And just a bit more, ... the Studebaker coupe that Courtney Hizer would
provide engines for was out of Vancouver, WA and had been running on the
salt since 1958-9. About Desert Storm time, it was undergoing a complete
re-working to freshen it up by Gary Vail. Still has registration decals
from every year on the windshield. Tomoka Brady built the V-6 engine they
ran in the car. Now she just does induction systems. Somebody on the list
will know about Geisler, the third name on the car at that time.
Wes
on 4/13/01 1:59 AM, Keith Turk at kturk@ala.net wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: "Rose & Terry Hunt" <hunt@Kuentos.guam.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 3:58 AM
> Subject: How we got here
>
>
>> Interesting story Terry.... How we got here is interesting. A bit of my
>> story was in Hot Rod.... what it didn't include was Brad and I hanging out
>> on a wall in Saudi Arabia talking for days... then weeks... and Months on
>> end about What it takes to go Two Bills on the salt.... We got Magazines
> in
>> the Mail from Home and would pour over anything on the salt....
>>
>> I remember two cars from those articles in particular.... Courtney Hizer
> out
>> of Rome Ga. and of course this little Coupe.... called the Tom Thumb
>> special.... something about running little motors and Hauling butt....
> Here
>> was a guy doing something I could do!!! I don't think in my wildest
> dreams
>> I would have believed that Tom Bryant and I would one day be friends and
> the
>> Pierson Bros coupe would be famous...
>>
>> The amazing part of that story is that Tom's car was just one picture in
>> someone's coverage of Speedweek....
>>
>> Keith
>> ----- Original Message -----
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