That woke me up. My kinda thinkin. All them
little brit cars were born to have big V-8s. I
mean, Cunningham, Shelby, and Allard all knew big
V-8s were better than little 4s in little sports
cars. Keith, you don't plan on running a little
four in your new sprite do you?
tsk tsk
DJ
--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> A TD with a Hemi ..... Hmmm works for me.... I
> hope the Concours show guys
> roll over in thier collective Graves at that
> one....
>
> K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
> To: <kturk@ala.net>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <Want1937hd@aol.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:11 PM
> Subject: New Member on the list
>
>
> > Keith, list : We have a new member on
> the list, but he hasn' t
> checked
> > in yet . He is a friend of mine named Bob
> Swanson, and lives here in CT,
> > like your engine guru Dave and myself . I
> met Bob while he was restoring
> > an early 60s dragster that was a local
> runner, and he still is working on
> > another old local dragstrip terror : an MG-TD
> that had an early blown
> > Chrysler hemi in it ! We would all stop
> working on our cars when that
> > thing would come to the line .....it was
> known as " The U.S. Mule " and
> > was a SUPER crowd pleaser ! Bob has a bunch
> of other cool toys, some
> > with only two wheels, as you might guess by
> his handle :
> >
> want1937hd@aol.com
> > Bob is somewhere around the half
> century mark in summers he
> > has seen, I think, and I have been bugging
> him for a few months to get on
> > our list . He said your New Year' s Day
> email about the list and lurkers
> > convinced him to join in the fun . I think
> he already met Joe Timney and
> > Dirty Doug when they came to a traditional
> hot rod show in East Hartford
> > last summer . I think Bob can add some items
> of interest from his
> > auto experiences and love of the old stuff
> must of us are hooked on
> .......
> > Now it' s up to
> you, Bob !
> > Bruce, at the other end of this too
> darned COLD state
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* Dick J *
* (In East Texas) *
* # 729 *
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