If Elyisa Grey(sp) had Patented the Phone a day earlier he would be
credited with that also..... Damn folks are just slow getting to us folks
out here who think we created the world.... Ethnocentricity I think it's
called....
I love a Hot Rod... also.... and after the Two club deal I think I am going
to back up and build one.... it won't be the baddest thing on the salt..
but by the time I get into the Two club I am going to be old and Gray so..
I don't want anything real fast... but I do see me making this Trek for the
rest of my life...
You know something like a high boy with a V4 that I could convert to street
use when I got home.... that way I could play with a race set up and a
Hotty old time sorta set up on cruise nights.... personally I think it
would be easy to justify that kind of set up.... or maybe a vintage V8
something like a Nail head Buick or something..... Maybe even a Hemi like
Dick's thing... This is about the fun involved in Building and
designing... Kinda like Building a Fort as a kid.. it's all about the
planning and building deal... I know now that I don't want Al Teagues
records for real.... Wow I would rather sit back in awe of the man then do
what he has done to have that level of ability.... and Commitment...
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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> From: Chris R Harris <yesford@clear.net.nz>
> To: land-speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Ain't it Grand
> Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 4:11 PM
>
> Hey Rich,
> don't make exception for us New Zealanders not being up to
> radical stuff.
> First off Richard Pearce did powered flight a year before the Wright Bros
> (sorry guys), Kiwi Lord Rutherford, 1st to split the atom and if you want
> LSR ? Ever hear about Bert Monroe who ran a 1923 Indian powered bike
> streamliner at Bonneville through the 60's. His exploits defy belief. He
> hand made everything in his one room house, workshop. Rods from tractor
> axles, pistons cast in the ground, sewer pipe barrels and that scooter
ate
> snake with the best, holding a class record for many years. With regard
the
> big engine / little engine contro, it honestly seems to me that smaller
> engines are the most efficient comparatively. The choice, which varies
with
> each individual however is exactly the cornerstone of this whole Hot
> rodding deal.
> God help me I luv it !
>
> Chris Harris NZ
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