Okay Chuck... I won't tease you bout the Name no more.... at least you
didn't steal the name..... Personally I think I was the first So Al
special... but for some damn reason everyone confuses it with the So Cal
thing... Can't imagine that....
unbelievable that someone fifty years ago took my Paint scheme too....
Keith
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> From: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: The most basic question of all...
> Date: Saturday, November 06, 1999 7:16 AM
>
> At 06:38 PM 11/5/1999 -0800, Keith Turk wrote:
> >we gotta change the Name of that Rotary engined thing you call the USS
> >Wankle... Chuck....
>
> C'mon Keith, what's wrong with the name? (And it's Wankel, as in Felix
> Wankel, not "wankle".) It's a name that everyone can remember and can
> connect with the car. It's better than "225" (the last three digits of
the
> VIN#) which I'd been calling it for years. It couldn't be another
"Betsy",
> since all my Betsy's have been 4 doors, and I never came up with anything
> more original. If it hadn't been for my partners (one was a Navy LTJG)
> sticking that name on the windshield to tease me about my "paint" it
would
> probably still be nameless. They figured I'd scrape it off as soon as I
got
> back from Norway, but it's stuck.
> I was caught off guard the first time someone called me "Cap'n" at
Maxton.
> I'm used to all retired military folks being called either "Sarge" or
> "Skipper" around home, but it took me a moment to realized that this
> gentleman was calling me "Cap'n" because of the cars name. After two
> seasons I think it's here to stay, and after looking at all the names of
> Bonneville cars over the years it's certainly not all that odd.
>
> Chuck Rothfuss
> ECTA
>
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