My Time With VooDoo Larry ...

I have been asked to write something about VooDoo Larry’s custom car, “VooDoo Sahara”. One doesn’t just start writing about the car. One has to start out talking about Larry. I have know Larry since he was known as Hep Cat back in 1996. In my town of Downers Grove, Illinois we have a regular Friday night car show all summer long. One night a low slung lead sled painted lime green driven by a young man with a pompadour cruised through town. This was my introduction to Larry Grobe who would become VooDoo Larry.

One Friday night maybe a few years later he showed up in a chopped 1949 Mercury. This was my introduction to flame throwing. I talked to Larry and we shot our first video together. I called it the Burning Hat video. This is from a break during the video shoot. That is Larry on the right, a fellow called Big Don in the middle with his girl friend.

“Burning Hat” Filmed at our house 1996

When Larry started playing bass in a Rockabilly band the video was reedited to include the band, Plan 9. In the flame throwing bit at the end of this video, Larry’s car is farthest from the camera.

1996 Rockabilly Monster ! Psychobilly ! Voodoo Larry

Larry Grobe is one of those guys who has to build stuff, usually cars. Besides building cars for other’s he has always built cars for himself.

A partial list of builds includes “Blue Tear Drop:, “VooDoo Kreeper”, “VooDoo Psychosis” and “VooDoo Idol”.

But the car we are most interested in here is “VooDoo Sahara”.

Pictured is Blue Teardrop.