Memphis Street Rods

“Drive Line”

With 46 members in attendance, Johnny opened the meeting by welcoming everyone and by thanking Terry Bogue, Richard James, Tommy Starkey, Jim Mullis, Mark Miller, Frank Strong and Bill Hardy for the ham and turkey sammiches, tater chips and tea. They also provided ice cream, brownies and rice crispy treats for dessert.
After eating, Johnny took the floor and read off all those who are having Birthdays in January. Per, Larry “the pencil” Nolan we have money!
Johnny then brought up the 2025 car show. There was much discussion about how to increase the number of cars attending our show. Some of the things we touched on was better use of media, letting later model muscle cars in, changing location, better show flyers, more word of mouth, etc. I personally feel that since Covid there are now three or four shows scheduled for the same weekend as ours, where before Covid we pretty much were the only show around. Our biggest competition is the Redneck Rumble in Lebanon Tn. They have their show the same weekend as ours, We’ve even had some of our club own club members skip our show and go to theirs!
Johnny and I are planning on going to Southland next week and see if we can reschedule our show for a week earlier. I feel that is gonna be the best way to increase our numbers during our show. We plan also to appoint a 6 to 8 man committee to discuss other ways to increase attendance. We can only squeeze about 550 cars on the parking lot as it sits right now. So, we can only increase our numbers by around 125 cars. Then we are out of room.
We then discussed having the club get together at Ellendale Baptists Parking lot again this year, possibly in May or June. We plan for it to be pot luck, so we won’t have to spend big money on vittles. We will decide more on this at an upcoming meeting.
Lin (the real deal) Neal then updated us on the possible purchase of the Memphis Motorsports Park by a local wealthy business man and that Dominick with the IHRA has leased the Holly Springs Raceway with the option to buy. Both of these are good news for the drag racing community.

Money winners for this month were Lonnie Johnson winning $95.00 and Rebecca Campbell winning $90.00. ME…….. I lost again!

Upcoming Weekly Cruisins

Most of these start around April some in March

1. Bartlett Stage/Whitten Every Thursday evening
2. Edelbrock Olive Branch 1st. Saturday of month
3. Silo Square Southaven, Ms. Every Thursday evening
4. Hot Rods on Beale Mempho 4th. Tuesday of every month
5. Happy Daze Nesbit, Ms. 1st. & 3rd. Sunday at 3:00
6. Green Cactus Oakland, Tn. Every Tuesday 5 – till
7. Southern Thunder Southaven, Ms. 4th. Sat. of every month
8. Collierville Town Sq. Collierville, Tn Every Wednesday 5-till

Upcoming Monthly Events

1. April 26th. Bunny Run Jackson Tn. Ball Park
2. May 23rd-25th Mid America Nationals Springfield, Mo.
3. June 20th -21st Mobile Bay Nationals Mobile Ala.

Scripture of the Month
(He has put a new song in my mouth)
Psalms 40, Verses 1 – 5
Prayer Requests

Let’s pray for the family of Sharon Freeman (Gary Freeman’s wife) in her passing. Give them strength and courage as they go through the grief of losing their Mom.
Let us also continue to pray for Buddy Bonner and his wife as they negotiate his healing from the burns he sustained while welding. He is in a lot of pain with the skin grafts and rehab.

HUMOR
OK, I decided this month to list several one liner’s for you amusement!

1. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A Fsh
2. What did the fish say when he swam nto a wall? Dam
3. What do you call a can opener that doesn’t work? A can’t opener
4. Did you hear about the Italian Chef that died? He pasta-way
5. What’s red and bad for your teeth? A brick
6. Why does Snoop Dogg use an umbrella? Fo Drizzle
7. Why can’t a nose be 12 inches long? Cause it would be a foot
8. Why don’t dinosaurs talk? Because they’re are dead
9. A dyslexic man walks into a bra!

And finally…….. what do you call a psychic little person who escapes from Prison? A small medium at large!

Parts Department
1. 1957 Pontiac hardtop, needs floors $4500.00, 1956 Buick Convertible, needs restoring $12,500.00, 1954 Chevy truck, 1958 Thunder Chicken, needs restoring, $2,500.00, 1935 Ford 2-door sedan $800.00, 1936 4 door sedan $800.00, 1940 Ford Pickup $800.00, 1957 Pontiac 2 door hardtop needs resto. call Tommy Starkey at 662-429-8402
2. Hunter Model 600 Tire balancer $800.00 call Sid Johnson at 901-486-7714
3. Also, in need of a new home: 1947 Ford 2 door sedan. Tune port 350, 700R4 trans, 9“ Ford rear end, Aluminum Radiator, A/C, P/B, P/S, Seafoam Green, new Tires. Drives Great. Call Sid Johnson at 901-487-7714
4. Larry is selling a cut-off saw for $100.00, a new Offenhauser 2-4’s intake for a 454 for $200.00 , 4 bucket seats at $50.00 each and a large sandblasting cabinet for $75.00. Call Larry Lewis at 901-219-6825
5. Gear Vendors Overdrive Unit with a turbo 350 adapter. $1700.00 call Larry Lewis at 901-21906825
6. 1936 Red Plymouth Roadster with a 383 engine. Jerry Magsis 901-581-4792
7. Tommy Starkey has info on a 33-35 Chevy Coupe that is for sale. It’s an older street rod that needs freshened up. Tommy’s number is 901-387-7165
8. Keith Walters has several items for sale. Parts that fit a 63-66 C-10 Chevy include a fuel tank, with straps and sender for $175, a new body bushing kit for $50, and a three speed transmission for $75. He also has a 307 engine that needs valve seals for $150 and a set of round mirrors for $20.
9. Larry Lewis is selling a nearly compete 1934 Buick 2 door sedan. It needs a very little to be road ready. Already painted, engine and trans install and running. Needs some upholstery work and a few odds and in’s to the be complete. $20,000. Larry Lewis at 901-219-6825
10. Dickie Grinder is selling a nice 1956 Chevy Bel Air Post car. $25,000 to view car call Dickie at 901-262-9206.
11. Dickie is also selling a 1936 Ford Slant back, black with beige interior, 350 /700R combo PS, pb and air, $55,000 contact Dickie at 901-262-9206
12. 1968 C10, straight Body good white paint, fresh 350 with sniper fuel injection, AFR aluminum heads, fresh turbo 350 trans, 12 bolt posi with 3.73 gears Fat tires on the rear. Clean tan interior. For pics see David Bradshaw , to see it in person contact Brian Ellison @ 901-299-6291. $20,000
13. 1972 Chevelle SS clone, 350 small block, turbo 350, is partially disassembled but all the parts, bumpers, interior and other small parts are there. Some body work needed. Contact Lonnie Johnson @ 901-283-8758

Services
1. Custom brackets, artwork, signs, CNC cutting or fabrication. 18 ga. To 5/8 inch! Call Herb Gould, Condor Metal 901-482-3428

Media Section
Lin Neal’s Real Deal Racing report airs every Saturday at 10:00 am and again on Sunday at 2:00 pm. You can watch past issues on face book at Real Deal racing Report or online at News Talk 98.9. The Sunday spots will continue until someone else takes that spot. The Motor Mouth show comes on immediately after Lin Neals spot.