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Thankfully no one was injured and the house didn=E2=80=99t burn to the =
ground but I must say I began laughing at the 8 foot tall vapor fire and =
didn=E2=80=99t stop until the end. I wanted a go kart so bad but it =
never happened. There was a neighbor kid who mounted an engine on a =
wagon however and that thing would fly once he got it rolling. No issues =
with the hills around my Pittsburgh neighborhood either.
I agree Rick=E2=80=99s story is the best so far.
JVV
From: Scott Meredith via Fot=20
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 6:34 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net=20
Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021
Rick M.=20
You win!
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick McCurdy via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: Phil Gott <vfracing@aol.com>
Cc: Friends Of Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 2:26 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021
One Christmas (i might have been about 12 or 13 in =E2=80=9869 or =
=E2=80=9870), I asked for a go kart. Santa thought he would be just cool =
enough and I got a go kart frame. No engine. Some time later, the old =
Reo reel to reel mower gave up its motor for the cause. Of course, my =
folks would not let me ride the kart on the road, so it got beaten =
around the lawn and one day, I noticed the fuel line below the =
cylindrical brass tank leaking so I decided to repair it myself.=20
With a propane torch and some solder... rookie mistake.
=20
Needless to say, it didn=E2=80=99t go well. Just as I touched the =
offending leak with the torch, the tank lit up like a flame thrower, =
blowing a jet of fire about 8 feet straight up out of the vent hole. =
After a bit of =E2=80=98Holey crap!=E2=80=99 hyperventilating, I ran =
around to the back porch where my parents were enjoying a relaxing =
libation at the end of a fine summer day and I tried, without being too =
specific or panicky, to get my dad to come out front and help me with =
events unfolding at the entrance to the garage. Mom must have sensed =
some urgency and suggested Fred go out front and see what was the fuss =
(he was also nursing a back pain issue at the moment, and was somewhat =
reluctant to get out of his reclined position).
He did, and when we rounded the corner the flames were licking at the =
soffit. With eyebrows raised, he grabbed the kart and dragged it out to =
the lawn from under the house and frantically looked around for =
something to smother the fire. The green Astro turf carpet on the front =
porch proved to be the only thing within reach and he threw it over the =
kart and stepped back. Almost immediately, a hole appeared as the tank =
torched the rug. Then the top blew off and it was over. I don=E2=80=99t =
recall ever finding the top, but I did learn a thing or two about =
compression fittings that day. You don=E2=80=99t need to solder them to =
stop a leak.
Afterward, dad was pretty mellow about that, all things considered. I =
never heard about it again from him. But you know, I=E2=80=99d have =
never learned that lesson if the Kart came with an engine...
Rick McCurdy
Newburgh, NY
On Dec 31, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Phil Gott via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
=EF=BB=BF
Wish I had a picture of my go kart back in the day. Came with a very =
tired West Bend 2-stroke engine. Pretty Hot. But I got my hands on a =
Honda Super 90 motorcycle engine and 4 (or was it 5?) speed =
transmission. Cobbled it together. Went like crazy until the motor =
mounts bent and the chain wrapped around the sprocket. My first-ever =
spin......
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 31, 2020, at 12:57 PM, fubog1 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
=EF=BB=BF=20
Great stuff here gang, keep it up!
I was gonna tell of my twin briggs & stratton engine kart, but it =
pales compared to some of these stories...!
Glen
-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Jacobsen via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: fubog1 <fubog1@aol.com>; fubog1 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>; =
garygret@sbcglobal.net <garygret@sbcglobal.net>; DAVE HOGYE =
<dlhogye@comcast.net>
Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 12:03 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021
A miracle any of us survived to adulthood!=20
On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 10:58:34 AM CST, DAVE HOGYE via Fot =
<fot@autox.team.net> wrote:=20
In my freshman year of high school, a friend in took a washing machine =
apart, had the water pump in his hand and thought it looked just like a =
turbo charger. We thought, why not attach it to a minibike engine. =
Before attaching it to an engine, he somehow spun the pump up and =
another classmate thought he might put his finger in there. The tip of =
his finger shot out of the other end and hit the ceiling. We thought =
that was pretty funny. I still do. A pencil would have been a better =
idea.=20
Dave H.=20
On 12/31/2020 6:12 AM fubog1 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:=20
Ok so how many others used to get up extra early on trash pickup day =
and scour the neighborhood for junk reel lawnmowers ?=20
Glen
-----Original Message-----=20
From: Duncan Charlton via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>=20
To: Gary Schneider <garygret@sbcglobal.net>=20
Cc: fot@autox.team.net <fot@autox.team.net>; fubog1 <fubog1@aol.com> =
Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:38 am=20
Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021=20
I discovered the same as Gary did with the Tecumseh engine on my =
Rupp go-kart when I was 13 or 14. After about a year of this the =
flywheel exploded, with the heavy magnet portion deciding to end its =
union with the rest of the lump. I felt a big impact behind my right =
shoulder just before the engine suddenly lost power. I was damned lucky =
that the chunk with the magnet (which must have weighed 2 or 3 lbs.) =
bounced off the steel tubing supporting the edge of the sheet metal seat =
pan, saving me from a serious injury. I found the piece about 30 feet =
away in the grass.=20
Duncan=20
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:39 PM Gary Schneider via Fot < =
fot@autox.team.net> wrote:=20
Glen, that's great! My dad built me a go-kart out of plywood and =
an old reel lawnmower when I was around that size or a little bigger. I =
discovered my first speed mod: it went lots faster if you tied a string =
to the throttle and pulled it open past the governor. Turned out not for =
very long though, a big BANG clang-a-lang-a-lang after a few hot laps of =
the yard. My first motorized device and the first engine I blew up. =
Ungrateful little hellion. Fortunately there was no photographic =
evidence or body cams to capture the guilty look.=20
Gary Schneider=20
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 9:13:16 AM CST, fubog1 via Fot < =
fot@autox.team.net> wrote:=20
Yes, yes, and yes.=20
Glen Efinger=20
ps- here's my picture in advance, the 1st racecar I ever built, my =
brother John is driver.=20
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<DIV>Thankfully no one was injured and the house didn=E2=80=99t burn to =
the ground but I=20
must say I began laughing at the 8 foot tall vapor fire and =
didn=E2=80=99t stop until=20
the end. I wanted a go kart so bad but it never happened. There was a =
neighbor=20
kid who mounted an engine on a wagon however and that thing would fly =
once he=20
got it rolling. No issues with the hills around my Pittsburgh =
neighborhood=20
either.</DIV>
<DIV>I agree Rick=E2=80=99s story is the best so far.</DIV>
<DIV>JVV</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A =
title=3Dfot@autox.team.net>Scott=20
Meredith via Fot</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 31, 2020 6:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dfot@autox.team.net>fot@autox.team.net</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT=20
2021</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>You win!</DIV>
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<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: =
black">-----Original=20
Message-----<BR>From: Rick McCurdy via Fot =
<fot@autox.team.net><BR>To:=20
Phil Gott <vfracing@aol.com><BR>Cc: Friends Of Triumph=20
<fot@autox.team.net><BR>Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 2:26 =
pm<BR>Subject: Re:=20
[Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021<BR><BR>
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<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
font-stretch: normal">One=20
Christmas (i might have been about 12 or 13 in =E2=80=9869 or =
=E2=80=9870), I asked for a go=20
kart. Santa thought he would be just cool enough and I got a go kart =
frame. No=20
engine. Some time later, the old Reo reel to reel mower gave up its =
motor for=20
the cause. Of course, my folks would not let me ride the kart on the =
road, so it=20
got beaten around the lawn and one day, I noticed the fuel line below =
the=20
cylindrical brass tank leaking so I decided to repair it myself. </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
font-stretch: normal">With=20
a propane torch and some solder... rookie mistake.</DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; font-stretch: normal">=20
</DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
font-stretch: normal">Needless=20
to say, it didn=E2=80=99t go well. Just as I touched the offending leak =
with the torch,=20
the tank lit up like a flame thrower, blowing a jet of fire about 8 feet =
straight up out of the vent hole. After a bit of =E2=80=98Holey =
crap!=E2=80=99 hyperventilating,=20
I ran around to the back porch where my parents were enjoying a relaxing =
libation at the end of a fine summer day and I tried, without being too =
specific=20
or panicky, to get my dad to come out front and help me with events =
unfolding at=20
the entrance to the garage. Mom must have sensed some urgency and =
suggested Fred=20
go out front and see what was the fuss (he was also nursing a back pain =
issue at=20
the moment, and was somewhat reluctant to get out of his reclined=20
position).</DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
font-stretch: normal">He=20
did, and when we rounded the corner the flames were licking at the =
soffit. With=20
eyebrows raised, he grabbed the kart and dragged it out to the lawn from =
under=20
the house and frantically looked around for something to smother the =
fire. The=20
green Astro turf carpet on the front porch proved to be the only thing =
within=20
reach and he threw it over the kart and stepped back. Almost =
immediately, a hole=20
appeared as the tank torched the rug. Then the top blew off and it was =
over. I=20
don=E2=80=99t recall ever finding the top, but I did learn a thing or =
two about=20
compression fittings that day. You don=E2=80=99t need to solder them to =
stop a=20
leak.</DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; font-stretch: normal"> </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
font-stretch: normal">Afterward,=20
dad was pretty mellow about that, all things considered. I never heard =
about it=20
again from him. But you know, I=E2=80=99d have never learned that lesson =
if the Kart=20
came with an engine...</DIV>
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font-stretch: normal"> </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
font-stretch: normal">Rick=20
McCurdy</DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
font-stretch: normal">Newburgh,=20
NY</DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr>
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497yqtfd70003 class=3Dyiv5815554497yqt2616983997><BR =
clear=3Dnone>
<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">On Dec 31, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Phil Gott via Fot =
<fot@autox.team.net> wrote:<BR clear=3Dnone><BR=20
clear=3Dnone></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497yqtfd34362 class=3Dyiv5815554497yqt2616983997>
<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">
<DIV dir=3Dltr>=EF=BB=BF</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497yqtfd93635 =
class=3Dyiv5815554497yqt2616983997></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497yqtfd21926 =
class=3Dyiv5815554497yqt2616983997>Wish I had a=20
picture of my go kart back in the day. Came with a very tired West Bend =
2-stroke=20
engine. Pretty Hot. But I got my hands on a Honda Super 90 motorcycle =
engine and=20
4 (or was it 5?) speed transmission. Cobbled it together. Went like =
crazy until=20
the motor mounts bent and the chain wrapped around the sprocket. My =
first-ever=20
spin......<BR clear=3Dnone><BR clear=3Dnone>
<DIV dir=3Dltr>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr><BR clear=3Dnone>
<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">On Dec 31, 2020, at 12:57 PM, fubog1 via Fot=20
<fot@autox.team.net> wrote:<BR clear=3Dnone><BR=20
clear=3Dnone></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">
<DIV dir=3Dltr>=EF=BB=BF=20
<DIV style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT: 10pt arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Great stuff here gang, keep it up!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I was gonna tell of my twin briggs & stratton =
engine=20
kart, but it pales compared to some of these stories...!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Glen</FONT><BR clear=3Dnone></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica; COLOR: =
black">-----Original=20
Message-----<BR clear=3Dnone>From: Erik Jacobsen via Fot=20
<fot@autox.team.net><BR clear=3Dnone>To: fubog1 =
<fubog1@aol.com>;=20
fubog1 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>; garygret@sbcglobal.net=20
<garygret@sbcglobal.net>; DAVE HOGYE =
<dlhogye@comcast.net><BR=20
clear=3Dnone>Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 12:03 pm<BR clear=3Dnone>Subject: =
Re: [Fot]=20
25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021<BR clear=3Dnone><BR clear=3Dnone>
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497>
<DIV>
<DIV class=3Dyiv5815554497ydp4db457b7yahoo-style-wrap=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica neue, helvetica, =
arial, sans-serif">
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr>A miracle any of us survived to adulthood! </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497ydp33cd2ac5yahoo_quoted_9547150452=20
class=3Dyiv5815554497ydp33cd2ac5yahoo_quoted>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, =
arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #26282a">
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497yqt09570 class=3Dyiv5815554497yqt4030666934>
<DIV>On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 10:58:34 AM CST, DAVE HOGYE via =
Fot=20
<fot@autox.team.net> wrote: </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774>
<DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; =
COLOR: #333333"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica">In my freshman year =
of high=20
school, a friend in took a washing machine apart, had the water pump =
in his=20
hand and thought it looked just like a turbo charger. We =
thought, why=20
not attach it to a minibike engine. Before attaching it to an =
engine, he=20
somehow spun the pump up and another classmate thought he might put =
his finger=20
in there. The tip of his finger shot out of the other end and =
hit the=20
ceiling. We thought that was pretty funny. I still =
do. A=20
pencil would have been a better idea.</SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; =
COLOR: #333333"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica">Dave H. =
</SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite">
<DIV>On 12/31/2020 6:12 AM fubog1 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:=20
</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; =
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; font-stretch: normal"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small">Ok so how many others used to get up =
extra early on=20
trash pickup day and scour the neighborhood for junk reel lawnmowers =
<IMG=20
style=3D"VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-bottom" alt=3DWink=20
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<DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small">Glen<BR =
clear=3Dnone></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica; COLOR: =
black">-----Original=20
Message----- <BR clear=3Dnone>From: Duncan Charlton via Fot=20
<fot@autox.team.net> <BR clear=3Dnone>To: Gary Schneider=20
<garygret@sbcglobal.net> <BR clear=3Dnone>Cc: =
fot@autox.team.net=20
<fot@autox.team.net>; fubog1 <fubog1@aol.com> <BR=20
clear=3Dnone>Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:38 am <BR =
clear=3Dnone>Subject: Re: [Fot]=20
25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021 <BR clear=3Dnone><BR clear=3Dnone>
<DIV id=3Dyiv5815554497ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774>
<DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr>
<DIV class=3Dyiv5815554497ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail_default=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: large; FONT-FAMILY: garamond, serif">I =
discovered the same=20
as Gary did with the Tecumseh engine on my Rupp go-kart when I was =
13 or=20
14. After about a year of this the flywheel exploded, with the =
heavy=20
magnet portion deciding to end its union with the rest of the =
lump. I=20
felt a big impact behind my right shoulder just before the engine =
suddenly=20
lost power. I was damned lucky that the chunk with the magnet =
(which=20
must have weighed 2 or 3 lbs.) bounced off the steel tubing =
supporting the=20
edge of the sheet metal seat pan, saving me from a serious =
injury. I=20
found the piece about 30 feet away in the grass. </DIV>
<DIV class=3Dyiv5815554497ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail_default=20
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<DIV dir=3Dltr>Glen, that's great! My dad built me a go-kart out =
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I discovered my first speed mod: it went lots faster if you tied a =
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to the throttle and pulled it open past the governor. Turned out =
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very long though, a big BANG clang-a-lang-a-lang after a few hot =
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the yard. My first motorized device and the first engine I blew =
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Ungrateful little hellion. Fortunately there was no photographic =
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