----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas W. Rudy <dougrudy@patentit.com>
To: 'Wm. Severin Thompson' <wsthompson@thicko.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 4:40 PM
Subject: RE: what's wrong with this picture???
> Well I'm speaking up. Won't be able to attend as I'll be in Traverse
City...
> in the Healey... at my daughter's wedding. (You're all invited.) Uh, not
> good enough excuse, how about no motor in car! Uh, any Thickos in
Scottsdale
> that can help me get this POS in shape and on the track. Need some of that
> good ol' "lets get together and get it done tonight" spirit that we had
> thirty years ago and the Thickos have now. Anybody here that retired from
> Ford (uh, any Kar Kraft or Transmission and Chassis people that worked on
> the Tope cars? Know that is a long shot!) and have time on their hands.
>
> The season is starting here, get your fully sorted hardware down here and
> get desert racin'. Nothing like sitting on the pre-grid in full Nomex when
> its 110 in the shade and the starter is holdin' up five fingers.
>
> BTW, I was the guy in Grand Rapids that the Thicko (sorry that I forgot
your
> name!) with the off-white Porsche gave the drink cooler to. Actually that
> cooler went to Vancover in the team trailer where one team car crashed
> (totalled...sort of)and the other had the same gremlens that surfaced at
GR.
> Hum, maybe we should pass that cooler on to another...it worked for the
> Porsche pilot...he made the podium with the Hooters girls after giving the
> cooler to me.
>
> Anyway, have fun. Be safe. Conjunctively.
> Coyote Dog
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-team-thicko@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-team-thicko@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Wm. Severin
> Thompson
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 4:12 PM
> To: Thickos
> Cc: Judy Cull; Don Brick; BillDentin; Peter C.
> Subject: what's wrong with this picture???
>
>
> To all,
>
> As you can tell, when the Flounder bullshit level increases, race time
must
> be near...
>
> So... what's wrong with this picture? The Red Rat Bastard is race ready.
How
> can this be? Don't I have to be fixing umpteen different things well into
> the night the day before I pack and leave for a race? Something's wrong
> here... oh yeah... I have no life. Hell, I even got the moped running
today.
> Do you realize that I possibly could even show up with the car "clean"?
> (Clean being a relative term when applied to the RRB...).
>
> New rear leafs, rebuilt shocks, prototype bearing/seal combo on the double
> bearing hubs... 4 qts of new Redline... I'm good to go. I'll be roping up
as
> much real estate as I can Thursday... Greg "Hand Tool" Schultz will be
there
> early to help with the land grab. Friday will be laid back... a little
> toolbox organizing, a little Land Barge maintenance, and a little
> harrassment of the competition. If you're going to be around for Friday
> night, let me know early, as I'll have the Smokey Joe fired up.
>
> I want to give a shameless plug to Peter at Worlwide Auto Parts in
Madison,
> WI. They do a great job of rebuilding lever shocks... better work, and
> better price than places like Apple Hydraulics, etc. And, he's a Team
Thicko
> member, so send some business his way. It's my understanding that they've
> got a whole slew of parts for your foreign car... you can reach Peter at
> nosimport@mailbag.com . He will be at Thicko Village next week. I'm going
to
> stop by his shop on Tuedsay on the way back from Minneapolis... so let me
> know if you need me to pick up anything for you.
>
> Who's race ready, and who's not? I've heard from Roger "L. F." Heil... he
> won't be making it... something about going through 6 quarts of oil at
> Grattan.
>
> When I pulled apart the rear end on the RRB, I discovered why it quit
moving
> forward on the 6th lap of the feature race at Grattan... seems as though I
> wiped the pinion off...completely. Funny how those things need oil.
>
> Elmo (where the hell are you?0 has been conspiring with Chuck "Lumpy
> Rutherford" Maranto for some sort of Group2 & 8 combined race. Trophies
will
> be awarded. Now, before you guys get all excited and drive like most of
> those assholes at Grattan in Group 6 (that lost their minds because
trophies
> were at stake) realize that these will be made of mostly broken race car
> parts. And, if you think about it, who's race car seems to brake the most
> parts? Yep. Your chance to win a little piece of the RRB.
>
> That's all for now... quit lurking and speak up out there...
>
> Flounder
>
>
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