Bruce,
Good grief!! I thought it was difficult when Bryan Savage and I ran that
first liner with me being in Tucson with the car and Bryan in San Jose with
the engine. You guys have set new standards of doing it the hard way.
Looking forward to seeing you at Bonneville this year baring some unforseen
surprise. I have decided that my folks did not tell me the whole story
about the golden years. I have noticed a few things popping up that are very
distracting that were not mentioned.
Tucson has been over 100 most days but here in the Chiricahua Mts. our high
has been 93. Tons of butterflies( some of which landed in the bright red
paint when I did the air scoop).
Howard
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From: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
To: <nafzger@vtc.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: latest project ....... the intake manifold
> Hi Howard, Darrell ( my youngest son ) is the man behind the helmet
> there, and he was probably at Dave Zappertini' s welding and fabrication
> shop in San Rafael ( Dave's grandfather founded the business in the 20s )
> Dave owns the A Fuel digger, and Darrell told me recently he might
> start driving it this year , although he really wants to get his own
nostalgia
> front engine Top Fuel car soon . Darrell and I both do not have TIG
welders
> at our shops, which is why Douglas ( my oldest boy ) did all the Tig
welding
> of the many parts & pieces we fabricated for Black Radon here in
Connecticut,
> about 2900 miles from the car !!! Doug & I cut and fit the headers in
> California, he tacked them with MIG, and we sent them back here where
> Doug did all the finish welding with Heliarc ...... then BACK OUT to
> the Bay Area, where Darrell had them coated, and they really look
> great ...... I will forward a pic of them to you ( can' t recall IF I did
> already ..... that SENIOR memory thing ! )and ,also, a copy of the
> email that I sent to the list after I got home from Speedweek last
> August .......
> Darrell has a connection with Lincoln, so his forthcoming Tig
> machine will almost certainly be one of theirs ...... Doug has
> Linde & Miller machines, and my stick welder ( don' t use it a
> whole lot nowadays ) is a Westinghouse AC machine I bought when
> I was dragging in the early 60s ..... my MIG is a small Lincoln, great
> for body work and light jobs . Our altered got a four page spread
> with 12 pics in the new issue of Gearhead Magazine, which is sort
> of an offbeat / music / racecar youth mag ...... but the same issue
> has a nice article on World of Speed 2000, and mentions Wes and
> Keith and his Girly Camaro, among others . It has a maroon chopped
> Merc on the cover, and it isn't found on all the newstands, for sure !
> The Tower Records chain carries it, though ...... so several of my
> friends on both coasts have informed me .....
> Thanks for your reply ..... and please be advised that watching
> the video of you running your liner on the Salt, and announcing the
> speed as it climbed way up there, was a strong factor in charging all
> three of us up to go ahead with the plan to convert the old family
> heirloom into a saltracer ! It helped to fan the Flame !
> We watched that segment over and over ...... until even my wife
> asked us if that was all of the tape we were going to watch !
> Enjoy your shop time ...... two months to go !
> Bruce
> perfect weather here ......
> just too much blasted pollen !
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