The Quad Cities only website for those who spent their youthful weekends cruising "The Ones"
in Davenport, Rock Island and "The Avenue" in Moline,Il. while listening to The Big #1 KSTT 1170
on their a.m. radio.
Check your old car value here
Where did you get your Hot Rod parts? Da-Mar Nelsons L&M Speed Strums Lohse
This Hot Rodders fun is just beginning when the Snow Flies!
This Snow Monster appeared in Bakersfield, Ca. at the Good Guys Car Show about two years ago. A
picture was taken of the sign next to the machine, this is what was on the sign. Note: the spelling Snow
Monster owner/builder Lars Eric Lindberg, Sweden. The climate in Sweden is too bad for driving Hot
Rods during the winter. To combine the two favorite hobbies snowmobiling and Hot rodding this creation
came out of the Lindberg family workshop. Its basically a Ford model-T Hot Rod, converted for snow conditions.
Most likely the only one built. Specifications: Frame: Volvo Duett Frontend: Super Bell axle
4 drop, turned upside down. Special manufactured ski's Engine: Chevrolet 454, Littelfield 8:71 blower,
2 x Holly 750 DP carbeurators. 550-600 horsepower Gearbox:Chevrolet TH 350 automatic Rear axle:
Volvo 240, maximum narrowed. Transmission:Driveshafts from Lynx, snowmobile. Special manufactured
chaindrive and axle between the tracks.Special manufactured tunnels for the tracks.Boggies and suspension
and tracks from Arctic Cat snowmobile. Brake: Special manufactured disc brake with volvo caliper.
Body: Ford 1923 fiberglass replica. Fueltank from Moon. Anodized aluminum interior Paint: Graphics by
Ray Hill Time to build: 3.1/2 months.
2010 Rod and Custom show at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island. The event is scheduled for January
22, 23 & 24th. This year the show will open Friday at 1:00 p.m. til 10:00 p.m. Present your military
I.D. and get in free! Saturday hours are 10:00 a.m. til 10:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. til 3:00 p.m.
Call Outdoor Productions at 309-799-7469
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Tune in to AM 1170 playing your favorite oldies from the 50's, 60's and 70's
Radio station KSTT was a large part of the lives of baby boomers in the Quad Cities years ago. KSTT
AM 1170 was on the air from 1946 until the late 80's. The station was located on east river drive in
Davenport, across from Hostess Bakeries. The studio had a large window in the northwest corner where
listeners could watch their favorite on air jock spin records. KSTT was "The Big #1", rated the #1 station
in the Quad Cities for over 3 decades. No one else even came close during their record run at the top.
. People who listened to the station would remember such jocks as Spike O'Dell, Lou Gutenberger, Lee
Shannon, Jay Gregory, Mark Stevens, Bobby Rich, Ruth and Fred, and Jim O'Hara, each of them spinning
top 40 hits in their own style. Booty Bottles, Top 40 surveys, Chicken Man and Big Red were also part
of "the station you've grown up with". KSTT listeners participated in many on air contests, calling in
on the Ruth and Fred show, calling in song requests, and phoning in news tips. KSTT sponsored hootenannys
and hops, ballgames, Good Guy a Go Go dances, picnics, and had listeners search for "Bootie Bottles,
filled with gift certificates, and keys to motorcycles. Quad City area seviceman had tapes sent to
them in Vietnam. Dick Orkins famous "Chickenman show and Toothfairy episodes were heard daily. As fm
radio began to gain popularity in the seventies, KSTT's audience began to shrink. People were now listening
to KIIK 104 fm. by the eighties, KSTT was simulcasting with its sister station WXLP fm 97X. By 1992 they
had switched their call letters to KJOC and had become an all sports talk station. The KSTT building
at 1111 East river drive is now a law firm. But out of respect for the radio station, it is named KSTT
Place. The interior still has the KSTT station memorabilia hanging on the walls. The picture window the
jocks spun records in is still there. Former KSTT newsman Jim Orr summed it up "The radio station was
a really special thing. We've been a lot of places. But nothing compares to KSTT."
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