I spent a couple of summers around 73-74 at my grandparents house in Carmi, (sp) Ill!! And grew up in N.W. Indy (born in 66 though...). At US 30 Dragstrip (Gary, Ind... "RIP" ) in the early 70's was when I learned what flake was. I remember a few funnycars at the Nats in 72 or 73 running flake jobs, of course I was only like 9 years old, but I LOVED cars at that age and picked up on alot of the details. I've been getting more and more requests for flake jobs, but most are scared of the big stuff and end up going with the "mini" flake...