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Re: Re:...... I forget now

To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>, <healeys@autox.team.net>, "Hanna, Mark" <mhanna@ball.com>
Subject: Re: Re:...... I forget now
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:44:28 -0700
Reply-to: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Sure thing Mark... Right now I have some other Problems... the back up
motor died this morning... bent a push Rod for some damn reason?   don't
know... just didn't want to use the D motor this meet... oh well the spoils
of Racing... Guess it is time to swap motors.... 

ain't life grand...  ( lots of Bad Language being used around here for some
reason) Poop

Keith Turk 
Austin Healey 100  /  Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )

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> From: Hanna, Mark <mhanna@ball.com>
> To: 'kturk@ala.net'
> Cc: 'spridgets@autox.team.net'
> Subject: RE: Re:...... I forget now
> Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 8:42 AM
> 
> Keith ,
> Thank you for the update / info .
> I've only been to Bonneville once . I was very impressed . It is a
> spectacular place ,
> and as we know  full of history to boot . It is nice that you and one of
> "our" beloved 
> Sprites will continue that tradition . Again , "Best of Luck" , and
please
> do keep us
> posted .
> Mark Hanna
> AN5L13731 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Keith Turk [SMTP:kturk@ala.net]
> > Sent:       Wednesday, June 02, 1999 3:48 PM
> > To: Hanna, Mark
> > Subject:    Re: Re:...... I forget now
> > 
> > Thanks for the wishes by the way... that last one took forever to
type...
> > Keith
> > 
> > ----------
> > > From: Hanna, Mark <mhanna@ball.com>
> > > To: 'Keith Turk' <kturk@ala.net>
> > > Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: RE: Re:...... I forget now
> > > Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 4:01 PM
> > > 
> > > Hi Keith ,
> > > Good luck this weekend ! BTW would you tell us about your Sprite LSR
car
> > ?
> > > What kind of engine , transmission , and other modifications are you
> > > planning ? 
> > > Will it be recognizable as a Sprite ? Or is it a Camaro with a Sprite
> > body ?
> > > 
> > > What kind of tyres do you use on a car that goes that fast ? Not that
I
> > plan
> > > to 
> > > run my Sprite quite that fast ;-) 
> > > Thanks for the info ,
> > > Mark Hanna
> > > AN5L/13731
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:   Keith Turk [SMTP:kturk@ala.net]
> > > > Sent:   Wednesday, June 02, 1999 2:38 PM
> > > > To:     Larry Miller; Peter C.
> > > > Cc:     spridgets@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject:        Re: Re:...... I forget now
> > > > 
> > > > Well I think I been couped up to long.. I am going racing this
weekend
> > > > with
> > > > the Camaro.... our last meet before Bonneville in August.... and if
> > you
> > > > can't tell I am excited about this weekend... I stuffed that old
Drive
> > > > shaft on a couple nails on the wall and got me a new one.... and we
> > put
> > > > the
> > > > Back up motor in the car and it sounds nice... it is about a 500hp
> > motor
> > > > vs
> > > > the little motor which is well over 600hp...
> > > > 
> > > > one of the fella's on the Land speed racing list.... was getting on
me
> > for
> > > > not being more inventive... Something about a Camaro being
Common....
> > and
> > > > I
> > > > was trying to explain to him... that I wanted a Healey... not some
> > damn
> > > > Camaro... anyway.... I am going to start on it This year after
> > Bonneville
> > > > ..
> > > > 
> > > > Okay had to do a quick sanity check... I think I am okay... don't
know
> > > > about you...but I am thinking I am normal and I am fixing to run
about
> > > > 175-180mph this weekend... in a 20 year old car built in my
shop....
> > Maybe
> > > > I ain't normal after alll.... HEY LARRY WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER>>>>
> > > > 
> > > > keith
> > > > 
> > > > 

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