Webster did a lot of stuff but I don't have any idea what PLN had in the
car.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Warner <bwarner@mediaone.net>
To: R. Kastner <kaskas@earthlink.net>
Cc: <GRMTim@aol.com>; <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: racing Vitesses
> Right you are, Kas. When I bought the TR-6 from T. Ciccone, it had a
Datsun
> shift knob on the gear selector shaft......I guess this was the one
concession
> to Bob Sharp. By the way, who did the special gearboxes for that car? I
heard
> Marv Webster, but I thought he only did Climax engines. Bill
>
> "R. Kastner" wrote:
>
> > At that time John Caldwell was doing the engines for PLN and I sent them
a
> > special Camshaft for which Newman (always a good guy) came down and
bought
> > me lunch on his birthday after winning the Nat'ls.. It was very cool
that
> > in a much later years I was running the Nissan factory stuff and Paul
was
> > again in the group and much a part of our running of good guys. Good
racer
> > and a very very nice man.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bill Warner <bwarner@mediaone.net>
> > To: <GRMTim@aol.com>
> > Cc: <mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 7:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: racing Vitesses
> >
> > > Don't know when PLN would have run the JK Jackson car. The third
Group 44
> > car
> > > which I have, was the old Paul Newman car and when I purchased it over
11
> > years
> > > ago, it was still in the silver and black livery that Newman ran
(under
> > Sean
> > > Smith Racing). Sean Smith was the son of PLN's personal secretary.
After
> > the
> > > car left Group 44, PLN had the car completely revamped at Bob Cuneo's
shop
> > > (Chassis Dynamics) in Connecticut where it received a heavier roll bar
and
> > > internals cage (something an agent would want for his racing client),
coil
> > > overs, and some stiffening.
> > > Additionally, it had some special gear box with heavy duty
straight-cut
> > gears,
> > > which neither Lanky Foushee or the late Brian Fuerstenau recognized.
As
> > far
> > > as I can determine, this is the only TR-6 driven by PLN and I have all
the
> > log
> > > books to document it. Bill Warner
> > >
> > > GRMTim@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 8/20/00 10:46:47 PM, mlcooknj@bellatlantic.net
> > writes:
> > > >
> > > > << Now we need to find Paul Newman's 2.5 PI. >>
> > > >
> > > > JK Jackson has a TR6 that he swears was run by Paul Newman. I don't
know
> > if
> > > > it was fuel injected.
> > > > Tim Suddard/Grassroots Motorsports
> > >
> > >
>
>
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