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  Jerry 'Tyrone' Malone was a truck driver who found fame with his custom diesel show and race trucks. He made a name for himself when he was touring the country charging people to see a whale that he transported in a trailer, the whale's was named Little Irvy.  Jerry Malone had a fleet of custom trucks that toured with him, one day a spectator asked him other then looking cool, what else does the truck do?  Do? Jerry said, what it was intended to do, look good.   After that brief encounter, Jerry's wheels were turning and thought if he built a truck that put on a show, he could charge people to see it in action. What he ended up building was the Super Boss Kenworth. This 1974 Kenworth was famous throughout the 1970's.  It was so popular that it was still touring well into the 1980's.  The Super Boss was part of a touring custom truck show, it featured customized Big Rig hauling trucks as well as few racing semis like this one. Jerry Malone was considered t...

      This 1969 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet gained notoriety on the West Coast drag-racing circuit under sponsorship from Chuck Foulger, the former Ford Racing director from Monrovia, California. It was driven by Lucy Below and known as 'Lucy's Larceny'.   At Fremont Dragway it set the SS/HA class record, it ran mid 11s at 126.45 mph. The car was then retired after racing only three short years in Division 7 . Then it was sold and went through a few owners. It was featured in all the popular drag racing magazines during the 1970s.     The car was well known at the time because of its unique paint scheme, refrigerator white on the passenger side with a bright blue racing stripe outlining the fender, door and quarter panel. On the driver side the complete opposite with bright blue paint and a bright white stripe down the flanks.  The car’s distinctive paint scheme was Foulger’s idea, he reasoned that media coverage would give the impression there were tw...