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To: <Gt6steve@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: [Fot] My favorite memory of Jack...
From: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:16:19 -0700
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I've put the great photo that Bill Dentinger had of Crafty Jack caught =
in the act, hard at work with trustworthy tools in my last book (Myths) =
on page 38 with the story of Jack and Tony racing.=20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Gt6steve@aol.com=20
  To: cartravel@pobox.com ; BillDentin@aol.com=20
  Cc: fot@autox.team.net ; saabhuman@netscape.net=20
  Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [Fot] My favorite memory of Jack...


  I was aware of that work going on but not too involved as I was =
changing an engine myself.  But I well remember the disappointment of =
not having those two cars on track with us.  Steve

  In a message dated 8/23/2008 8:45:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, =
cartravel@pobox.com writes:
    Bill, that is what Paul Harvey would call "the rest of the story".  =
I lost track of what Jack did after his car was pronounced done for the =
weekend.  I knew he spent a lot of time working on the Tornado and that =
the spare head went from Jack's engine to yours.  I didn't realize it =
was another liner problem. He was probably spent by the time it got to =
our all night marathon.  I forgot to mention that my son, Tom, was =
working all night too.  I let him work underneath the car, so the oil =
could drip in his face rather than mine. I didn't have a spare oil =
filter, so we had milky oil on Sunday morning too.  We ran it anyway.  =
All the water vaporized off during the first race, and the oil was clean =
after that.
    Larry

    BillDentin@aol.com wrote:=20
      I could be wrong, but Larry might not be remembering that Hallett =
story 100% correctly.  In fact, I think Jack was working on our Thunder =
Bolt (not his car, and it certainly was not his mistake).  The two and =
three liners were in wrong.  J K Jackson pointed it out, and Jack Drews =
led an effort to make 'at track' corrections.  It was an ill-advised, =
albeit enthusiastic effort, (the figure eight gaskets got compromised).  =
Kas couldn't bear to watch, and left the area with a grin on his face.  =
We had a ton of kibitzers, and Jack was getting far more help and advise =
than he needed.  I've got some great pictures of Jack working to first =
get the liners out (enough to turn them), and then to get them back in.  =
We were using a really big hammer.  Can't remember why we needed Larry's =
head, but we did, and I returned it to Jack after I got back home.  We =
actually got the car running, but the oil looked like a light chocolate =
milk shake.  We had plans to change the oil and run it a BARBER the =
following week end, but decided that was a bad idea.

      Bill Dentinger



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<DIV><FONT size=3D3>I've put the great photo that Bill Dentinger had of =
Crafty=20
Jack caught in the act,&nbsp;hard at work with trustworthy tools in my =
last book=20
(Myths) on page 38 with&nbsp;the story of Jack&nbsp;and Tony racing.=20
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  <A title=3DGt6steve@aol.com =
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  href=3D"mailto:cartravel@pobox.com";>cartravel@pobox.com</A> ; <A=20
  title=3DBillDentin@aol.com=20
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  href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</A> ; <A=20
  title=3Dsaabhuman@netscape.net=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 23, 2008 =
8:58=20
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] My favorite =
memory of=20
  Jack...</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=3Drole_document face=3DArial color=3D#000000 =
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  <DIV>I was aware of that work going on but not too involved as I was =
changing=20
  an engine myself.&nbsp; But I well remember the disappointment of not =
having=20
  those two cars on track with us.&nbsp; Steve</DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV>
  <DIV>In a message dated 8/23/2008 8:45:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, =
<A=20
  href=3D"mailto:cartravel@pobox.com";>cartravel@pobox.com</A> =
writes:</DIV>
  <BLOCKQUOTE=20
  style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px =
solid"><FONT=20
    style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 =
size=3D2>Bill,=20
    that is what Paul Harvey would call "the rest of the story".&nbsp; I =
lost=20
    track of what Jack did after his car was pronounced done for the=20
    weekend.&nbsp; I knew he spent a lot of time working on the Tornado =
and that=20
    the spare head went from Jack's engine to yours.&nbsp; I didn't =
realize it=20
    was another liner problem. He was probably spent by the time it got =
to our=20
    all night marathon.&nbsp; I forgot to mention that my son, Tom, was =
working=20
    all night too.&nbsp; I let him work underneath the car, so the oil =
could=20
    drip in his face rather than mine. I didn't have a spare oil filter, =
so we=20
    had milky oil on Sunday morning too.&nbsp; We ran it anyway.&nbsp; =
All the=20
    water vaporized off during the first race, and the oil was clean =
after=20
    that.<BR>Larry<BR><BR><A class=3Dmoz-txt-link-abbreviated=20
    title=3Dmailto:BillDentin@aol.com=20
    href=3D"mailto:BillDentin@aol.com";>BillDentin@aol.com</A> wrote:=20
    <BLOCKQUOTE cite=3Dmid:ccf.3a45a3a1.35e16b8b@aol.com =
type=3D"cite"><FONT=20
      face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0=20
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Old Face"=20
      color=3D#400040 size=3D3 family=3D"SERIF" ptsize=3D"12" =
back=3D"#ffffff">I could be=20
      wrong, but Larry might not be remembering that Hallett story 100%=20
      correctly.&nbsp; In fact, I think Jack was working on our Thunder =
Bolt=20
      (not his car, and it certainly was not his mistake).&nbsp; The two =
and=20
      three liners were in wrong.&nbsp; J K Jackson pointed it out, and =
Jack=20
      Drews led an effort to make 'at track' corrections.&nbsp; It was =
an=20
      ill-advised, albeit enthusiastic effort, (the figure eight gaskets =
got=20
      compromised).&nbsp; Kas couldn't bear to watch, and left the area =
with a=20
      grin on his face.&nbsp; We had a ton of kibitzers, and Jack was =
getting=20
      far more help and advise than he needed.&nbsp; I've got some great =

      pictures of Jack working to first get the liners out (enough to =
turn=20
      them), and then to get them back in.&nbsp; We were using a really =
big=20
      hammer.&nbsp; Can't remember why we needed Larry's head, but we =
did, and I=20
      returned it to Jack after I got back home.&nbsp; We actually got =
the car=20
      running, but the oil looked like a light chocolate milk =
shake.&nbsp; We=20
      had plans to change the oil and run it a BARBER the following week =
end,=20
      but decided that was a bad idea.<BR><BR>Bill=20
      Dentinger<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>It's only a deal =
if it's=20
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