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Re: Golf... now "hood-putting-up contest"

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Subject: Re: Golf... now "hood-putting-up contest"
From: "Keith A. Edwards" <kedwards@norfolk.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:13:11 -0400
Cc: Steven Newell <steven@cravetechnology.com>, Randall Young <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
References: <01C007B2.81951C60.ryoung@navcomtech.com> <399C231E.3346E6A1@cravetechnology.com>
The last time I participated in a "Top Erection" Contest, it was a TR3
that was provided for all competitors, and the only interior was the
seats, I believe.

Of course, simulated rain started falling.  Sometimes it even started to
"hail".  Started looking like a wet T-shirt contest, if you participated
a few times.

Keith Edwards
Suffolk, VA
4.5 TRs

Steven Newell wrote:
> 
> Randall Young replied to Eric in re VTR 2001 golf potential:
> 
> > I'm not a member (although I do plan to attend), but I have to say : 
>Couldn't
> > you find an event that has at least a little more to do with our cars ?  You
> > could supply pies and then host an open debate on whether DOT 5 fluif or 
>grease
> > is more appropriate for dashpots ...
> 
> Speaking of more topical convention events, I recall that some shows may have
> included hood-putting-up contests for models like my TR4 -- where putting up 
>the
> top is not exactly an "at a stoplight" kind of thing. I was recounting this
> yesterday as a friend helped me erect the top under some duress on a rare 
>rainy day
> in Colorado.
> 
> Anyway, Is this true? I've never been, and while yesterday I might have lost 
>points
> for failing to button every button, should I keep practicing for VTR 2001? 
><g> Is
> it a team event, so that I should start training my wife too? What's the time 
>to
> beat? Like the U.S. Olympic cycling team, I've been training at altitude -- 
>so I
> figure to have an edge over you sea-level TR owners. <g> Granted, I'm sure a 
>TR4
> owner from Seattle will beat us all....
> 
> --
> Steven Newell
> Denver, CO
> '62 TR4

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