Bob Beckert

68hemiss · 12-14-2009, 12:48 AM

Does anyone know if Bob Beckert is still around? I am trying to find some info on an old S/S car he might have owned back in the 70's. I belive that he was out of the Philadelphia area?
Thanks,
Mark J

Mark Yacavone · 12-14-2009, 01:04 AM

Go to the HAMB forum, Junior Stock thread. Plenty of old timers there from that part of the country.

Gary Chomiski · 12-14-2009, 04:03 PM

If it's the Bob Beckert I know he was from Winnipeg,Mb,Canada.He owned John Hagan's 65 hemi super stocker. He later moved to Indianapolis to run an engine manufacturing plant. Hope this helps.

Mark Yacavone · 12-14-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 68hemiss

Does anyone know if Bob Beckert is still around? I am trying to find some info on an old S/S car he might have owned back in the 70's. I belive that he was out of the Philadelphia area?
Thanks,
Mark J

Was the S/S car an Oldsmobile?
That would be the Philly Bob Beckert.

Mopar Steve · 12-14-2009, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary Chomiski

If it's the Bob Beckert I know he was from Winnipeg,Mb,Canada.He owned John Hagan's 65 hemi super stocker. He later moved to Indianapolis to run an engine manufacturing plant. Hope this helps.

You're thinking of Bob Bueckert.

Dago Red · 12-15-2009, 02:37 AM

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Does anyone know if Bob Beckert is still around? I am trying to find some info on an old S/S car he might have owned back in the 70's. I belive that he was out of the Philadelphia area?
Thanks,
Mark J

I remember the car. It was a root beer brown SS/OA (350/auto?). Not a single decal on it. Bob was very quiet, but not unsocialble. The only visible race item on the car was the Fenton wheels. Even the white lettering on the tires was mounted inside! Back when an enclosed trailer was a show stopper, Bob flat towed the Olds along the Pennsylvania Turnpike with a mid sixties Ford Galaxie four door. Many Super Stock racers dreaded seeing that car roll through the gate.

12-14-2009, 12:48 AM	#1
68hemiss Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 167 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Bob Beckert Does anyone know if Bob Beckert is still around? I am trying to find some info on an old S/S car he might have owned back in the 70's. I belive that he was out of the Philadelphia area? Thanks, Mark J

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,809 Likes: 2,900 Liked 5,113 Times in 1,948 Posts	Re: Bob Beckert Go to the HAMB forum, Junior Stock thread. Plenty of old timers there from that part of the country. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

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Gary Chomiski Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 7 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Bob Beckert If it's the Bob Beckert I know he was from Winnipeg,Mb,Canada.He owned John Hagan's 65 hemi super stocker. He later moved to Indianapolis to run an engine manufacturing plant. Hope this helps.