I did speak to Gene Ohly.He may have done the machine work, but did not assemble it. If he did the motor it will have a four digit number stamped on the front. Something to look for.
Gene referred me to a good friend of Owen, who was Owen Orbit cams. He only did regrinds, however from the information I was given his cams really worked; he was also quite a character. Orbit came from Owens initials ORB and he started the business around the start of the space age, Orbit made sense.
From what I have gathered, his shop was in LA and more specifically the Watts area and was only a block or two away from Howard's Cams. I was told Owen won his class at the first NHRA national event in 1955. He also left money lying around the shop and if someone brought it up to him or left it alone they friends; if it disappeared they were allowed back. Unfortunately Owen passed away in 1997, but it sounds like his story would make a great book.
Sorry to ramble on, but part of what makes being an Inliner fun is the people involved and their stories.
