Little Hoss Story

[1stGenFan]

I am one of the previous caretakers of the Fred Gibb Chevrolet 1967 Z28 known as "Little Hoss". I met Helen Gibb at the 1st Fred Gibb Memorial Car Show in 1999.

I put together a history of the car for Helen, around 2002, using her personal dealership archives. Most of the articles are from either the local paper, the Quill, or the AHRA weekly publication DragWorld. The pictures are from Helen Gibb, and the Fred Gibb Chevrolet Race Cars Album. Enjoy! Ken Boje

[1stGenFan]

Continued story. Helen was pleased when Lane Automotive selected Little Hoss as one of the 1967 Camaro models they made in the early 2000's. I worked with Lane Automotive with the details required to make an exact rendition of Little Hoss when 1st run in 1967.

A funny story about page 10 of the story. Helen said Herb Fox lost her Mink stole when he red-lighted at the World Finals in Kansas City in October 1968 during the semi's. The page of the Banquet shows the winner of the stole, Mrs. James Bowman. About 35 years later, when Herb launched Little Hoss with me riding shotgun at the 2002(?) Super Car reunion in St. Louis, he red-lighted again! His last 2 time running Little Hoss.

[AnthonyS]

pretty cool!

[dykstra]

WOW! Thank you for posting!! Incredible history!!

[SS427]

Fantastic job Ken. We know you have put in many years of time, money and effort into the history of the Gibb family and Little Hoss. Thank you for that!

[copo-2]

I agree that Ken has been a true asset of knowledge in the past history and to share this with many who are interested in their involvement with high performance Chevrolets.

[RPOLS3]

Wow - how cool is this!

[Mr70]

Thank you for sharing these photos and memories with us.

[1stGenFan]

When Helen and I first met, she said this was their "fun" car. They ran Little Hoss from June 1967 through October 1968. She commented how after winning on almost all weekends during this time, the mood at the dealership was light and easy. When the ZL1 arrived, the competitiveness of the scene and the move to Super Stock increased the seriousness of the efforts. It was not as much fun, with a more business type approach.

This is the 1st World Record won by Herb Fox driving Little Hoss. I obtained all of the original World Records from Helen Gibb when I owned the car, she gifted them to me. She insisted they remain with the car, and they do.

The picture within this post, was received from Dennis Cumby when I owned Little Hoss. He found it in a school report when attending a local school function. I believe this picture was taken during the 1st record setting. I want to thank him for being so supportive of my efforts when I was involved with the many events, I attended regarding the Fred Gibb memorial car shows.

The technical inspection sheet was given to me by Jerry Burford, of LaHarpe. If you notice the class is FS/X, and I think this was also completed during the 1st record run. Jerry grew up in LaHarpe, worked at Fred Gibb Chevrolet, and still resides there. He helped immensely with my maintenance efforts to keep Little Hoss drivable. I was able to run the car down at least 4 of the tracks from the 1967-1968 season. Beardstown, Wentzville, St. Louis and Kansas City International.