Maynard Albertson, owner of the nationally-known Konocti Motor Company in Lower Lake CA. was killed in a fatal crash in one of his custom hot rods.
SearchAutoParts.com has a nice article about the Mitch Kelly of Kelly & Son. if you haven’t read Rumpsville’s bio on the Kellys it is located here.
“My junior year in high school I was working at a cabinet shop for six hours after school and four hours at the paint shop,” Kelly says.
Danbury Mint will produce a metal replica of the famous Kookie Kar until Dec 2009. Be sure to get them while you can. The limited edition Kookie Kar is Norm Grabowski approved and detailed all the way down to a skull shifter. In addition Aug. 2009 Rod and Custom has a short article about the scale replica.
