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Four-Links – Mohs resto begins, Italian electrics, Big Willie, death to all...
* Close to a year ago, we relayed the news that the Mohs Ostentatienne would go through a restoration, and as Jay Abitz reports to Auto Restoration 101 (part 1, part 2), said resto has now begun. *...
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Big Willie Robinson, street racing legend, dies
Photo courtesy International Brotherhood of Street Racers We’d known for a while that Big Willie Robinson was sick. It really started when his bride, Tomiko, died in 2010, you could say. Willie had...
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Racing Heroes – Big Willie Robinson
Big Willie Robinson. Image courtesy of the International Brotherhood of Street Racers. In motorsports, physical size is often seen as a disadvantage, as the days of fat drivers and skinny tires are...
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Restoration begins on Big Willie Robinson’s last remaining Charger Daytona
Big Willie Robinson’s Daytona, as it looked when acquired by Corey Owens. All photos courtesy Corey Owens. Big Willie Robinson was a larger-than-life figure in the southern California drag racing...
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Big Willie Robinson’s “Duke and Duchess” Daytona rides again
The Duke and Duchess Daytona, now fully restored. Photos courtesy Corey Owens. When auto restorer and Mopar specialist Corey Owens acquired the 1969 Dodge Daytona once owned by legendary street racer...
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Big Willie Robinson’s Duke and Duchess Daytona to cross the block in Scottsdale
The ex-Big Willie Robinson Duke and Duchess Dodge Daytona in its restored state. Photos courtesy Corey Owens. Last May, restorer Corey Owens finished work on the last surviving Big Willie Robinson...
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Los Angeles street racers aim to bring drag racing back to Terminal Island
All photos courtesy Project Street Legal. Terminal Island in the Port of Los Angeles didn’t play by the typical dragstrip operations manual. Intermodal shipping containers surrounded the strip and...
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