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How to drive on 2 wheels!
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Oh great another motorcycle video 
In the 1950/60s, I had a cousin that drove the thrill car circut for The Joey Chitwood and the Trans World Auto Daredevils shows. They were here in Topeka one summer for their show and the local Chevrolet dealer brought out a new Nova two wheel car to replace an older "used" one. The show driver took it out to test it out and put it on it's side on the first run. He was a little PO'd. The car probably had 10/12 miles on it.
Those guys were crazy. One year they were sponsered by Chevrolet and US Royal Tiger Paws tires. To advertise the show and tires they had a Bengal tiger they hauled around in the back of a Chevy pickup. They had it tied in with a short leash and collar. My cousin was driving it around some town and the tiger squirmed around to where he could reach my cousins arm that he had resting on the window sill. My cousin said it startled him and he jerked his arm and it overbalanced the tiger who fell over the side of the pickup. The leash was short enough that the tiger was left hanging half in and half out of the truck. My cousin asked me, "Have you ever tried to shove a 400# tiger back in a truck?" They would tie that tiger out in the infield of the track with a chain and a twist in tie down. The great sport was teasing the poor animal until it would try to swat them. As I said, they were nuts.
When they would come into a town, the local sponsering dealer would supply some old back lot cars for the T-boning and rolling. In the 1950s they once got a 34 Ford from the dealer. I was about 18 at the time and begged them not to wreck that car. My cousin said "Come on, I'll let you help me customize it." He took a big hammer and a cold chisel and knocked holes in the doors and wired them shut with #9 wire, more holes for seatbelts and kicked the windshield, back glass and dash glass out. Then at the show they finished it off. We always had a good time when he came to town.
Thanks for the post, it brought back a lot of memories.
Those guys were crazy. One year they were sponsered by Chevrolet and US Royal Tiger Paws tires. To advertise the show and tires they had a Bengal tiger they hauled around in the back of a Chevy pickup. They had it tied in with a short leash and collar. My cousin was driving it around some town and the tiger squirmed around to where he could reach my cousins arm that he had resting on the window sill. My cousin said it startled him and he jerked his arm and it overbalanced the tiger who fell over the side of the pickup. The leash was short enough that the tiger was left hanging half in and half out of the truck. My cousin asked me, "Have you ever tried to shove a 400# tiger back in a truck?" They would tie that tiger out in the infield of the track with a chain and a twist in tie down. The great sport was teasing the poor animal until it would try to swat them. As I said, they were nuts.
When they would come into a town, the local sponsering dealer would supply some old back lot cars for the T-boning and rolling. In the 1950s they once got a 34 Ford from the dealer. I was about 18 at the time and begged them not to wreck that car. My cousin said "Come on, I'll let you help me customize it." He took a big hammer and a cold chisel and knocked holes in the doors and wired them shut with #9 wire, more holes for seatbelts and kicked the windshield, back glass and dash glass out. Then at the show they finished it off. We always had a good time when he came to town.
Thanks for the post, it brought back a lot of memories.
