Bobby Roades Obituary

[G.B. (All Vinyl Dragon)]

Club Members,
 I am sad to report the Passing of Bobby Roades . He was a Active Member in this & other Clubs.

Bobby  Roades
( May 23, 1928 - October 13, 2017 )
The services Celebrating and Honoring the life of Bobby E. Roades, 89, of Waukomis will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 17, 2017 in the Waukomis Cemetery Chapel with Pastor Bud Laubach officiating. Military honors will be conducted by the National Guard. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home

http://www.brown-cummings.com/obituary/bobby-roades

[joefrazer]

While many over the years have swapped V8 engines into their Kaisers, Bobby’s was the first I’d ever seen that looked like it belonged in the car. His workmanship was second to none and the two cars I saw of his ran great.

He will be missed.

[HJ-ETEX]

The car Bobby was most well known for was a 54 Manhattan with a 350/TH400. He drove that to a number of meets. The last meet I saw him at, he had a a HJ with a Buick V6. I was was quite interested because I built a HJ Buick V6 for my brother some 15 years earlier. Bobby was having problems getting a strong enough rearend with a decent ratio. He tried a big Kaiser (Dana 44) rearend, but it was too wide. The last I heard, he gave up trying to have the same bolt pattern all around and put in a S10 rearend.

He also had a history with Studebakers. He told me he drove from Enid down to Houston for a job on the Gulf Freeway in a Stude R truck which is about 550 miles and I would bet the truck was just a basic 169 flathead/3 speed. Robby Markmann reminded me that Bobby said he made enough money from the job to buy a new Kaiser.

[jake]

I drop bye to meet him in 2010.. He had very nice cars.. The only thing I did not do is take pictures..

What year did he host a meet? I have a picture of it but no year on it..

[G.B. (All Vinyl Dragon)]

Going over K F Pictures.
Got the Date of May 24,25,26,1991. Robby Markman mentioned the Date on another Post.
Thanks Robby, the tip helps.
We had a very good turnout representing all of Our K F Products.
 Local A A C A Geronimo Club had local area mix of Antique Vehicles.