Well the bottom line Joe.... I don't want much more shop space... currently
I have a 28X48 and to be honest it's all the floor I want to sweep and clean
up.... I would like to have another 24X24 but it would be only a cleaning
room/paint room and a Place to put the Lift... and a small storage facility
might be nice... but I can see that mess already happening... Nahhh at some
point a fella just has to limit the toys... pick the things that are
important and eliminate the rest... That and figure out where to stick all
the junk you need to go racing...
One of the nice touches of the enclosed trailer is that the race car is
still in there... leaving me more room to putter about with the little stuff
that doesn't get done when it's in the shop.... I am really getting ancy to
snatch it out and start a couple of off season projects on it.... Just gonna
have to wait till I sort out some of these motor issues.
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Timney" <joetimney@dol.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: "Land-speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Occupation
> Keith,
>
> You will be there when it's "your time", trust me. As for a Place to stuff
the
> toys...get off some money and build a bigger Shop!!!
>
> joe
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > Joe did you get an exact Date on "my time".... Just thought I would
ask...
> > as.... well I'd Like to be there....
> >
> > K ( kicking back cleaning up the shop again... fella has to do it once a
> > year... and each year it gets harder to find a hole to stuff this years
toys
> > in)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe Timney" <joetimney@dol.net>
> > To: "Land-speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 1:54 AM
> > Subject: Occupation
> >
> > > This thread has been very interesting. Here is my addition:
> > >
> > > Born 1950, in South Philly (That's in South Philadelphia, PA), oldest
of
> > > 10 children. My youth was filled with the construction & testing of
> > > wooden carts complete with baby buggy wheels to ride down the steepest
> > > hill in the 'hood, a cobblestone driveway leading down from a mob
home!
> > > Learned early about design revisions, e.g., wood screws hold better
than
> > > nails. Also, how to make friends with 'the neighbors'!!! ( Hey,
> > > Jonathan, this is where the special saying came from!!! Not printable
> > > here!)
> > >
> > > Married 30+ years to my high school sweetheart, we have three
children,
> > > Heather, 24, lives in Asheville, NC, ten minutes from John Beckett.
She
> > > works for a food service group, feeding musical groups on tour. She is
a
> > > road warrior just like dad! My son, Matthew, 20, is a junior at the
> > > University Of Delaware, Studying to be an accountant...somebody has
got
> > > to do the books here!!! Matt's passion is fishing and custom rod
> > > building. My Youngest is Katie Rose, 14 going on 37. Her
passion...boys
> > > (God help me!)
> > >
> > > Worked in a gas station thru high school. Went into a machine shop,
> > > which led to a Tool & Die Apprenticeship at the General Electric's
> > > Switchgear plant in SW Philly, while attending Temple University at
> > > night ( in the ghetto ). After a number of years of 'dodging bullets',
I
> > > went to work at Dupont, working on a R&D project, code named "Fibre
B",
> > > known as Kevlar today. Had a set of tires on my big block El Camino
made
> > > with Kevlar, wore like iron...side walls blew at 75,000 miles just
like
> > > all of the test tires did!
> > >
> > > The energy Crisis in the mid-seventies, lead to the shut down of the
> > > facility, so I got a job at S&W Race Cars. My job was to tool up the
> > > Econo dragster productionline. Got to build all kinds of cars, I even
> > > got to build a dual engined drag bike! Worked at a Specialty Welding
> > > shop at night, got my NASA Cert and welded space jewelery, the bands
for
> > > spacesuits. Some of my stuff made it to the moon. Money lead me back
to
> > > Dupont where I worked in R&D, Managed Tooling, Purchasing and
Materials
> > > Departments. Managed the Machine & Fab Shop the last four years until
> > > the plant was sold several times and the 'new guys' didn't need most
of
> > > us anymore!!! So, they retired me!!!!!!.
> > >
> > > In '79, I opened my business, Delaware Chassis Works, working nights
and
> > > weekends building cars, bikes and fabricating parts for various
people.
> > > When I retired, I chose to just do what I wanted to do since 1979,
work
> > > for myself! Today, I'm a toy maker, of big boy toys...who could be
> > > happier!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > My racing life graduated from wooden carts to drag racing in '65, my
> > > first ride was a hemi Coronet and proceeded poorly as I took out the
> > > lights at ACTO Dragway in NJ. Got involved with the Jade Grenade
> > > Front-Engine T/F digger , Neil Mahr's Fueler, and many other drag
teams,
> > > touring the country. Drag racing was "MY Thing" for many years, until
I
> > > found the ECTA in '97. Went to one meet, came home and sold my
> > > rear-engined Supercomp Dragster and went Landspeed Racing. Got hooked
up
> > > with Lionel Williams & John Beckett and drove Lionel's Lakester at
> > > Maxton in '98, Lionel's S-10 at Bonneville in '99 and the truck and
the
> > > Chevette at Bonneville in 2000, setting three records and getting into
> > > the 200MPH Club. ( I didn't say anything, Keith!!! Your time will
come!)
> > >
> > > For 2001, The BWT Motorsports Group is building a new car for
CompCoupe.
> > > We plan on making Bonneville, a thrash but I've been there before, I
> > > know how!!!
> > >
> > > I've got to tell you that landspeed racing has brought me back to the
> > > way I felt in the sixties drag racing...where everybody was your
friend,
> > > would lend you anything, help you all night and never ask for
anything.
> > > This is a very special deal...one to be cherished and needs everyone's
> > > help to keep it in good health!
> > >
> > > See you on the concrete, salt and hopefully, the dirt in 2001!!!!
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