[Jeff Hail]

Does anyone remember a guy named Ron Harford? He was few years older than I and may have gone to school with someone here. He lived off Sunshine Terrace just east of Laurel. He ran a beater car for a couple of years. Ron worked for Dennis Davis at Europa Bicycles on Van Nuys Blvd late 70's early 80's.

Ron had this 68 Ford Squire Station Wagon that got T-boned hard in the center post. He never fixed it but drove it like that for probably 10 years. The frame was bent like a banana, the wagon dog tracked something wicked. I remember running into Ron on the hill in that wood grain and white Squire many times. The rear end looked like it was on casters when it went around turns. It just made people point and laugh.

Ron was into road bicycles (velodrome ) and would come down Laurel at 60-70 miles an hour doing the Ironman. He got clipped by a car once and got some pretty bad rash and few nights in a hospital bed. Healed and got back on to do it over again. Ron is the only person I know who rode Mulholland on a bicycle and could keep up with traffic. He would get in front of cars and not let them pass. He wouldn't slow you down it was him going fast enough on a bike that you didn't want to pass him. Being a racer I thought this was hilarious. Ron was the only one I ever knew who died up there. Early 90's I found out after loosing touch with him he got clipped again by a car and didn't make it.

Ron looked like Johnny Knoxville of Jackass. Maybe he reincarnated?