Back in the mid-70's when I was cruising Main in Pleasanton, California, their was this guy who drove a 34 Chevy Coupe with a big block and Crower injection.
He was almost mythical to most of us teenage bean heads, and as such, many rumors about him circulated amoungst us.
We only knew him as Rocco, but his coupe was the coolest and just like John Milner, he was the coolest. And according to legend, that coupe was the fastest ride in old P-town.
Actually, I believe that coupe made the Oakland Roadster show and won a trophy of some sort, but the years maybe adding to the legend again.
Anyway, one night we were hangin at J-box when Rocco drove up and grabbed himself a bag-o-food. When he got back into his coupe, I nervously stumbled my 17 year butt over to the coolest coupe alive to see if I could put some reality to some of the myths.
So I said, "hey Rocco, I hear a lot of rumors about your car and stuff and was wondering about it". Well, amazingly this bigger than life hot rodder starts talking to me like I'm one of the cool guys! Yikes, I flipped! Well, he tells me all about his coupe and how he built it and everything. He even told me stories about some of the rumors and how some know-it-alls would tell him about his own car! Bozos!!
So after an amazing 15 minutes, he fires up the beast and motors away.
Wholly crap, I was 4 miles above the earth!! So I walked, actually, I swaggered back to the guys, and they were totally blown away I was talking to the man himself. Then some weeks later, I was leaning against my car on Main, and Rocco pulls up, gets out of his coupe and leans against my old clunker and starts talking to me!! Wholly crap again! Well, after he left, everybody was totally shock. But I just played it off like, "yeah, sure, me and Rocco are buds! Ha, ha on them!
Anyway, who was your hot rod hero?
And by the way, has anybody ever heard of this mythical guy named Rocco from Pleasanton. I think is first name was John.
Decho
He was almost mythical to most of us teenage bean heads, and as such, many rumors about him circulated amoungst us.
We only knew him as Rocco, but his coupe was the coolest and just like John Milner, he was the coolest. And according to legend, that coupe was the fastest ride in old P-town.
Actually, I believe that coupe made the Oakland Roadster show and won a trophy of some sort, but the years maybe adding to the legend again.
Anyway, one night we were hangin at J-box when Rocco drove up and grabbed himself a bag-o-food. When he got back into his coupe, I nervously stumbled my 17 year butt over to the coolest coupe alive to see if I could put some reality to some of the myths.
So I said, "hey Rocco, I hear a lot of rumors about your car and stuff and was wondering about it". Well, amazingly this bigger than life hot rodder starts talking to me like I'm one of the cool guys! Yikes, I flipped! Well, he tells me all about his coupe and how he built it and everything. He even told me stories about some of the rumors and how some know-it-alls would tell him about his own car! Bozos!!
So after an amazing 15 minutes, he fires up the beast and motors away.
Wholly crap, I was 4 miles above the earth!! So I walked, actually, I swaggered back to the guys, and they were totally blown away I was talking to the man himself. Then some weeks later, I was leaning against my car on Main, and Rocco pulls up, gets out of his coupe and leans against my old clunker and starts talking to me!! Wholly crap again! Well, after he left, everybody was totally shock. But I just played it off like, "yeah, sure, me and Rocco are buds! Ha, ha on them!
Anyway, who was your hot rod hero?
And by the way, has anybody ever heard of this mythical guy named Rocco from Pleasanton. I think is first name was John.
Decho