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Kookie Kar vs. The “Outhouse on Wheels”


The Great 1950′s T-Bucket Hot Rod Rivalry | Kookie Kar vs. The “Outhouse on Wheels”      Tommyy Ivo (top) and Norm Grabowski in his famous Kookie Kar square-off at the National Hot Rod Associations drag racing meet held at the old Santa Ana Drag Strip.   * The T-Bucket Hot Rod craze started back inContinue reading “Kookie Kar vs. The “Outhouse on Wheels””

Pin Up Model & Actress with the Peek-A-Boo hairstyle!


         Constance Frances Ockleman AKA: Veronica Lake  Veronica Lake was born Constance Frances Ockleman in Brooklyn, New York to a seaman father. He died in an explosion on an oil ship when Constance was five. Her mother remarried and the family was constantly on the move living in Canada, New York and Florida. She graduated fromContinue reading “Pin Up Model & Actress with the Peek-A-Boo hairstyle!”