--- The "Greeks" new Fuller car told by Fred Vosk ---
This is one my on and off painting partner from the 60's - 'Don Staats' told me.....
It was about 1965 or so ... and I had headed north to start a ( Custom Painting ) shop up here
( Seattle ) ... Don stayed in LA a little longer before he came up too - and got a job at Shelbys' on the Inglewood Airport painting SnakeRoadsters ... Don would sneek in a digger to paint in his spare time and the cowboy didn't mind - in fact he thought it was kinda neat - so he did this car for Karamesines while he was there - Silver flake with a lot of candy blue fading - ChiZler on the nose in silver - bita Greek Olive branch artwork here and there -- mighta been Chris's first Fuller? ( I think the Greek ran the car for quite a while ) Anyway - here's the story that Staats told me ...
When the paint was done, Karamesines and a bunch of guys showed up with the car on a trailer - ready to run except for the body - which they installed ... Then they grabbed Statts and all piled into this big Chrysler they were towing with -- a couple of bottles of Whiskey appear and are being passed around .. Suddenly they are at the locked front gate of a drag strip - Staats thought San Fernando ... but wasn't sure, it's a Wendsday and nobody is around. Somebody has a key and they drive in. By then it's raining, ( drizzling ), so they stay in the Chrysler and more whiskey appears ... About the time the latest bottles are empty ... Karamesines sticks his hand out the window and says "ain't raining"! so they unload the car and get it ready - by the time their ready to go it's drizzling again - but Karamesines is in the 'go' mode ... so they push down and fire the thing up. By now the track is starting to get kinda wet ... the Greek comes around to the starting line - and takes off down the strip ... smokin' em real good! The car is sorta 'fishtailing' more and more as it goes down the track - a little past half track the rears fishtail off the edge into the dirt ... all of a sudden the tire smoke turns into this big 'Roostertail' of dirt and rocks! He stays on it - and it fishtails back onto the track ... the cloud of dirt turns back into tire smoke and he drives it through the lights, ( or where the lights would be if they were set up ) ... Staats said it was wilder then 'Ascot' ... best driving he ever saw ... When they got down to the other end in the Chrysler - Karamesines was sitting up on the roll bar - laughing !!! More whiskey appeared ...............
The Girls had fun Too !! by Ron O'Donnell
Marion and Maynards wife whose name escapes me now, decided to show the top fuel guys that they could go fast too, and took their beautiful new Chrysler 300s and raced them from the far end of the track at Oswego. By the time they got close to the starting line, they were flying and with no parachutes to stop they totaled both beautiful cars, luckily no one was hurt, hence the end of their racing careers.
