| 01.08.18 |
Scott Ely |
3Wide- I believe I mentioned this before
in another post but I have to repeat it. I've been attending the
Fallsington (Pa) Methodist Church for about 25 years. Years ago, I'm
sitting in church talking to Tommy before service about the rich history of
modified-sportsman hot rods in the area, never knowing that he lettered a
ton of 'em. I mentioned that, although I wasn't a Tasnady fan (at first) I
always thought the Piscopo 39 was one of the sharpest, cleanest looking race
cars I had ever seen. His reply, "I lettered the 39". I then went on to
mention the race cars that I knew from "this part of Bucks County and
Trenton" to which he replied," Yep, lettered them too (the Schloeder 46, the
Taylor 93, the Carberry 47, the Menscher 21, and others). I felt like I was
in the presence of a "god", well in the dirt track worlds anyway. He acted
like it was no big deal.
He said he enjoyed lettering, be a commercial vehicle or a race car. To me,
he was an artist. His lettering added beauty and class to every race car he
lettered. I think a lot of the hot rods today are "over the top" with their
graphics. Tommy's abilities are a lost art. He was a kind, nice human
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| 01.09.18 |
Fred Menschner |
Bob was a man of many talents, car salesman, race car
owner, builder and driver. Also Bob started American Industrial Forklift
Company , that serviced and sold forklifts all over the Delaware Valley.
Bob was an accomplished driver of modified (#2,21,39 ect.) race cars. Bob
and Ray Neary were very good friends and Ray and myself took over Bob’s
garage on Fulton Street in Trenton, NJ, where we built many silver 21’s,
when he was done with racing.
Bob was one of the few who used a Ford 289 V8 in his sedan bodied race car
around 1966/67/68. Bob was the first driver of the Piscopo #39 race car.
Bob was a gentlemen racer along with his long time friend Ray Magill would
help any racer in need. Bob’s forklift company employed both Ray Magill and
Red Walker. Red, from Morrisville, the owner, builder and driver of car #29.
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