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Re: [FOT] Race History TR-3 Owner Nomination

To: Jim Prettyleaf <jprettyleaf@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [FOT] Race History TR-3 Owner Nomination
From: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:25:07 -1000
Mark Bradekis, I don't have his direct address on this computer. Hey  
Mark, can you take care of Jim?


On Nov 29, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Jim Prettyleaf wrote:

>
> Bill,
>
> Who should I contact to add Mark Eginton's e-mail address to the  
> fot@autox.team.net discussion list?
>
> Mark would prefer to receive the FOT e-mails at his  
> mee23@cornell.edu e-mail address.
>
> Jim Prettyleaf
>
>
>
> Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com> wrote:
> Very cool, I'll second. any you can always build a little bump on the
> roll bar, as Peyote has.
> On Nov 27, 2006, at 8:59 PM, Jim Prettyleaf wrote:
>
> > I am pleased to nominate Mark Eginton to join the Friends of
> > Triumph discussion list. Mark still owns the SCCA race history
> > TR-3 that his Dad drove at Riverside, Santa Barbara and Laguna Seca
> > in the early 60's. According to Mark his Dad's car was probably the
> > only satin black TR3 out there, and Mark still has the original
> > "Ditto" schedules from some of these events.
> >
> > Mark's father was a foreign car mechanic and therefore he always
> > had a garage full of parts. When Mark was 11 the car became his and
> > he built the existing pumped-up engine with his Dad's help, so by
> > the time Mark could drive - the car was ready. Mark regularly beat
> > 327 Chevys and 914s in drag races outside the El Toro Marine base
> > in High School (nothing too serious just other competitors driving
> > stock and street modified machines).
> >
> > Mark still has the car plus vintage parts and intends to build a
> > replica of his Dad's original race engine with his son's help this
> > winter. Mark hopes to reuse as many old parts from the garage and
> > minimizing the use of new components whenever possible. When the
> > car is completed Mark plans to vintage race it for fun although he
> > has some concerns that the roll bar is probably too low for today's
> > standards.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jim Prettyleaf
> >
> > Cupertino, California
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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