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hi i am tom mason from ky i have been looking for 2 cars i used to own one is a 1969 buick gs 400 4spd no air i found it in fl but the car has lost its matching # so i passed the other was a 1974 laguna 454/4spd air i found it here in ky just about 20 miles from where i live now i followed the trial it s had a few owners was bought here in ky new a fellow work at GE plant in louisville then valtas hockenberry"a good friend"bought it from him he aslo worked at GE plant then a good friend of mine Keith bunch bought it from valtas and also bought my old car which was a 74 laguna 400/auto so Keith held the cars for a few years i just bought a new house and needed time to recover well Joe childress bought the laguna 454.4spd car form Keith then after a few more years Keith was killed in a motor cycle accident and i lost track of the car but i was asking local body shops in my area if they knew of a laguna that for sale and one said yeah right down the street and form then on life got a little better i keep in touch with the man and as of june of 2010 i bought the car paid way to much for the car but the car i was always meant to be mine i used to borrow this car from valtas and drive up & down preston hwy looking to run any body that showed and interest lol these where the good ole days way back when in my 20,s care free almost make a long story short i own the car now after so many years it was always meant to be i think my buddy Keith had some ting to do with all of this i miss you buddy hold a place for me i wont be that long

WELCOME! glad you got one of your babys back where is leitchfield?? my dad just built a house near peducah, ky and he was born and raised in dawson springs ive been up there a bunch of times nothing like cruising on them old backroads

Leitchfield is in SouthCentral KY, on I-65 (I should say on 31W) not far from Bowling Green. I used to pass thru there going to Beech Bend Park back in the 1960s when I used to drag race all the time. JB

alright i know where thats at

dawson springs and peducah is all the way on the west side of KY on that little point

77malibu77 wrote:WELCOME! glad you got one of your babys back where is leitchfield?? my dad just built a house near peducah, ky and he was born and raised in dawson springs ive been up there a bunch of times nothing like cruising on them old backroads

Spent 30 seconds on MapQuest for you..... About 150 miles apart..... It's spelled "Paducah"


http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Leitchfield&1s=KY&1y=US&1l=37.48&1g=-86.2939&1v=CITY&2c=Paducah&2s=KY&2y=US&2l=37.083302&2g=-88.599998&2v=CITY

lol theres like a flea market in hopkinsville if youve ever been there, my grandparents on my dads side work there =]

JB2wheeler wrote:Leitchfield is in SouthCentral KY, on I-65 (I should say on 31W) not far from Bowling Green. I used to pass thru there going to Beech Bend Park back in the 1960s when I used to drag race all the time. JB

hey there JB your almost a local to me i grew up in lou, used to run the streets on preston hwy way back when i relocated to the lake here nolin lake nice a quite here no more traffic jam,s ---- i get to lou, about once a month now visit old friends there and go out to eat and have a beer its dry here and much to choose from to eat

Welcome to another Bluegrass boy!

laguna454/4spd wrote:

JB2wheeler wrote:Leitchfield is in SouthCentral KY, on I-65 (I should say on 31W) not far from Bowling Green. I used to pass thru there going to Beech Bend Park back in the 1960s when I used to drag race all the time. JB

hey there JB your almost a local to me i grew up in lou, used to run the streets on preston hwy way back when i relocated to the lake here nolin lake nice a quite here no more traffic jam,s ---- i get to lou, about once a month now visit old friends there and go out to eat and have a beer its dry here and much to choose from to eat

I have lived in the Taylor Blvd area for most of my life. Dont get out much anymore. I say its because of old age, my daughter says its because I am lazy. Preston Highway is still a viable hot rodding area, all the way out to Bullit County. Probably the hottest area of the city. Of course if you like cars with sewing machine engines in them, go to the east end. Hey Road Captian, there are exceptions, LOL. JB

hey i passed through on the move here to bristol lol

JB2wheeler wrote:

laguna454/4spd wrote:

JB2wheeler wrote:Leitchfield is in SouthCentral KY, on I-65 (I should say on 31W) not far from Bowling Green. I used to pass thru there going to Beech Bend Park back in the 1960s when I used to drag race all the time. JB

hey there JB your almost a local to me i grew up in lou, used to run the streets on preston hwy way back when i relocated to the lake here nolin lake nice a quite here no more traffic jam,s ---- i get to lou, about once a month now visit old friends there and go out to eat and have a beer its dry here and much to choose from to eat

I have lived in the Taylor Blvd area for most of my life. Dont get out much anymore. I say its because of old age, my daughter says its because I am lazy. Preston Highway is still a viable hot rodding area, all the way out to Bullit County. Probably the hottest area of the city. Of course if you like cars with sewing machine engines in them, go to the east end. Hey Road Captian, there are exceptions, LOL. JB

Can't argue JB, lots of ricers out this way, but a few V8s still hanging in there!
My Parents and in-laws are from that area, dad grew up on Larchmont, mom on Sale and my in-laws on Homeview. Still have friends out that way. I hung out with Scott Toohey and his Dad (Bud) at the old shop on Central some. my grandad owned the old drugstore there at Taylor and Berry, Garden Acres Pharmacy. I grew up off of New Cut around the park, so my heart is still out South end way!!

Thats my old stomping grounds when I was in my middle teens. I wish I had a nickel for every time I drank a cherry Coke in Garden Acres. That was in the middle 1950s. My best buddy lived on Sale on the East side of Taylor and I went to the Methodist church on Clara. I live on the West side of Taylor across from Wyndotte Park about 6 blocks back. JB

that was the good ole days boys me and some friends are going to a run up befor this year is up billy wallace lindel hack mark vincent bryan kelty brain mair some still there old rides come out and join us we are thinking about cursing preston hwy towards bullit co, maybe stop here and there for a drink not much on the drink in jefferson co, ill post more when i find out more about it

I live in paducah WOOOOHOOO

badbiscayne66 wrote:I live in paducah WOOOOHOOO

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