superstroke
05-02-2009, 09:31 AM
These photos were shot in the late 70's and are from the Rick Losh collection.
If my memory serves me, Bob and Jim Brown purchased this Camaro from Don Wilson. We repainted it and gave it a flame job. We were always trying to piss off the track officials by using letters instead of numbers, so we deemed the car Seventy Seven X. The car was known to us as "The Screaming Yellow Zonker".
In the first picture, the "Zonker" awaits the publics eye at Denvers Currigan Exhibition Hall. This was the Sabres Auto Show that took place around St.Patricks Day annually.
In the next photo Joey Costello takes a look at airbrushed T-shirts bearing the infamous cars name.
Last, we show the car resting on "Cyclopse". This transport was purchased from Fritz Wilson. It was a 1940's era International, which had its spare tire attached to the front of its radiator. Therefore, like most of the Brown clans vehicles, it was named "Cyclopse". This transporter was a racing legend of its own. It sportd a Fritz Wilson inspired Lincoln V-8 and Armstrong steering applications. When the car was loaded, the front bumper protruded through the hole where a piece of glass once was placed. This made for some cold trips when we would venture to Colorado Springs for race meets.
"Cyclopse" was last seen residing in a field at Frank Dennings farm, 38th and Kipling. Long live "Cyclopse".
If my memory serves me, Bob and Jim Brown purchased this Camaro from Don Wilson. We repainted it and gave it a flame job. We were always trying to piss off the track officials by using letters instead of numbers, so we deemed the car Seventy Seven X. The car was known to us as "The Screaming Yellow Zonker".
In the first picture, the "Zonker" awaits the publics eye at Denvers Currigan Exhibition Hall. This was the Sabres Auto Show that took place around St.Patricks Day annually.
In the next photo Joey Costello takes a look at airbrushed T-shirts bearing the infamous cars name.
Last, we show the car resting on "Cyclopse". This transport was purchased from Fritz Wilson. It was a 1940's era International, which had its spare tire attached to the front of its radiator. Therefore, like most of the Brown clans vehicles, it was named "Cyclopse". This transporter was a racing legend of its own. It sportd a Fritz Wilson inspired Lincoln V-8 and Armstrong steering applications. When the car was loaded, the front bumper protruded through the hole where a piece of glass once was placed. This made for some cold trips when we would venture to Colorado Springs for race meets.
"Cyclopse" was last seen residing in a field at Frank Dennings farm, 38th and Kipling. Long live "Cyclopse".