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Re: clean and fast....Jim bickford?

To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: clean and fast....Jim bickford?
From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:56:49 -0500
Nice dig about the D/GCC record holder. Wait till you see it this year.

JB

At 08:45 PM 3/17/99 -0800, Keith Turk wrote:
>I was talking to a long time Bonneville guy today... and he was passing
>along advice... which I was of course taking notes on.... and he had the
>most wonderful thing to say about Jim Bickford... I thought I would take a
>second to pass along the Comment.....
>
>We were talking about the cleanliness and race worthiness issue...
>I.E...... there are guys who bring works of art but don't go fast... sure
>they look good but they don't work... then there are guys who's cars arn't
>as pretty ... but these guys run like Stink... See  D CCPE record... for
>living proof.... 
>
>anyway this fellow was saying what a wonderful operation Jim Bickford
>ran... and how his scooters or cars where always beautiful... and they ran
>like stink....
>
>My point is that I believe I heard about the most sincere compliment anyone
>could hope to hear... and Jim wasn't even around... thought I would pass it
>on via the list
>
>See Jim someone was paying attention and you didn't even know it....
>
>Keith Turk 
>Austin Healey 100  /  Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
>Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
>



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