Keeper of the tribal knowledge, Bill Junge, webmaster of the 8000 car club plaque photos at http://carclubplaques.pairsite.com/ has come across this mystery and wonders of anyone can help
His email is clubplaques@frontier.com
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Mystery about a car club plaque... anyone know what Far ELA meant for the "Rakes" Car Club?
Keeper of the tribal knowledge, Bill Junge, webmaster of the 8000 car club plaque photos at http://carclubplaques.pairsite.com/ has come across this mystery and wonders of anyone can help
His email is clubplaques@frontier.com
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Looks like it stands for "Far East Los Angeles" to me.
ReplyDeleteThe info below is what I received about this club and I posted the photo on this page of my website .....
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THE RAKES: THE IDEA AND NAME CAME FROM PETE, JOE MACK AND STANLEY EDWARDS ALONG WITH BOBBY GRUBB, RALPH KING AND JIMMY MacNeice. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT TO BE A MEMBER WAS YOUR CAR HAD TO BE RAKED. THEY MET IN A GARAGE IN TAKOMA PARK, MD UNDER ONE OF THE BIG HOMES THERE. THEY WOULD HANG OUT AT THE MIGHTY MO IN QUEENSTOWN AND HOT SHOP IN LANGLEY PARK. AFTER THE CLUB WAS FORMED THEY HAD A MEMBER NAMED SONNY JOIN, WHO DROVE A BLACK & WHITE 1956 FORD CROWN VIC WITH CA PLATES. JOE SAID THEY LET HIM JOIN BECAUSE HIS CAR WAS NEAT AND HE WAS IN THE SERVICE STATIONED IN THE DC AREA. HE LATER BECAME THE TREASURER. ONE DAY SOMEONE SAID DID YOU HEAR ABOUT SONNY? HE GOT TRANSFERRED. JOE SAID THIS WAS GREAT BECAUSE HE TOOK THE $180 THAT THEY SAVED TO BUY A RADIO TO AUCTION OFF TO MAKE MONEY TO BUY A CLUB CAR FOR THE TRACK.
LIST OF ORIGINAL MEMBERS AND THEIR CARS;
PETE- 1959 CHEVY IMPALA
JOE MACK-40 FORD COUPE WITH A 324 OLDS ENGINE
STANLEY EDWARDS- 40 FORD COUPE WITH A BUICK NAILHEAD ENGINE
BOBBY GRUBB- 1959 PONTIAC
RALPH KING- 1954 CHEVY
JIMMY MacNeice-1959 IMPALA
Thanks Bill! I hope posting this was helpful on getting the word spread!
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