Prowlers Lifetime Members
Bob McCoy
On October 7, 2012 the Prowlers hosted a Reunion Luncheon the day following our annual Picnic at Red Tracton’s Restaurant in Solona Beach. We inducted three more of our old members into Life Member status. They are Bob McCoy, Marty Moore and Bob Stewart.
To the left is new Prowler Life Member Bob McCoy who was an open wheel racer on the southland oval tracks and the lakes in the early days. Now Bob is a famous artist capturing the thrill and danger of those early days of hotrodding in his signature cartoon style.
Prowlers Bob Stewart and Bob McCoyBob Stewart with Bob McCoy at the Reunion luncheon September 2012. See biographies for both of these guys on our History page.
Prowlers Lifetime Members
Pete Morrow
I raced the ’29 at Paradise Mesa dragstrip with the Prowlers…a real blast!
I enjoyed riding my pearl purple ’53 Triumph motorbike to the Prowler meetings wearing my Prowler jacket. You have to understand in the 50’s there was a (usually) unspoken rivalry between motorcyclists and hot rodders. So naturally riding my motorcycle to a meeting wearing my club jacket instead of driving the roadster was an “offense” and the Sgt at Arms would fine me. I was never one to follow rules so paying the fines was OK.
One day I replaced the flatty with a 283 Chevy crate motor. The members all had Chrysler and Dodge hemis and Caddy engines were shocked and called my car a ‘metal Corvette’. That was not good…they hated Corvettes then.
The ’29 A went on to be one of the cover cars on the Dec 1959 issue of Hot Rod and the June 1960 issue of Car Craft. The Chevy engine was “cutting edge” then. Not anymore…duh!
It has since been improved with flames and zoomies!
The next couple decades were filled with wives, lovely daughters, beach parties, Prowler picnics and car shows. There was a Nomad, a Jag and a Mustang ragtop but I really missed having a real hot rod. Lee Bright bugged me for years until I found my current 327 powered 1926 T roadster and became an active Prowler again in the 1990s. Since then Bobbie and I have been to many shows and picnics and have many, many happy miles enjoying this roadster and making people smile when they see our fun ride.
Prowlers Lifetime Members
Ace Carnahan
Ace was our last living Charter Member. He was voted Life Member in 2019 and passed away in August 2020.
Prowlers Lifetime Members
Fred Castro
From time to time, the San Diego Prowlers celebrate the accomplishments of a truly outstanding member who is not ‘Active’. We call this special acknowledgement our Life Member status. Fred was the first Prowler to be recognized this way.
Fred was an active member of the San Diego Prowlers Hot Rod club for many decades. He was always a positive influence on the club and its individual members. We presented Fred with a plaque as Life Member #1 some years back. Unfortunately Fred passed away but his memory and his contributions to the club live on.
On October 7, 2012 the Prowlers hosted a Reunion Luncheon the day following our annual Picnic at Red Tracton’s Restaurant in Solona Beach. We inducted three more of our old members into Life Member status. They are Bob McCoy, Marty Moore and Bob Stewart.
Bob Stewart with Bob McCoy at the Reunion luncheon September 2012. See biographies for both of these guys on our History page..
Andy Beckech
Andy is still an active member. See information there.
Swede Sommer
Swede is still an Active member. Please view his biography there.
Bob Smith
Bob Smith is still an Active Member. Please read his biography and see pictures there.
Bob Wolin
Ken Polesky
Ken is still an Active Member. Please view his bio and pictures there.
