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Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021

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To: FOT <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021
From: DENNIS DELAP via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:27:47 -0600
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> On Dec 31, 2020, at 2:56 PM, DENNIS DELAP <yellow-green@sbcglobal.net> wro=
te:
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> =EF=BB=BFI finally built one with steering- albeit backwards=F0=9F=98=8A
> <image0.jpeg>
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Dec 31, 2020, at 11:09 AM, Erik Jacobsen via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>=
 wrote:
>>>=20
>> =EF=BB=BF
>> A miracle any of us survived to adulthood!=20
>>=20
>> On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 10:58:34 AM CST, DAVE HOGYE via Fot <fot@=
autox.team.net> wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> In my freshman year of high school, a friend in took a washing machine ap=
art, had the water pump in his hand and thought it looked just like a turbo c=
harger.  We thought, why not attach it to a minibike engine.  Before attachi=
ng it to an engine, he somehow spun the pump up and another classmate though=
t he might put his finger in there.  The tip of his finger shot out of the o=
ther end and hit the ceiling.  We thought that was pretty funny.  I still do=
.  A pencil would have been a better idea.
>> Dave H.=20
>>> On 12/31/2020 6:12 AM fubog1 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> Ok so how many others used to get up extra early on trash pickup day and=
 scour the neighborhood for junk reel lawnmowers ?
>>> Glen
>>> =20
>>> -----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>=20
>>> Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:38 am=20
>>> Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021=20
>>>=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 t=
he lump.  I felt a big impact behind my right shoulder just before the engin=
e suddenly lost power.  I was damned lucky that the chunk with the magnet (w=
hich must have weighed 2 or 3 lbs.) bounced off the steel tubing supporting t=
he edge of the sheet metal seat pan, saving me from a serious injury.  I fou=
nd 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 r=
eel lawnmower when I was around that size or a little bigger. I discovered m=
y first speed mod: it went lots faster if you tied a string to the throttle a=
nd pulled it open past the governor. Turned out not for very long though, a b=
ig BANG clang-a-lang-a-lang after a few hot laps of the yard. My first motor=
ized device and the first engine I blew up. Ungrateful little hellion. Fortu=
nately 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@au=
tox.team.net> wrote:
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> Yes, yes, and yes.
>>> Glen Efinger
>>> =20
>>> ps- here's my picture in advance, the 1st racecar I ever built, my broth=
er John is driver.
>>> =20
>>> <glensfirstracecar.jpg>
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhon=
e</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Dec 31, 2020, at 2:=
56 PM, DENNIS DELAP &lt;yellow-green@sbcglobal.net&gt; wrote:<br><br></block=
quote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta http-e=
quiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">I finally built=
 one with steering- albeit backwards=F0=9F=98=8A<div>&lt;image0.jpeg&gt;</di=
v><br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><bl=
ockquote type=3D"cite">On Dec 31, 2020, at 11:09 AM, Erik Jacobsen via Fot &=
lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D=
"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div class=3D"ydp4db457b7yahoo-style-wrap" s=
tyle=3D"font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1=
6px;"><div></div>
        <div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">A miracle any of us survived t=
o adulthood!&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>
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        </div><div id=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yahoo_quoted_9547150452" class=3D"ydp33c=
d2ac5yahoo_quoted">
            <div style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sa=
ns-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
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                <div>
                    On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 10:58:34 AM CST, DAVE HO=
GYE via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:
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                <div><br></div>
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  <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;colo=
r:#333333;">
   <span style=3D"font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;">In my freshman year=
 of high school, a friend in took a washing machine apart, had the water pum=
p in his hand and thought it looked just like a turbo charger.&nbsp; We thou=
ght, why not attach it to a minibike engine.&nbsp; Before attaching it to an=
 engine, he somehow spun the pump up and another classmate thought he might p=
ut his finger in there.&nbsp; The tip of his finger shot out of the other en=
d and hit the ceiling.&nbsp; We thought that was pretty funny.&nbsp; I still=
 do.&nbsp; A pencil would have been a better idea.</span>
  </div>=20
  <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;colo=
r:#333333;">
   <span style=3D"font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;">Dave H.&nbsp;</span=
>
  </div>=20
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   <div>
    On 12/31/2020 6:12 AM fubog1 via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:
   </div>=20
   <div>
    &nbsp;
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   <div>
    &nbsp;
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   <div style=3D"color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, H=
elvetica, sans-serif;">
    <span style=3D"font-size:small;">Ok so how many others used to get up ex=
tra early on trash pickup day and scour the neighborhood for junk reel lawnm=
owers <img style=3D"vertical-align:text-bottom;" src=3D"https://s.aolcdn.com=
/cdn.webmail.aol.com/resources/core/images/emoji/wink.png" alt=3D"Wink" widt=
h=3D"25" height=3D"25" data-inlineimagemanipulating=3D"true" data-unique-ide=
ntifier=3D"">?</span>=20
    <div>
     <span style=3D"font-size:small;">Glen<br></span>
    </div>=20
    <div>
     &nbsp;
    </div>=20
    <div style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;">=

     -----Original Message-----
     <br>From: Duncan Charlton via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;
     <br>To: Gary Schneider &lt;garygret@sbcglobal.net&gt;
     <br>Cc: fot@autox.team.net &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;; fubog1 &lt;fubog=
1@aol.com&gt;
     <br>Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:38 am
     <br>Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021
     <br>
     <br>=20
     <div id=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774">=20
      <div>=20
       <div dir=3D"ltr">=20
        <div class=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail_default" style=3D"font-f=
amily:garamond, serif;font-size:large;">
         I discovered the same as Gary did with the Tecumseh engine on my Ru=
pp go-kart when I was 13 or 14.&nbsp; After about a year of this the flywhee=
l exploded, with the heavy magnet portion deciding to end its union with the=
 rest of the lump.&nbsp; I felt a big impact behind my right shoulder just b=
efore the engine suddenly lost power.&nbsp; I was damned lucky that the chun=
k with the magnet (which must have weighed 2 or 3 lbs.) bounced off the stee=
l tubing supporting the edge of the sheet metal seat pan,&nbsp;saving me fro=
m a serious&nbsp;injury.&nbsp; I found the piece about 30 feet away in the g=
rass.
        </div>=20
        <div class=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail_default" style=3D"font-f=
amily:garamond, serif;font-size:large;">
         &nbsp;
        </div>=20
        <div class=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail_default" style=3D"font-f=
amily:garamond, serif;font-size:large;">
         Duncan
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       </div>=20
       <br clear=3D"none">=20
       <div class=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail_quote">=20
        <div id=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774yqt91068" class=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv=
4208118774yqt4214094163">=20
         <div class=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">
          On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:39 PM Gary Schneider via Fot &lt;
          <a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; shape=3D"rect" rel=3D"nofoll=
ow" target=3D"_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:
         </div>=20
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          <div>=20
           <div style=3D"font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:=
16px;">=20
            <div>
             &nbsp;
            </div>=20
            <div dir=3D"ltr">
             Glen, that's great! My dad built me a go-kart out of plywood an=
d an old reel lawnmower when I was around that size or a little bigger. I di=
scovered 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 he=
llion. Fortunately there was no photographic evidence or body cams to captur=
e the guilty look.
            </div>=20
            <div dir=3D"ltr">
             &nbsp;
            </div>=20
            <div dir=3D"ltr">
             Gary Schneider
            </div>=20
            <div>
             &nbsp;
            </div>=20
           </div>=20
           <div id=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail-m_8148966529478457196ydp=
39ade3b9yahoo_quoted_9524702762">=20
            <div style=3D"font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size=
:13px;color:#26282a;">=20
             <div>
              On Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 9:13:16 AM CST, fubog1 via Fo=
t &lt;
              <a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; shape=3D"rect" rel=3D"no=
follow" target=3D"_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:
             </div>=20
             <div>
              &nbsp;
             </div>=20
             <div>
              &nbsp;
             </div>=20
             <div>=20
              <div id=3D"ydp33cd2ac5yiv4208118774gmail-m_8148966529478457196=
ydp39ade3b9yiv8850296029">=20
               <div>=20
                <div style=3D"color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:norm=
al;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial, H=
elvetica, sans-serif;">=20
                 <div>
                  <span style=3D"font-size:small;">Yes, yes, and yes.</span>=

                 </div>=20
                 <div>
                  <span style=3D"font-size:small;">Glen Efinger</span>
                 </div>=20
                 <div>
                  <span style=3D"font-size:small;">&nbsp;</span>
                 </div>=20
                 <div>
                  <span style=3D"font-size:small;">ps- here's my picture in a=
dvance, the 1st racecar I ever built, my brother John is driver.</span>
                 </div>=20
                 <div>
                  <span style=3D"font-size:small;">&nbsp;</span>
                 </div>=20
                 <div>=20
                  <div style=3D"float:none;" align=3D"left">
                   <div>&lt;glensfirstracecar.jpg&gt;</div>
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                   &nbsp;
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                  &nbsp;
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                  &nbsp;
                 </div>=20
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                   -
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