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07-17-2024, 04:00 AM
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George Poteet, hot rodder, land speed racer
Great collector, had a lot of builds commissioned over the years.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/reme...odding-legend/ 
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07-17-2024, 05:43 AM
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Hot rodding and land speed racing lost a great ambassador…..
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07-17-2024, 11:49 AM
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He was a tremendous asset to the hobby, to say nothing for being one helluva nice guy. Tracey and I had spent a little time with him years ago. A class act for sure.
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07-17-2024, 12:07 PM
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I know he commissioned several cars by Troy Trepanier too. As others have said, hot rodding has lost an ambassador.
Godspeed Mr. Poteet.
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Dave Dykstra 1968 Camaro Palomino Ivory/Ivy Gold interior -Delivered to Courtesy Chevrolet, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Corvette Grand Sport 60th Anniversary Edition Arctic White/Diamond Blue interior -Delivered to Bill Jacobs Chevrolet, Joliet, IL NCRS#66003 “One test result is worth one thousand expert opinions”—Werner Von Braun Dykstra Motorsports
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07-17-2024, 12:35 PM
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Condolences to his family.
75 is way too soon to leave this life.
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Mitch 1970 Chevelle SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Camaro ss/rs 1938 Business coupe, street rod 2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles
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07-17-2024, 01:14 PM
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RIP sir.
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#8
07-17-2024, 01:50 PM
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Really nice guy. George was a huge supporter of everyone in the car hobby. He loved going on Good-guys tours and would often be driving a brand new build. He constantly had multiple cars being built at different shops around the country. He had a couple break downs on tours on new builds and after that you might see one of his builds being driven on the tour by the builder to make sure it was road worthy but in reality he liked the builder to have fun along with him. He would post tour stops at his family farm in Mississippi and feed everyone. I don't know of anyone that supported the car hobby more than George. He had quite the life. Rest in Peace George.
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169indy (07-19-2024), dykstra (07-17-2024), napa68 (07-18-2024), olredalert (07-17-2024), RPOLS3 (07-17-2024), Tenney (07-18-2024), Too Many Projects (07-17-2024) | ||
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#9
07-18-2024, 01:20 AM
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Last time I seen George he seemed a little slower than his usual self. I sold him a couple cars a few years back one was a 56 chevy business coupe 240 horse. He told me then his first kiss and first date was in a 56 chevy so he had a soft spot for them. He made a very fair offer for the car that wasn't for sale so I sold him the car only to buy them both back a couple years later. He was quite the hot rodder, I am very sorry to hear that he has passed.
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07-18-2024, 04:12 PM
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He drove a stock 56 on a couple tours. No seat belts.......
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