Doug,
I believe he passed away a number of years ago. I remember Wasted Willie Glass
saying he had been in touch with his wife. In '98, the last thing we did before
leaving for Bonneville with Willie's roadster, was put a brand new ( 30 year
old)
decal on the fuel tank Willie said it would bring good charma.
I can say, Honest Charley's catalog was responsible for making me the motor nut
I
am. I had one in my school bag, the family bathroom and under my bed.
joe (from really COLD Delaware- wind chill at -34 degrees)
ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 01/18/2000 11:44:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
>
> <<
> Honest Charlie. Gawd, I havn't heard that in a
> zillion years. If it hadn't been for Honest
> Charlie, there wouldn't have been a sponsor for
> Movin' and Groovin (cover name for rock and roll)
> on WCKY in Cincinnatti, and I never would have
> been able to go to sleep at night. WCY was one
> of those first 100,000 watt clear channel radio
> stations back in the days of Alan Freed and
> Wolfman Jack, and if you lived anywhere from the
> Atlantic to the Pacific, you could pick it up on
> a good night. I had a covert earphone jack on my
> bedside radio for nearly a year before my mom
> discovered it and realized I had been listening
> to the radio long after she looked in on me and
> thought i was sound asleep. I ordered honest's
> catalog and read it until the pages curled up at
> the corners. Between his catalog and Almquist, I
> was going to build the neatest rod in the world.
> >>
> Dick,
> I have Honest Charley listed as a sponsor on the side of my Ardun powered
> Dragmaster Dart 120" wheelbase slingshot. Very few people who see the car
> even know who he was.
> Does anybody know if he's still alive?
> Ardun Doug in CA
> XXF/FMR # 1313
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