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Re: Braggin

To: <Drylakercr@aol.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Braggin
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 10:43:41 -0700
Katie
Me thinks you are a spoiled daughter, but we still love you.
Glen
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From: <Drylakercr@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:55 AM
Subject: RE: Braggin


> Cool story!
>
> I would have to say that my Dad broke down and even got talked into making
> his street rod into a land speed racer when the I turned 16 and wanted to
> race! But hey--I'd have to say that I think that my dad has had more fun
with
> that '39 Chevy than I have.
>
> If you don't know the story, we didn't have a car to race back in 1986
when I
> was finally old enough to drive due to my parents divorce. Let's just say
> that money was tight and the racing budget was smaller that it had been in
> many years. My dad had custody of us girls and we had that coupe and a '56
> Chevy pick-up. Well, the '56 was our main form of transportation so we
> couldn't turn it into a race car, so it would have to be the '39. And most
of
> you know the rest of the story--it ran until this last May at El Mirage
and
> it will run again someday--it's too fun to leave at home. However, that
new
> ride is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun! I guess I finally talked about
> wanting to go faster than 155 mph long enough that my dad got us into a
> slicker ride. Last year he bought our modified roadster from Glenn Miller.
> Boy, what dads can get talked into when it involves land speed racing!
>
> Take care all and I hope to see some of you at WOS in a couple weeks! I'll
> have our latest little racer with us (by then she'll be a pro with 2 trips
to
> the salt and only being 3 months old), perhaps when she is 16 she can talk
> Grandpa into building her a cool little racer.
>
> Katie Young Cortez
> #256
> http://homepage.mac.com/lafamiliacortez (check it out for pictures of both
> rides)

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