Paul,
We recall our cars and races (as spectators or participants) from
the past with great ease. But the best memories are those from time spent
with friends and family in and around those old machines and events of long
ago. May those memories always burn bright.
With sincere condolences on the passing of your friend and father.
Cliff Koehler
ckoehler@amuniversal.com
VSCDA, SCCA
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> From: Paul
>
> While he wasn't a giant in the field of automobiles, he was the man that
> got me started with this crazy habit of buying strange little cars when he
> dragged home a 1960 DKW 750 back when I was just a kid. From there it was
> a
> Saab 96, a Sunbeam Rapier, a couple of Ford Cortinias, an early Subaru
> 100,
> a Mazda RX3 and RX4, and in moment of weakness, our first convertible, a
> 1963.5 Ford Galixe 500. Together, we snuck out and test drove many
> other
> cars that we could never have afforded.
> He also got me started with racing. Together we attended everything
> from
> the local 1/8 mile dirt tracks to CAN-AM races at MidOhio, Watkins Glen,
> and
> Elkhart Lake. When our Saab 96 rusted out to the point it was no longer
> safe to drive, he even found some one who made it into a Formula S open
> wheel racer, just so that the motor could carry on.
> Nobody on the list ever met him, but we all had somebody just like him
> in
> our lives. Today I say my final good-byes to Albert Otto Kort, my
> father.
>
> Paul
> OROC
> Sloan Racing
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