I wanted to start a new thread because we were hig jackin another thread with our walk down Concords memory lane... I did participate in the famed N----- Nationals in Pittsburg, that's what the brothers would call it not just everyone else, not even an 1/8 mile, there was a place across the street/HWY 4, that had a skid pad we would go do burn outs, donuts & autocross type ****... I worked at Monument Auto Supply for a couple of Summers as a youngster, at the performance counter, machine shop helper & stock boy at a couple of there stores in Concord & Antioch.... Sounds like you & I probably crossed common paths many times... My buddies back then included Jim Cyr, Jeff Boggs, Rob Duarte, Scott Holman, Roland Merman, Rob Meyers, Eric Barrado all were Mopar & Chevy/GM guys most of us had both brands of some sort at that time, and many, many more friends especially on Friday & Saturday cruise nights, in Walnut Creek, Concord, Antioch & Fairfield, sometimes Sacramento or Modesto even, we always had some were to street race after the cruises... I do remember Martinez Auto Dismantlers very well, they ended up with a few of my cars, not intentionally, because my mother, had someone take or towed off when I was gone on a racing trip, she said to "thin the heard or she would" & she did... I was able to get a few things back but not all of it, 2 Chargers a 68 & 69, a 68 & 70 RR, a 69 Barracuda, my step dads 64 GTO, the Chargers had a full trunks with all my race motor stuff,you name it, it was in there, a couple of the RR's had all my racing transmission stuff, 4spds, clutches, Torque converters, flywheels & auto trans parts, I got most of the stuff back but some of the stuff was taken & not returned, my step father Bob was extremely P-Oed at my mother {I remember that huge yelling & screaming fight they had, one for the ages} for have someone hauling off a bunch of our parts & cars, we listened to "her warnings" after that for sure... Concord was my home for most my youth except 10th-12th grade, I don't miss the bay area traffic for sure, but I do miss a bunch of the car guys I lost contact with most all of them now, I'm not sure how many are still in that area, it would be cool to look up some & do a reunion party of sorts...