Louise
What does the rest of the world call what we know as CarbonX?
Gary
Gary & Ellen Wilkinson
----- Original Message -----
From: "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth <lanspeed@west.net>
To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>; Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; John
Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; jon amo <webmaster@landracing.com>;
DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
Cc: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>; Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
> FYI
>
> Andy Green's firesuit was made of this material, although it was not
> called Carbon X, that is the American brand name. Andy and I discussed
> the qualities of the material and why he abandoned nomex, one of the
> biggest reasons was, fire protection a given, was comfort and its
> lightweight properties in comparison to existing fire resistant
> materials.
>
> By the way, for those wanting to really get a true sense of Keith's
> color combo, the colors, according to the printing industry's
> worldwide matching system (Pantone) are designated as PMS 162-1 and
> PMS 18-3
> Glad to be of service.
>
> Speedy Regards,
>
> "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
>
> LandSpeed Productions
> Telling stories with words and pictures
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "John Beckett"
> <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; "jon amo" <webmaster@landracing.com>;
> "DOUG ODOM" <popms@thegrid.net>
> Cc: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>; "Joe Timney" <joetimney@dol.net>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
>
>
> >
> > Keith,
> >
> > With Jenifer living in San Francisco and having worked there myself
> for five
> > years, I'm really surprised she used the terms she did in describing
> the
> > fire suit. "Mustard" and "Aubergine" would be much more the kind of
> color
> > description you would hear in The City. The influence reached to
> Sacramento
> > too so you could have grown up with those terms.
> >
> > Seriously, I'm currently very much in favor of black, as in CarbonX,
> for
> > fire suits. Bill at Chapman Racing gave me a preview of a talk he
> was
> > giving at a convention of textile people in Boston during World of
> Speed.
> > He was preparing to defend their claims and research on the fire
> resistance
> > and heat absorption qualities of the fiber, without giving away any
> of the
> > secrets they have before additional patents of the fiber. Anyone
> who is
> > going to buy a new fire suit should really consider getting one from
> CarbonX
> > fabric. The stuff works like magic in protection from fire. Each
> layer
> > gives up to a minute of protection and yet it breathes so on hot
> days it
> > isn't going to be as hot as what is on the market now. I guess you
> would
> > have to ask what staying out of the hospital burn unit is worth for
> your
> > skinny butt. I watched a little second grade girl in my wife's
> class who
> > had been burned over about 70% of her body. She is a tough little
> character
> > and will survive but the scarring, the pain, the years of additional
> skin
> > grafts and therapy just overwhelm me. If I could get protection
> first I'd
> > do it in a heartbeat.
> >
> > Wes
> >
> >
>
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