Rufus Boyd aka Brooklyn Heavy passes.

[Lynn A McCarty]

Originally Posted by cammer427

I think the guy you are you thinking of is Tab Talmadge, rather than Rufus Boyd (?). Is your friend Kurt Vogt? If so then you're thinking of a '65 A/FX 427 Cammer previously raced by Don Nicholson then purcahsed by Brooklyn street racer Tab Talmadge back in '69 which he raced on the street. The car eventually disappeared into the back of a Brooklyn storage garage where Vogt tracked it down then purchased from the owner (Talmadge had sold it to someone else by that time). I don't know of any other Cammer Mustangs in New York at the time but I'm sure there may have been. If this is the car you're thinking of, then I don't believe Brooklyn Heavy owned the car after Talmadge, at least I never heard that (and since Heavy went to jail in '75 or '76 for 25 years, it most likely wasn't him the car was purchased from, especially since the Feds took all but one or two of his cars in a raid). But anything is possible Is this the story you're thinking of?

I was told that story at Milan by Sonny Lipton?(I think I have that name right now passed) The Top Stock racer who used to drive for Herb Sr to all the National Events. Man he told some stories as a black man driving through the South in the late 60's and early 70's. He told some very difficult stories, but in such a remarkable way. Sonny drove the stocker and SSer Hemi as part of the team I think. I heard about Heavy's involvement in NYC it was simply amazing. So was Sonny's barbecue. I could have listened to those stories about Racing, Heavy, Sonny for days.

[Dan Bernay]

Tried to upload a photo of the Duster Heavy ran.
This is the car i remember at Connecticut Dragway.
Douleclick for larger image.

[Frito]

Originally Posted by Lynn A McCarty

I was told that story at Milan by Sonny Lipton?(I think I have that name right now passed) The Top Stock racer who used to drive for Herb Sr to all the National Events. Man he told some stories as a black man driving through the South in the late 60's and early 70's. He told some very difficult stories, but in such a remarkable way. Sonny drove the stocker and SSer Hemi as part of the team I think. I heard about Heavy's involvement in NYC it was simply amazing. So was Sonny's barbecue. I could have listened to those stories about Racing, Heavy, Sonny for days.

Sonny Shipman!