the LA Times has just begun a podcast series on Big Willie

LA Times Studios launched “Larger Than Life,” a docu-series about Big Willie Robinson. Reported and hosted by Times staff writer Daniel Miller

There is a short video to introduce it on https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1147661506349346817

but NOT on youtube, Vimeo, or daily motion,... nothing I can use to embed the video here so you can check it out without clicking through. The podcast is available on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher, just not I Heart Radio

but you can read the LA Times article about Big Willie and the Street Racers: https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-larger-than-life-street-racing-podcast-20190709-htmlstory.html

https://www.latimes.com/projects/larger-than-life-podcast/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/largerthanlifepodcast/

Big Willie. Respect

at Don Kirby's shop in Bellflower,CA.

https://www.facebook.com/bigidol.org/photos/a.1167869513239599.1073741830.479755005384390/1970229699670239/?type=3&permPage=1

Big Willie's Daytona sold at auction this weekend for 154,000

From http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1969-DODGE-DAYTONA-WING-RACE-CAR-181649

a variety of great dragsters and other cool car stuff from Stiffspeed's 2014 posts

you might not realize why I dig the above image...  Ed is in one of his Weird Os sweaters I've posted so many of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/roth-monster-shirts-and-goodies-from.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/meet-gang-at-roths.html

I've never seen a Vespa dragster before. Topolino and Bantam, even bucket T, but not a Vespa... thanks to Kim for this link http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2012/04/small-and-mighty-the-vespa-400-microcar.html

here's another link to what they looked like: http://khooll.com/post/21387664835/the-vespa-400

it's so rare that a photo of a dealership shows up from the late 60's that looks cool

Big Willie and Tomiko in a photo I've never seen before

Hurst's USO tour girls and Jeep

I'd like to know how he engineered that portable crows nest, and I'd love to make one for a lot of events

429 Boss Cougars

See a lot more good stuff at http://stiffspeed.tumblr.com/

the 70's were quite a roll, the cars that were customized were far out, the ones that were produced were lousy. Here's a cheer to the customizers, the "Street Freaks" , and the street racers. Winged warrior variety

Daytonas above, Superbirds below

How about that hood scoop arrangement? A pair of Super Bee / Demon scoops, and arranged in a unique way I've never seen before. Plus, the fender scoops for tire clearance that are normally found on Superbirds aren't on this car

all found on http://70sstreetmachines.tumblr.com and http://gassers.tumblr.com

Big Willie and his Dodge Daytona, President of the Los Angeles Street Racers, circa 1970