What a day to be busy and have my E-mail out of service..... Okay NO I
haven't heard this record.... Would I like to hear it..... YES.... I can
just imagine the sounds... now this would be cool back round noise....
That and Chuck with that Rotary.... amazing little piece.... Keith
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> From: Beth Butters <bbutters@dmi.net>
> To: saltracer@awwwsome.com; 'Jim Dincau' <jdincau@qnet.com>
> Cc: Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: Sounds of Bonneville Record
> Date: Saturday, December 04, 1999 2:05 AM
>
> Speaking of Norm Thatcher, Is he still alive or any of the
guys who went to Bonniville with him in I guess 1958 in his hopped up 300D
chrysler? I have a friend who has a 300D that sure seems like it could be
that very car. Kvach in North Idaho.
>
> ----------
> From: Jim Dincau[SMTP:jdincau@qnet.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 1:09 PM
> To: saltracer@awwwsome.com
> Cc: Land Speed
> Subject: Re: Sounds of Bonneville Record
>
> Tom;
> Ah yes I remember it well. That record, Hot Rod Magazine and hanging
> out with the Paisano brothers and Nick Arias at the drags is what got me
> pumped up about going to Bonneville. In 1962 my brother Mike bought a
Dodge
> Dart 440 2 door hard top with the 410 horsepower Ramcharger option. This
was
> the 413 wedge, 2-4brl, cross ram engine. It was stock except for 8.20x15
> Goodyear Blue Streak tires and a 2.91 gear ratio. The entry name on #148
was
> Dincau Brothers and Logan. We ran 152, faster than the old record but
Norm
> Thacher had already bumped it up to 164. We got our picture in Popular
> Hotrodding and had a great time. Indeed we were hooked
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas E. Bryant <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> To: Jim Dincau <jdincau@qnet.com>
> Cc: Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 10:32 AM
> Subject: Sounds of Bonneville Record
>
>
> > Jim,
> > It has been a long time since I heard that record. It was on the
> > Riverside Label, I believe.
> >
> > The cars of the day were Mickey Thompson (A/S), Ermie Immerso (A/S),
> > Herda & Hartelt (B&C/S), Vesco-Dinkins (D/S), Shadoff Special (C/S),
> > Brissette Bros. & Eichenholfer (A/L), Tom Beaty (B/L), Markley Bros. &
> > Flynn (C/L), Larsen & Cummings (A/MR), Bob Summers (B/MR), Don Allen
> > (C/MR), Warren Biggs Chevrolet-Joe Pisano (C/GC), L.W. "Knotts"
> > Farrington (AS/R), The Brute (motorcycle), also WESTERN POTTER (C/GC),
> > BRYANT, YATES, & GRAHAM (C/GR). I went to my 1959 Bonneville Program to
> > get these entries.
> >
> > Just a little history of BNI, Those on the BNI board of directors in
> > 1959 were: Carroll Thompson, William Davis, George Hill, Paul Stratton,
> > J. Otto Crocker, Bob Higbee, John Cramer, Dean Batchelor, and Jim
> > Frostrom.
> > Over the years the control of the Bonneville Nationals drifted away
from
> > the founding SCTA. There was an attempt by the existing board to get
> > some kind of a partnership between BNI and FIA (I don't remember the
> > details) BNI also made an attempt to organize a paid membership
> > situation, similar to what we have now, but the timing was wrong, I
> > guess, so they failed.
> >
> > In 1961, during my tenure as president (1961 & '62), the BNI Board came
> > to the SCTA Board, in debt, and gave the debt and control back to the
> > SCTA. We set up the BNI Board in such a way so the SCTA would retain
> > control in the future. The 1961 board consisted of: Bob Higbee, Tom
> > Bryant, Jim Lindsley, Harry Woerner, Bill Graham, Emil Grisotti, Jerry
> > Eisert, Eugene Ohly, Bruce Giesler, Fred Wilert, Glen Deeds, and Tom
> > Finn.
> >
> > By the way, I have been getting my Bonneville memorabilia together and
> > have found that I need the following issues: 1960, 1969, & 1983
(flooded
> > out). I have extra copies of 1961, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984,
&
> > 1991. If anyone has any or all of the needed copies, or if someone
needs
> > the years that I have the extra copies, please let me know.
> >
> > Tom, Redding CA 10:30 AM PST
> >
>
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