awesome bob! i especially like the name you've given your car, very
distinctive!
my tr6 was supposed to have fired up this weekend for the first time also,
but instead she chose to anoint my driveway with copious amounts of fuel. i
started to go ahead and light the spill under the car with a match but my
friends talked me out of it. at least i know the fuel pump works.....
i look forward to providing a cousin to yours this weekend.
congratulations!
Tom Di Iulio
1976 TR6 (i don't know nuthin' about birthin' no babies, miss scarlet!)
Denver, Co
ps. thanks to mike cline for helping me out this weekend, holding the fire
extinguisher
and all!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Lang" <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <jemery@mint.net>; <grantura@agate.net>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 11:51 AM
Subject: Birth Announcemnt, non-technical
>
> Hi,
>
> It is with pride that I announce the "re-birth" of one of Coventry's
> finest, CR1871 - a 2000 pound '73 TR6 reincarnated as a Silver LHD race
> car. Named Khartu - for amuzement purposes only, the car fired to life at
> just after 2:00 PM on Friday, 7-Apr-2000 in beautiful Stoneham, MA, USA.
> After a brief run-in on the jackstands, the car was lowered to the ground
> for a photo-op just outside the doors of the "Garage of Dreams". The
> proud father was unable to push the car back into the garage, so a quick
> acceleration/brake test was performed in the driveway - Khartu responded
> by "tagging" the asphalt with two nicely parallel black streaks, approx.
> 9 inches wide and 10 feet long.
>
> The weekend was not without dissapointment, however, as the local racing
> authorities frown on open exhausts in autocross events held near the
> "urban sprawl" that constitutes much of the eastern USA. None of the
> local shops could accomodate the installation of a custom exhaust prior
> to the first SCCA event of the year, so the debut of Khartu will have to
> wait a bit longer - possibly early May.
>
> I would like to thank everyone that provided me with physical and
> emotional support over the last two years' efforts to make this car a
> reality. Now it's time to RACE!!! YEEEE-HAAAA.
>
> I hope to have a lot of fun with this car in the upcoming years...
>
> Zoom, zoom,
> rml
>
> p.s. if you have a Lucas distributor in your Triumph - CHUCK IT and get a
> Mallory unit. Very nice indeed!
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