoco station located on Penfield Road, a few doors down (east) from the former Thunderbird Drive In restaurant? If it was, the...
"COPO", welcome to the discussion! That picture that you posted, of the car "in action" at Niagara Dragway, brought back some memories. One of my...
I have a somewhat different story on what could possibly be the car you're referring to. The story I heard, from Charlie Conrose himself, former...
An unfortunate update to this discussion...Joe Malone passed away a couple of days ago, at the age of 69. Sadly,even though I drove past his house...
I should make a better effort to contact him. After I wrote the above post, I realized that I haven't seen him in 7 or 8 years. He lived not too...
That Falcon had a Weber carbed 302 Ford in it, and it's owner, Joe Malone, used to wind the ever-lovin-daylights out of it!! I remember it like it...
Many of the western New York "gearheads" got their fill of automobile racing, both oval track, as well as drag racing, at Williamson, NY's...
Tim, thanks for the information. I didn't realize that Steve had that good a shop set-up. I guess I should have motored on out from Rochester and...
Tim, if you don't mind me asking, where were those pictures taken? Didn't Steve wear eyeglasses at one time, or have I forgotten that much?
"Henry", you were posting this, at the same time I was composing the post above.... Back in the day, Steve got a new car almost every year....
I'm not originally from the Rochester area, as my father's employer transferred him a couple of times when I was fairly young. We wound up in...
I know that there a number of folks here that either are living in the Rochester, NY area, or have lived there in the past. Several times, former...
FWIW, in post #1128, picture #2, the #88 coach is driven by northeast standout, Mike Loescher
Yeah, in the "good old days", you got to the turns, let up, got the car aimed somewhat left toward the apex of the turn, then gassed it to throw...
Car owner, Vern Fecteau, 3rd from the left, and car builder, Dick Mangus, second from the right..... Picture taken at Oswego Speedway.
We need a "bump" to the top....Two days witout any chatter!!
Spook....now THERE was a character! I used to race slot cars with him back in the mid 60s.
KT, was that mural done by "Spook"?
"Terry", if anybody in the entire world, would know when MT split from Nagle's, KT would know.........
I agree! I was pretty young back then, didn't have my own car, so I was dependant on other people to get to the track. They, for the most part,...
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