Yeah, that's what I said - - the tech specs. I
only put the centerfolds up to cover the cracks
in the siding on the walls of the hootch to keep
wind and rain out.
The firesuit fit perfectly when I got it, the
only problem is, based on the advice I got from
John Beckett and Keith Turk regarding ballast,
I've gained about 25 pounds in the aerodynamic
center of gravity part of the suit. As long as
there aren't too many long delays once I get to
the front of the staging lanes, I've got the car
running fast enough now that I should be able to
hold my breath all the way through the clocks.
Otherwise, I worry that flying zipper parts might
break my windshield.
Dick J
--- JOHN BACKUS <34ford@msn.com> wrote:
> Dick, I thought you told me you only read
> Playboy for the articles!
>
> John Backus
> ps. have you "grown" into the firesuit yet?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dick J
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:35 AM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Story time
>
>
> Here's one about cars. In 1969 I'm in the Army
> stationed in Berlin. I've got this old
> Fairlane
> with a 427 and decide I want to dress it up
> some.
> I mail order a 2X4 intake and a set of Shelby
> valve covers from JC Whitney or somebody.
>
> Months go by and no parts yet. I get my orders
> to Vietnam. On all my paperwork I put my folks
> address in Florida as my forwarding address.
> Six
> months into my Vietnam tour, this torn up, beat
> up box arrives. You guessed it, my Shelby
> valve
> covers and intake. How in the heck they ever
> got
> forwarded to Vietnam I'll never know. Needless
> to say, I don't have anything to put them on in
> the Central Highlands, so I get some big nails
> and mount them on the wall in my hootch over my
> bunk. Aint nobody in the 'Nam had better
> interior decorating than I did (Oh, I had all
> the
> requisite playboy centerfolds too.)
>
> =====
> Dick J
> In East Texas
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