Posted By: streetking
Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/21/10 03:54 AM
Does anyone remember or know what happened to a 68 Coronet that had an acid paint job and was called King Kong ? I would give my left Lug Nut to find that car in its as raced condition... Anyone know anything? Thanks for the help in advance
Posted By: RV2
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/21/10 04:11 AM
Was'nt that Sheldon Gecker's car?
Posted By: dOc !
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/21/10 04:17 AM
Roger that .. that was SG's car ... he sold that a long LONG time ago.
Posted By: Airgrabber
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/21/10 05:10 AM
Sorry I can't help you out on it's location. I do remember going up to Burleigh Super Shell and seeing the car along with a 68 King Kong' Barracuda. His wife drove a 69 Coronet R/T convertible that still shows up at some of the car shows around here.We would ride up there on our Schwinn 10 speeds and wait until they were closing so we could here them put away all of the cool cars.
Posted By: goldmember
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/21/10 05:15 AM
It seems to me that it spent some time in the hands of Artie Fulcher,but that's been years ago.I could call around and maybe track it down.
Posted By: rook440
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/21/10 06:15 AM
do you remember sheldon building this car ???It's a 68 with a 69 front end ,,,, he built this car in the shell station ,I bought it from hipster in Germantown ,,,Ive Talked to Sheldon a couple of times at Topeka ....
Posted By: 68roadrunner
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/21/10 06:20 PM
Artie had that car at Gleason,Tn at the mopar race back in the 90's. Don't know if he still has it, dont know him personally.
Posted By: goldmember
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/22/10 02:21 AM
I don't remember that car. I wonder which Shell station it was built in? Germantown,TN?
Posted By: rook440
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/22/10 03:08 AM
it was germantown or some other little town in wisconsin ..........
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/22/10 11:23 PM
From last weekends race at F-bird
Psn--Num--Class-Driver, Home Town, Machine-----------------ET---Index---(+/-)
1 7657 S/G Loreen Rogers, Seligman AZ, '94 Grand Prix 9.901 9.90 0.001
2 505 S/G Sheldon Gecker, Surprise AZ, '57 Bel Air 9.903 9.90 0.003
Posted By: GoDartGo
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/22/10 11:41 PM
I think that article was in a mid 90's Bracket Racing USA magazine.
Posted By: rook440
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/23/10 04:35 AM
I really don't know how hipster came to own the car ,but that's who I bought it from ,U are right he's a GM guy ....Him and Sheldon are friends so maybe he bought it from him ........who knows ....
Posted By: Airgrabber
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/23/10 04:41 AM
The Burleigh Super Shell was on N. 76th St. The station is long gone. I think there is a Pizza Hut there now.
Posted By: TMP66
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/23/10 03:19 PM
Far side burnout box. I took this shot at DaGrove in the 70's.
Trivia question: Name the owners/drivers of this famous Vette in order. (turned into a bracket car here of all things).
Posted By: R_Blaha
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/23/10 03:59 PM
Does anybody remember back in the early 80's a t5 bronze 69 Bee owned by a Kenny and had Beeware on the back 1/4s? Thats my dad's original car and I'm still trying to find it. I will have to get some pics uploaded. But Sheldon was Kennys buddy and he tied the unibody together and did a cage for Kenny, Kenny had Burleigh Super Shell on the front fenders of the 69 Bee as well.
This is when my dad owned it
This is when Kenny owned it
Posted By: moprod
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/26/10 04:35 AM
The "King Kong" car was for sale in the Gleason , TN area about3-4 years ago. I remembersseeing the ad. Might want to follow up in that area for the car.
Posted By: 68roadrunner
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 02/27/10 04:00 AM
maybe call monte at northwest tennesse motorsports park, he might get you in touch with artie.
Posted By: Jeremiah
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 08/24/10 04:52 PM
Ok...here is one more from that era... Does anyone remember the "Soulfull Strut" Camaro that Reggie and Ebe (sp?) ran? How about Dick and Willy with the Black/Silver and Red/Silver (I think) '57 Gassers? THe Black silver car had a 302DZ with a tunnel ram and a four speed. Raced F/Gas, ran 12.00 launching with the wheels a few feet in the air.
? Just a thought...
Posted By: danelson155
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 03/27/15 04:25 AM
The car is now on Ebay with a user from South Carolina item number 111631395827
Posted By: ww63
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 03/27/15 03:15 PM
I have looked for that car for 20 yrs off and on, Spoke to Tony and everyone else I thought might have a clue and nothing. Clint Smith also drove that car. My best guess would be it is setting in a garage somewhere in the Chicago land area. In would bet the winningest car that Sheldon had was his 1981 Omni SG
Posted By: slantzilla
Re: Attention Union Grove 1970s racers King Kong Coronet - 03/27/15 05:48 PM
Thought I saw a post on YB that someone had bought Gecker's Coronet and was looking for info on it.
Germantown, WI is the town straight west of me, and is about 15 minutes due NW of Milwaukee, WI.
