Ken Jensen:  

Here is a quick life re-cap for any of you "fellow classmates" that give a darn... as we know in High School I did not and I'm sure it was obvious. I was only concerned with myself and my needs... Cars, Bikes, "Partying" & Girls..... LOVED my time riding in the Mojave Desert... & Racing at Saddle Back Park (RIP), L.A. County Raceway (RIP), Irwindale (RIP), Ascot Park (RIP) & Best of all OCIR! (RIP) I went to work at "Dependable Auto Repair" in late '74 (with a name like that you just know....) down the Blvd & across the street from "Dial Chevrolet" (RIP)... I moved out middle of my senior year & not long after graduation I tried my hand at my own business in a rented shop on Whittier blvd, behind "Hacienda Motors" (RIP), just down the street from "Stick City" (RIP)... and "Street Rods" (RIP)... but that only lasted about 6 months... Went to work for Tommy Baker (RIP) - "Baker Automotive", Paramount in 1976 working on Hot Rods... Thank You Tommy for seeing what this young kid (19) had to offer. My dad told me all that Hot Rodding & Racing would ever do for me was spend my money and hurt or maim me one day.... Still Racing and making a living at "Hot Rodding" today! Ha, Ha Dad!! (RIP) Moved north in 1979 and spent 3yrs running a small town automotive machine shop before taking over the management of a production engine rebuilder in Stockton in 1982. I opened "Holiday Engine & Machine" in 1987 on King Island in Stockton but my 1995 divorce led to closing my doors. I machined engines for Tony Pascoe's "Sebring West Auto Center" in Fresno from 1995 thru 2000... (See Tony's Jobber Handout in my pix) Great guy, Xlnt job but I had "other ideas"... Just before my Mom died in Jan 2001 & my first ...Expand for more