Got the reply from Kas:
"I think I said that when talking about the Vitesse we were going to run in
the Trans-am and someone remarked about how ugly it was. You know, when you
really don't care what people think you can say whatever comes to mind."
and,
"I think we built the car in 1971 and raced in the "under" class in 1972.
The car was know as the "Candy Box" and is still be raced in the ancient
cars events. With some success I might add. I think we ran it about four or
five times. I will attach a picture of the car from Road America."
I have the b/w photo he sent if anyone wants. It won't go through the
team.net server, of course.
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
To: ".Triumph List" <fot@autox.team.net>; "Kent Gittings"
<bigplanetexec@msn.com>; "Jack Marr" <jmarr@txol.net>
Cc: "W2W" <wheeltowheel@wheeltowheel.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: Fast Pigs
> Now ya done it, Jack. I'm gonna have to take this over to the Friends of
> Triumph list and ask him. Kas is on it.
>
> Hey, Kas -- the discussion on Wheel to Wheel is on the quote in the
message
> below (Jack was replying to my original message).
>
> What others have determined is the original probably came from a couple of
> lines in "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck, in a discussion by two
characters
> about making the best of what you have:
> "You can't make a racehorse of a pig," said Adam.
> "No," said Samuel, "but you can make a very fast pig."
>
> The quote below also was purported by someone else as having come from
Herb
> Adams in reference to the Bob Tullius Pontiac Tempest (the Gray Ghost).
So,
> is this something you picked up and ran with, sometime pre-Akin or
> pre-Adams? Would you recall an occasion?
>
> [Ah, the items of importance that crop up during the off-season] :-)
>
> --Rocky Entriken
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Marr" <jmarr@txol.net>
> To: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>; "Kent Gittings"
> <bigplanetexec@msn.com>
> Cc: "W2W" <wheeltowheel@wheeltowheel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 5:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Equal pigs (was Re: CART Flagging)
>
>
> > Kas Kastner said it many years before Akin.
> >
> > > The exact quote I have, which is attributed to Akin on race car prep,
is
> > > "You can't make a race horse out of a pig ... but if you work at it
hard
> > > enough you can make a mighty fast pig."
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