[sdbob]

I liked the writing on the back of his 63 Wagon. I wonder who came up with this saying?

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by sdbob

I liked the writing on the back of his 63 Wagon. I wonder who came up with this saying?

When we built and campaigned our authorized replica of the Mrs. B's Grocery Getter wagon, we researched the various paint schemes and lettering on the car. It was common back in those days to change the lettering on a regular basis as sponsors were added and deleted. Lettering was changed even to reflect current events and promote specific races/events. We chose to feature the "Here Ye, Here Ye" swipe at Mopar because we loved it as well. That saying on the tailgate came about according to Arnie because at almost EVERY event where the wagon was raced and didn't suffer transaxle breakage, it would win! It had a slight weight advantage over the Mopars, but the magic was the rear transaxle and superior traction that added weight provided. When the little Tempest didn't shell the teeth off the tiny 7" ring gear in the final drive, the car was very hard to beat. Arnie said it was rare that the Tempest could go to an event and run more than 7-8 passes without killing the final drive gears. He said they could change them out in about an hour.

That saying on the wagon tailgate was the result of the Grocery Getter being protested and torn down at almost every event. Arnie was sick and tired of it. The cry baby Mopar guys had to be pretty embarrassed when that homely "Grocery Getter" wagon left them in the dust. A beautiful site to me, not so much for the "Big, Bad Mopars". Arnie put that saying on the tailgate after a Mopar racer just couldn't take getting beat again and sucker punched Arnie while confronting him at the back of the wagon in the pits. From that time on, the saying appeared on the tailgate. Now you know the rest of the story.

BTW, I have photos of the Grocery Getter with at least 5 different and unique lettering schemes, many quite different from each other. I even have a pic of the car at the track with "body in white", no lettering at all, when he first got the car.

[sdbob]

In my teens I grew up with mopar guys telling me Pontiacs dont run,junk,etc etc. So I've been tainted. Thank you for the story. When I first read that writing on the back I laughed. I tried following Arnie in the early 60s by magazine articles. I find those little stories very interesting. I talked to Jim Mino about the other makes crying.Whrn he ran those early muscle car events.i said they are probably cheating so you
have to be cheating to beat them. Also the roundy round 69 GTO with the RAV in it,winning those BB chevie did not like that they even tried wreck him one night I was watching.