The San Diego Roadster Club Photo Collection

El Cajon Blvd. 1935. An early gow job. The photo was taken seven years before the club was founded. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Another photo of the gow job taken at El Cajon Blvd. 1935. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

The original eight founding members proudly displaying their new uniforms and patches in 1941. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Tiny Tyler wearing a shirt with the club patch on. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

The lakes 1942. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Otto Crocker at a Muroc SCTA timing stand in 1942. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

A photo taken at Harpers Dry Lake in 1942. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Charlie McMahon and Bozzie Willis in a gow job. Bozzie and Charlie were in the U.S. Marines, stationed at North Island in San Diego. They worked in the motor pool and had access to all the fuel, workshop and tools they wanted. They both built and drove several hot rods during the war and both were avid dry lakes racers and founding members of the SDRC. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

A photo of Bozzie Willis with his gow job taken in 1944. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Another photo of Bozzie Willis with his gow job taken in 1944. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Bozzie Willis with the Frank Kurtis built Bill Hughes' Roadster in 1944. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Another photo of the Bill Hughes' Roadster taken in 1944. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Bozzie Willis with his full house A V8. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

Charlie McMahon's A V8. Tiny Tyler is standing on the driver's side of the car. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

The gang striking a pose during a Palomar mountain road trip. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

McMahon's gow job photographed at Harpers Dry Lake in 1946. Running a 1941 Ford V-8 engine and 2 carburetors the car ran 113 MPH. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Roadster Club.

The San Diego Roadster Club is a hot rod club from San Diego, California. It was founded by eight like-minded individuals in 1941. Friends that wanted to run their roadsters at the dry lakes of Southern California. 78 years later the club is still active. In 2019 membership was limited to people who genuinely wanted to participate in the sport of land speed racing and who genuinely wanted to participate in the sport of land speed racing. The club has a great archive of members' cars and people spanning back to the founding days of the club that they have been kind enough to share with Kustomrama, so follow this page for a run down memory lane with the historic San Diego Roadster Club.