I'll never forget -- and have told the story many times -- about the '67 Camaro convertible that Mike's dad bought and paid a guy to drive out from Indianapolis where it had been one of only 200 Special Edition Camaros built as the official pace-car for the 1967 Indy 500. It was white with baby-blue interior and was the first car any of us ever rode in with 4-wheel disc brakes instead of drum brakes. That car was our "official cruise car" on Saturday nights up and down Colorado Blvd our Senior Year! Sure miss you, Mike!
Michael Ray McComb died July 3, 2003. We met in the eighth grade when Mike, his mom, stepdad and brothers and sister moved to Altadena from Indianapolis. Mike's first job was at one of his father's restaurants when he was about 12. His father owned a small chain of restaurants in the Indianapolis area called Teepee's. Mike and I became best friends through the rest of Jr. High at Eliot and we went on together to PHS. I can still recall summers in Jr. High when we'd spend a week at his grandmother's cabin in Arrowhead. After high school, Mike married his first wife Jean with whom he had, as I recall, four daughters. Mike now had a growing family and he went to work at Flintcote in Los Angeles operating a press that applied ink to linoleum. Needless to say we didn't see eachother as much after that. I went to PCC and Mike seemingly worked all the time. A couple of years later I moved to Long Beach and Mike, now separated from Jean, moved back to Indianapolis where he worked in construction. After having worked in Florida for six months, I stopped by Indianapolis on my way back to California in 1976, to spend a couple of days with Mike. We went to the Indy 500 museum and speedway together and just hung out for a couple of days. Mike was remarried and starting a new family with his second wife Margaret. They evendually had four sons together and moved to Corpus Christi where he got a job with Valero. Several years ago, I located Mike's brother John living in Phoenix. He said Mike had liver cancer. The family suspected it was from the toxic fumes from working at Flintcote in L.A. Mike is survived by his brothers, sisters and his wife, his eight children and four grandchildren, I still think about Mike from time to time. For those of you who knew him, you'd recall he had this kinda Steve McQueen cool about him. Me, I remember him as the guy who was the first to think and the last to speak. Sorry Mike..."How I Wish You Were Here". LM
Craig Harriman (Harriman)
I'll never forget -- and have told the story many times -- about the '67 Camaro convertible that Mike's dad bought and paid a guy to drive out from Indianapolis where it had been one of only 200 Special Edition Camaros built as the official pace-car for the 1967 Indy 500. It was white with baby-blue interior and was the first car any of us ever rode in with 4-wheel disc brakes instead of drum brakes. That car was our "official cruise car" on Saturday nights up and down Colorado Blvd our Senior Year! Sure miss you, Mike!
Larry Michaels
Michael Ray McComb died July 3, 2003. We met in the eighth grade when Mike, his mom, stepdad and brothers and sister moved to Altadena from Indianapolis. Mike's first job was at one of his father's restaurants when he was about 12. His father owned a small chain of restaurants in the Indianapolis area called Teepee's. Mike and I became best friends through the rest of Jr. High at Eliot and we went on together to PHS. I can still recall summers in Jr. High when we'd spend a week at his grandmother's cabin in Arrowhead. After high school, Mike married his first wife Jean with whom he had, as I recall, four daughters. Mike now had a growing family and he went to work at Flintcote in Los Angeles operating a press that applied ink to linoleum. Needless to say we didn't see eachother as much after that. I went to PCC and Mike seemingly worked all the time. A couple of years later I moved to Long Beach and Mike, now separated from Jean, moved back to Indianapolis where he worked in construction. After having worked in Florida for six months, I stopped by Indianapolis on my way back to California in 1976, to spend a couple of days with Mike. We went to the Indy 500 museum and speedway together and just hung out for a couple of days. Mike was remarried and starting a new family with his second wife Margaret. They evendually had four sons together and moved to Corpus Christi where he got a job with Valero. Several years ago, I located Mike's brother John living in Phoenix. He said Mike had liver cancer. The family suspected it was from the toxic fumes from working at Flintcote in L.A. Mike is survived by his brothers, sisters and his wife, his eight children and four grandchildren, I still think about Mike from time to time. For those of you who knew him, you'd recall he had this kinda Steve McQueen cool about him. Me, I remember him as the guy who was the first to think and the last to speak. Sorry Mike..."How I Wish You Were Here". LM