Founding Members
Photo of an early club meeting held at Jerry Keppinger's home April 8, 1974.
First Row: Bud Graham, Dan Pullen, Dave Lecompte, Warren Sheppard, Cliff Joerg Second Row: Howard Dutoit, Jerry Keppinger, Gary Farrier, Tony Mills, Bill Sanders, Bob Pendergraft.
Back Row: Mel Meyers, John Stanton, Boyd Jensen, Doug Daggett, Dale Wheeler, and Gary Juran.
The Willamette Valley Street Rods has been in continuous existence since first established in 1970.
In the early days it was the Willamette Valley Street Rod Association (WVSRA) and we hosted a two day "rod run" at Silver Creek Falls Park where most camped overnight and enjoyed events like club hosted dinner and dancing, games, and poker runs while sharing stories about their cars, other rod runs, and new customizing ideas. Through the years the club dropped "Associaton" and added "Kustoms". We've since returned to our roots with our name.
