Chris,
You are a devoted Ford guy...a son named "Lincoln"!!!
Hope to see you 'on the salt' next year!
joe
Chris R Harris wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> To: "Chris R Harris" <yesford@clear.net.nz>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 3:38 PM
> Subject: Bonneville
>
> > Chris
> >
> > Can you give us an update on your Roadster project. When do you think you
> > might come back to Bonneville?
> >
> > John
>
> John & list,
> I'll kill 2 birds with this message, firstlly
> Chris Harris born in 49 making me 51. Fourth generation farming family on
> the east coast of NZ's north island. Left school at 17 and began working for
> family the next year. Married at 23 to Lesley and have 2 kids now 27 and 23.
> Bought my own property in 1971 as a total write-off block, 5,000 acres of
> rough, steep scrub covered land and spent the next 23 years developing into
> an economic unit.
>
> Have had a total passion for Hot Rodding since a 10 year old. No idea where
> the seed came from as no family or friends knew anything about it. Like the
> challenging concept of taking a past its best piece of machinary and
> updating it to a point of beating allcomers, a personal ego trip also I
> guess. A very biased, devout Ford fan, rods have included 23 and 27 T's, two
> 32,3 window coupes and my current 32 C/GR. Other toys have been 46 Ford
> sedan, 56 F100, K code 66 Mustang, 69 Boss 302 Mustang, De Tomaso Pantera.
> Having an extensive workshop for maintaining our farming and earth-moving
> equipment ideal for rod building when time allowed.
>
> Following accident at Bonneville in 88 with 27 T, C/STR retired from farming
> and bought a share in local dragstrip Thunderpark Dragway, that I had helped
> develop when owned initially by the rod club I was a member of.
> Built my present roadster in 97 and ran at the 50th Speedweek in 98 with a
> partner who provided fuel burning small block Chevy and drove. All sorts of
> engine trouble, best of 191.
> Currently vice president of the New Zealand Hot Rod Assn as well as do some
> automotive journalism and tech articles.
>
> Will be back for Speedweek next year 2001. Are 75% through building and
> installing a 370 Ford with electronic injection for gas. Son Lincoln will
> drive.
> This list is the BEST !
>
> Chris Harris New Zealand.
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