Standing 6’5” and 300+ pounds, “Big Willie” Robinson did not fit the profile of a traditional racer. However, the native of New Orleans relocated to Los Angeles in the early 1960s and became a serious street racer. After his medical discharge from the military, he returned to L.A. and became one of the most prolific figures of the street racing scene of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Read the whole story at Mopar Connection Magazine HERE:

His discharge from the military was in the first weeks of Basic Training!

He never went to Vietnam, never was an army Ranger and is one of the biggest cases of Stolen Valor in this country.

Stop perpetuating the myth of him being some kind of hero!