Cargasm III: Mt. Baldy, Glendora Ridge, Glendora mt, The waaaay fun... and the ugly LOL Options

[Aaron Cox]

mt baldy to GRR is great... but GMR down to glendora is closed... you have to take GMR to eastfork and back to the 39....

dont know why the downhill section back to glendora of GMR is closed....

[Lou W]

mt baldy to GRR is great... but GMR down to glendora is closed... you have to take GMR to eastfork and back to the 39....

dont know why the downhill section back to glendora of GMR is closed....

Hazmat Cleanup? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[So.Cal.914]

There was a 180 down towards the bottom of GMR that we use to call "Tepple's Corner" a friend of ours named Bob Tepple went of it in his VW. Yes it is tighter and more curves than the Azusa side, I think it was more fun. We never went over to the Azusa side.....let's just say.....we probably were not welcome there. Maybe it's changed since then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

No we were not welcome, 1970's and early 80's it was pretty rough but the way

Azusa Canyon is it was a high speed run, lets see a 63 chevy with 560 X 13's

catch us. Yeah Aaron it is a great drive up to Angeles Crest and bitchin up

there. They put Gates up at the top of GMR and at the bottem years ago but

it used to be open duering the day and closed at dusk, to much partying.

[Lou W]

They put Gates up at the top of GMR and at the bottem years ago but

it used to be open duering the day and closed at dusk, to much partying.

Ah, gated community (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Sammy]

7/10ths on the street?
Been nice knowin ya, just try not to take anyone with you.

[So.Cal.914]

7/10ths on the street?
Been nice knowin ya, just try not to take anyone with you.

??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[Heeltoe914]

wow... looked at google maps....

i could take 39 all the way up to angeles crest... and take it all the way to the 210.... or take angeles forest to freakin antelope valley LOLOL

never done angeles crest before... looks gnarly.

AA

If you wont to come up to Angeles Crest give me a call anytime I will give you a great tour. You will need to drop the roomate at the base of the hill. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
stay off ACHwy lots of traffic and cops.

????? What size sway bars did you use and are you using coilover front and rear?

[Aaron Cox]

i will hit you up for a great tour sometime...

sways -
1 1/8" tarett bar
16mm stock rear

coilover rear (coleman collars and 8"x2.5" ID 225lb springs)

[Elliot_Cannon]

7/10ths on the street?
Been nice knowin ya, just try not to take anyone with you.

Not to worry. 7/10s for Aaron means not above 25mph. LOL

[cooltimes]

I lived in Glendora and went to Citrus Union. Family car was a Hudson Hornet. This was a long time ago. Looked at a Live Local Map, bird's eye view and could see the house is still there. The only racing I did then was on Sierra Madre Ave. The racing was done on Roller skates and the course was over several miles. That BIG dip still in the road. The vehicles were Mustang motorcycles and Cushman motor scooters. Yep. That road GMR would be cool. It wasn't a road back then that I knew of. We rode bicycles down the fire breaks for thrills or even more dangerous just ran. Route 66 was the major road.
Loved it.

MikeCool

[Lou W]

I lived in Glendora and went to Citrus Union. Family car was a Hudson Hornet. This was a long time ago. Looked at a Live Local Map, bird's eye view and could see the house is still there. The only racing I did then was on Sierra Madre Ave. The racing was done on Roller skates and the course was over several miles. That BIG dip still in the road. The vehicles were Mustang motorcycles and Cushman motor scooters. Yep. That road GMR would be cool. It wasn't a road back then that I knew of. We rode bicycles down the fire breaks for thrills or even more dangerous just ran. Route 66 was the major road.
Loved it.

MikeCool

So what year did you graduate? Didn't a NFL quarterback come out of that school? UPDATE: Yeah, Billy Kilmer, played for Washington Redskins

[cooltimes]

Yeah. Billy Kilmer. I didn't know him. He didn't attend Citrus Union HS when I did.

My fun was individual sports like diving, track, skating and swimming. I only weighed 95 lbs and was 5'6". Still 5'6" but weigh nearly twice that now about 60 years later.
BTW gasoline was about $.10 gallon back then, movies $.12 and the girls, just like today, the prettiest. 1st pizza at that old Italian place over on Rt. 66 next to Hummel's service station.
Pudding Stone was where the Hell's Angel's gathered every Sunday, scaring the crap out of everyone and Seal beach where everyone went to swim. Knott's Berry Farm was where you got the best fried chicken, homemade jams and jelly.
Mr. & Mrs Knott's cooked it.
ElMonte had the best platform diving as well as the 1st drive in theater I ever went to.
Girl friend, Sally C, now a movie mogul from Azusa bleached my hair while I took a snooze. Dad made me shave it all off. Yep. Glendora was fun then too. You guys when on GMR, do a hairpin twisty for me.
Old for sure but always cool,
MikeCool

[So.Cal.914]

Mike I was born in 1957 the first house my parents bought was one block north of

Sierra Madre on Grand Ave. And just about everything you mentioned we did also.

It was a great place to grow up and I have fond memories of wearing my flat

bottom boots and running up to speed and then sking down the fire breaks.

How did we survive? GMR was one of the best mountian roads around but I think

it claimed at least one of all of our friends. It is not a road you want to turn your

back on. The last sunday of every month we would go to Knotts for chicken

with my Grandparents and Puddingstone was a place you went to fish, I hear

it is different now. Lou W and I had a good friend in common, just one more

reason why I am glad I found this club. Chances are I wouldn't know eather of

you, small world.

[cooltimes]

I was forced to take dancing lessons at a house on Grand. It would have been very close to the house you grew up in.
Went one time and then lied to my Dad. Wish I had taken the lessons.
I really did like living there. Heck, what kid wouldn't?
Running in those boots got me laughing. Wife asked why. I told her you could get going pretty fast. Soon your feet couldn't keep up and the pebbles covering the fire breaks made you slip slide and before long you were headed face up, into the brush, stickers and all. Bicycles were only ridden by nuts. I did it one time. Pushing a bike up there was harder than riding down while screaming, look, got no hands. Few old mansions up at the top end of Grand. Still there? There was a boys military academy across the road and down a long driveway from the biggest one I can remember. Bill Gates couldn't afford it I hear.
Ever ride the irrigation ditch? On the North West side of Glendora, high up, there was an irrigation ditch and you could body surf all the way to the bottom, ALMOST. There was a gate near the bottom. Man that was fun until you slammed into the grate gate.
PE still run there? We were the end of the line, turntrack, when I lived there. Flares from a parked PE was common booty for us nuts. Poker with hubcaps for chips kept us busy.
I lived on Vista Bonita. Corner house, Vista Bonita and Carroll. Dan Faye was the Chief of Police. He got me for collecting his 4 poker chips. LOL

Well back to the future.
Been fun. Glad we met. BTW. I like your avatar better than any others on here.
Expresses what this list is about. Cars, People and fun.
MikeCool

Mike I was born in 1957 the first house my parents bought was one block north of

Sierra Madre on Grand Ave. And just about everything you mentioned we did also.

It was a great place to grow up and I have fond memories of wearing my flat

bottom boots and running up to speed and then sking down the fire breaks.

How did we survive? GMR was one of the best mountian roads around but I think

it claimed at least one of all of our friends. It is not a road you want to turn your

back on. The last sunday of every month we would go to Knotts for chicken

with my Grandparents and Puddingstone was a place you went to fish, I hear

it is different now. Lou W and I had a good friend in common, just one more

reason why I am glad I found this club. Chances are I wouldn't know eather of

you, small world.

[So.Cal.914]

Amen. Talk to ya later Mike.

[Lou W]

I was forced to take dancing lessons at a house on Grand. It would have been very close to the house you grew up in.
Went one time and then lied to my Dad. Wish I had taken the lessons.
I really did like living there. Heck, what kid wouldn't?
Running in those boots got me laughing. Wife asked why. I told her you could get going pretty fast. Soon your feet couldn't keep up and the pebbles covering the fire breaks made you slip slide and before long you were headed face up, into the brush, stickers and all. Bicycles were only ridden by nuts. I did it one time. Pushing a bike up there was harder than riding down while screaming, look, got no hands. Few old mansions up at the top end of Grand. Still there? There was a boys military academy across the road and down a long driveway from the biggest one I can remember. Bill Gates couldn't afford it I hear.
Ever ride the irrigation ditch? On the North West side of Glendora, high up, there was an irrigation ditch and you could body surf all the way to the bottom, ALMOST. There was a gate near the bottom. Man that was fun until you slammed into the grate gate.
PE still run there? We were the end of the line, turntrack, when I lived there. Flares from a parked PE was common booty for us nuts. Poker with hubcaps for chips kept us busy.
I lived on Vista Bonita. Corner house, Vista Bonita and Carroll. Dan Faye was the Chief of Police. He got me for collecting his 4 poker chips. LOL

Well back to the future.
Been fun. Glad we met. BTW. I like your avatar better than any others on here.
Expresses what this list is about. Cars, People and fun.
MikeCool

Mike I was born in 1957 the first house my parents bought was one block north of

Sierra Madre on Grand Ave. And just about everything you mentioned we did also.

It was a great place to grow up and I have fond memories of wearing my flat

bottom boots and running up to speed and then sking down the fire breaks.

How did we survive? GMR was one of the best mountian roads around but I think

it claimed at least one of all of our friends. It is not a road you want to turn your

back on. The last sunday of every month we would go to Knotts for chicken

with my Grandparents and Puddingstone was a place you went to fish, I hear

it is different now. Lou W and I had a good friend in common, just one more

reason why I am glad I found this club. Chances are I wouldn't know eather of

you, small world.

Mrs. La Fetra (Rainbird) passed away a few years ago, her mansion is still there, so is the Singer Mansion, which was recently remodeled.

There were two Military Schools in Glendora, Brown Military Academy and Harding Military Academy, I went to Harding when I was in third grade (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) , the property is now owned by a church, most of the original buildings are still there, Brown closed down too, it was located next to St. Lucy's Catholic High School.

Glendora still has the small town charm, but politics are ugly...a developer wants to build a new Country Club in the hills, buy the current one and build houses on it, that really pissed off the homeowners that thought they were backing up to a Country Club. Houses are very expensive there now, my mom's condo 1380 sp. ft is worth $450,000.00.

I do miss Glendora....sure had lots of fun there.

[So.Cal.914]

[quote name='Lou W' date='Oct 13 2006, 10:15 PM' post='794294']

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Mrs. La Fetra (Rainbird) passed away a few years ago, her mansion is still there, so is the Singer Mansion, which was recently remodeled.

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I took ediquit lessons from Mrs. Lafetra, I went to lafetra school.
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There were two Military Schools in Glendora, Brown Military Academy and Harding Military Academy, I went to Harding when I was in third grade (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) , the property is now owned by a church, most of the original buildings are still there, Brown closed down too, it was located next to St. Lucy's Catholic High School.

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A friend of mine went to Harding, I was surprised, he was more screwed up than I was. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Glendora still has the small town charm, but politics are ugly...a developer wants to build a new Country Club in the hills, buy the current one and build houses on it, that really pissed off the homeowners that thought they were backing up to a Country Club. Houses are very expensive there now, my mom's condo 1380 sp. ft is worth $450,000.00.
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The first house my parents bought it Glendora was above Sierra Madre. They
paid 47,950.00 . Naah things havn't changed much.
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I do miss Glendora....sure had lots of fun there.

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I hear you Lou, had alot of good friends their, and better times.
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[Lou W]

There were two Military Schools in Glendora, Brown Military Academy and Harding Military Academy, I went to Harding when I was in third grade (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) , the property is now owned by a church, most of the original buildings are still there, Brown closed down too, it was located next to St. Lucy's Catholic High School.

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A friend of mine went to Harding, I was surprised, he was more screwed up than I was. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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I probably know him, I know a few too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

[So.Cal.914]

There were two Military Schools in Glendora, Brown Military Academy and Harding Military Academy, I went to Harding when I was in third grade (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) , the property is now owned by a church, most of the original buildings are still there, Brown closed down too, it was located next to St. Lucy's Catholic High School.

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A friend of mine went to Harding, I was surprised, he was more screwed up than I was. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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I probably know him, I know a few too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

If you knew him you will remember this name right away, Frank Argelander.

Changed his name to Landers.

[Lou W]

I remember Frank, he lived around the block from me, I new his sister Rosy. Why did he change his name? The last I had heard was that he was a body gaurd for Eric Estrada? was that true?

I knew Stuart Clemmens and Tom Mondock from Harding, Tom is no longer around.