Terry Rea - Inducted 2005

Supporter

Terry was an early hotrodder, and joined the BCCCA in the mid-fifties. At the time he owned and drag-raced a 1934 Ford coupe at Abbotsford Air-port. Terry was also a member of the Dragons, of Burnaby, and the BC Hot Rod Association which he joined in 1957.

In 1956 Terry bought a chopped 1931 Ford roadster. The car had a modified Mercury flathead engine. Terry raced this car at Abbotsford, and showed it at the 1956 Pacific International Motorama.

Terry owes a chance meeting with Chuck Robinson as an early teen that has given him the passion for motor-sport that he still has today.

Following the closure of drag racing at Abbotsford Airport in 1957, Terry turned his motorsport interest to motorcycles. He competed at the in-door motorcycle races at the PNE Agridome.

He rode at Jolly Rogers Track in Seattle, and rode the final Death Head Derby in Tacoma.

Terry Rea, 2005

Terry Rea, dragging the Ford coupe at Abbotsford, 1955  (GVMPS Archives)

by Larry Braine - 2005

Between motorsport activities Terry found time for other sports and hobbies. He coached league winning hockey teams for years. Terry was also a member of the Thunderbird Fast Draw Club. He was World Amateur Champion in 1978.

Terry has been a lifetime supporter of both hotrod and motorcycle active-

ities. He is a lifetime member of the Royal City Rockets motorcycle club where he served as secretary. He was a member of the Royal City Sports Car Club, and contributed articles to their newsletter.

Terry is a founding member of the BC Coalition of Motorcyclists (BCOM) and The Association of Injured Motorcyclists (AIM) where he served as president for many years.

Terry helped resurrect the BCHRA in 1997, and has been a Director for two years. He has been a member of the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society since it was formed in 2001.

Terry has owned a variety of hotrods and motorcycles over the years. His current rides are a 1930 Ford Coupe with a 350 Chev engine and a 1993 Caprice Wagon which is lowered.

Terry is employed at Trev Deeley Motorcycles in Promotional Development.

The motorsport hobby has become a vocation.