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Re: Bonneville

To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
Subject: Re: Bonneville
From: "Wester S. Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 15:12:03 -0600
Doug,
If you are coming from Connecticut, on I-80 in Nevada on the 14th, someone
is really sleepy!  Just make a quick U turn and go back to exit 4 in Utah.
Wes
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> From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com 
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net, johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us 
> Subject: Re: Bonneville 
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:50:40 -0400 
> 
>right now the bare car and chassis are being primed as we speak, this
>weekend the chassis and cage will be painted with imron, and then it will
>be a full thermonuclear thrash to assemble the entire car. we basically
>have engineered and built the entire car already and then tore it down to
>get painted, so its like a big erector set now and it should be possible to
>have it ready. right now the engine and trans are at 90%, we're just
>running into alot of little problems like wrong parts shipped to us, oil
>pan modifications to clear our new oil pump, fixing the rectifier plates in
>my welder that just shit the bed, etc, etc. , but i'm sure either darrell
>or i will be driving at 3am on I-80 through nevada on the morning of august
>14th while the other is wiring the mag and tach with a flashlight inside
>the car being towed on the trailer !!! - its gonna be close, our only
>problem now is scrounging enough money from underneath our sofa cusions and
>ashtrays for alky and nitro, plus were getting sick of eating cans of
>spaghettios to pay for this project, but hey it'll all be worth it when the
>car screams over the horizon at bonneville-hopefully !!!
>
>good luck to all getting ready, i'm sure you will need it too-
>
>doug ferguson
>black radon engineering
>groton, ct
>
>
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