> How long will it take for the grin to fade on your face?
Gimme a couple of seasons.
Dana
> Leno is on the board of directors for McPherson College's automotive
> restoration school. His "curator" of his car collection was going to come
> to see the replica of the Ab Jenkins '34 Pierce Arrow V12 run this
weekend.
> They did a lot of work on that car at McPherson. Then the rains came!
Wes
on 9/21/02 6:13 PM, Dana Goulston at dana@goulston.net wrote:
> OK, I still can't believe this but ...
>
> I just got off the phone with Jay Leno! No s**t!
>
> About 3 weeks ago, I sent him an e-mail through the Popular Mechanics
> web-site asking them to pass on my message. I asked if he would be
> interested in either partnering or working out a deal where he and I would
> go racing at Bonneville on his helicopter engine motorcycle (I was hoping
I
> would drive).
>
> I figured it would at least be fun to ask, and maybe I could weasel myself
> into the red-hat club.
>
> A few minutes ago, the phone rang ... "Hello Dana", "Yes" I said. "It's
Jay
> Leno" the voice on the other end of the phone said."
>
> "Hmmmm", I thought. Then I remembered I had sent him an e-mail, and I
> stopped to listen to hear if it sounded like him. After a minute I
realized
> it was him, and I kept pointing to the phone looking at my wife and
jumping
> up and down like a loony mouthing "It's Jay Leno! It's Jay Leno!"
>
> Anyway, he was REALLY nice! and said he has a few other friends who race
(or
> go to) Bonneville (I wonder who ...), and they have already mentioned it,
> and that he was really too busy working on all his other toys to go racing
> (I heard wrenching in the background). I asked him how fast he thought it
> would go given unlimited distance. He said it's gone 233. He also said he
> had chewed up lots of tranny's (including a VW one ??), and he was working
> on a fluid-coupling system to handle the torque.
>
> The conversation lasted about 7 minutes, but it seemed way too short.
>
> Just think, it could have been a voice message.
>
> I guess I'll have to earn my red hat the hard way. Drat.
>
> What a great guy, to call up an average Joe! My hat's off to you Jay.
>
> Dana the average Joe.
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