Gonna miss that man.
A true boyhood hero of yrs truly.
Before his Fireman days, Larry parked his '34 fenderless coupe with a '37 grille at a Shell station on E st in San Bernardino while he worked at a local car dealership.
My route for the long defunct LA Daily News took me by there every afternoon and needless to say I stopped and lusted after the car daily.
With the advent of Colton Drags I got to know him with his "Quiet Kid" outboard powered motorbike and other ventures. In later years I'd do fabrication work for him from time to time and used to stop by his "shop" in a pretty scary area of San Berdoo far too seldom to share a beverage. He gave me good advice too when I had prostate work pending to the point of taking me to Loma Linda Medical Center to view their program and on and on.
A PS to the above mentioned Monreal Harber Belly tank.
Later owned by another hero of mine, C W "Scotty" Scott and driven by Leroy Holmes, it made the first over 200 mph run at Bonneville open wheeled with Scotty's 258" Ardun.