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Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR

To: stutztr4@gmail.com, vangoughv@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR
From: Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:16:32 +0000 (UTC)
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Bruce...
All these names sure bring back memories.
Ken Gillanders was a Piece of Work (meant as a complimentary description!)=
=C2=A0 Ken's original Claim to Fame was drag racing his TR2 against Corvett=
es (handicapped) in the early 1950s.=C2=A0 And it was a Champion too.=C2=A0=
 No one was more enthusiastic about TRIUMPH than Ken.=C2=A0 If I remember c=
orrectly, he was a local politician (Orange County, CA?), and like all poli=
ticians, he was verbose (chatty).=C2=A0 He could and would...talk your arm =
off.=C2=A0 Later on he started British Frame and Engine, a mail order sourc=
e of TRIUMPH competition parts.=C2=A0 Another, lesser known, fact about Ken=
, was his love of MAGIC.=C2=A0 I believe there is some sort of MAGIC HALL o=
f FAME in his home town, and Ken was a frequent visitor, and loved to show =
it off to visitors. =C2=A0
Sadly, both he and his wife had serious health problems at the end, impacti=
ng dealing with British Frame and Engine.

Ken was a Piece of Work.=C2=A0 I miss him.
Bill Dentinger


-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Stutzman via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: Vince G <vangoughv@hotmail.com>
Cc: fot@autox.team.net <fot@autox.team.net>; fubog1 <fubog1@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Sep 30, 2019 7:45 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR

Since we are telling Charlie Kates stories:Bill Fornwalt and I were racing =
a TR4 in SVRA events in the mid 80s.Charlie and his friend Bill Clark appro=
ached me at the 1986 VTR national.Charlie wanted to go racing and did so wi=
th much enthusiasm.He became Ken Gillanders' eastern test bed.Any new hot r=
acing part that Ken got Charlie got it first.If it was going to fail or cau=
se damage to the car Ken made sure the driver (Charlie) was thousands of mi=
les away and could only reach him by phone and not by the neck.Bruce


On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 3:16 PM Vince G via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:

Great hearing the stories from fellow FOT=E2=80=99s. =C2=A0 Priceless =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0Thanks for sharing...

Vince
On Sep 27, 2019, at 1:40 PM, Mike Jackson via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrot=
e:


Yea, not a dream.=C2=A0 Back in the day when SVRA had a spring race down he=
re in South Florida and Charlie had a relative that lives near by to visit.=
Not only was he actually hanging upside down, in a FULL Batman costume but =
he had his little portable potty stationed back there with a rubber alligat=
or placed as if it were about to be flushed down AND a boom box playing "Se=
e You Later Alligator" by Bill Haley and the Cometshttps://www.youtube.com/=
watch?v=3DCh1UQ47rWKU
Oh yea, Charlie's business is as a caterer/chef so he had purchased some 'g=
ator chunks locally and fried them up to hand out to those passing by.That =
evening a friend found a certificate for labeling a bat roost which we fill=
ed out and stuck to the side of his trailer.
And then he retired from racing and wasnt heard from for several years unti=
l after his wife passed away.=C2=A0 Out of the blue he calls me years later=
 and says "Well, my wife is dead so I guess it's about time I get back to r=
acing"=C2=A0 He was interested=C2=A0 in finding another TR4 and I located o=
ne in the Midwest to send him to see.=C2=A0 Irv Corey's car as I recall.=C2=
=A0 Before he got there I mailed Irv a bat-a-gator to put in the car.=C2=A0=
 In the end he bought a different Brit car but at least we got him back!=C2=
=A0=C2=A0
And, the bat-a-gators are another chapter that involved an argument about w=
hether his Bat or my Gator was male vs female.=C2=A0 But seriously, think a=
bout it, have you ever seen a gator that looked female?=C2=A0 Me neither an=
d I've seen a bundle of 'em down here.=C2=A0 Including the one that used to=
 live in my pond, we named him Burt, after BS Levy.

-----Original Message-----=20
From: fubog1=20
Sent: Sep 27, 2019 10:30 AM=20
To: grandwazoo@earthlink.net=20
Cc: fot@Autox.Team.Net=20
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR=20

I remember a dream I had of him in a batman suit, hanging from the roof ins=
ide of his racecar trailer, down @ PBIR...Strange dream.Glen


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Jackson <grandwazoo@earthlink.net>
To: fubog1 <fubog1@aol.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 10:25 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR

I just love that picture!
I'd have liked to tell either the Batman story=C2=A0 from PBIR or the Bat-a=
-Gator one from Rd Atl or the "Circle of Truth" from PBIR but they all take=
 much too much explanation.

-----Original Message-----=20
From: fubog1=20
Sent: Sep 27, 2019 7:41 AM=20
To: billdentin@aol.com, grandwazoo@earthlink.net, tr3a58dean@gmail.com,fot@=
autox.team.net=20
Cc: charlie106@att.net=20
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR=20

I have one of Charlies (cardboard) bats right here in my office!And then th=
ere's this photo if it goes through the innernets...Glen



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: grandwazoo <grandwazoo@earthlink.net>; tr3a58dean <tr3a58dean@gmail.com=
>; fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: charlie106 <charlie106@att.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 2:45 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4

The infamous BAT vs GATOR race. =C2=A0
I was there.=C2=A0 I seen it. =C2=A0
They waved, when they went by.
Bill Dentinger.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Jackson via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: Dean <tr3a58dean@gmail.com>; fot@autox.team.net <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: charlie106 <charlie106@att.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 11:35 am
Subject: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4

Charlies old TR4 is now owned and extremely well driven by Mark Wheatley.=
=C2=A0 It is a joy to see it every time its at the track with us.
I dont want to bore everyone with a hundred stories of that '92 weekend.=C2=
=A0 But, here's my favorite..Charlie and I remain great friends even tho he=
 races some Jap thingy now.=C2=A0 We had been running literally door handle=
 to door handle all weekend long and having a great time at it.=C2=A0 His w=
ife Betty passed away some years ago but she and my wife Sandy were on the =
hillside at the keyhole for the "big" race that weekend.=C2=A0 During the r=
ace as we continued to come thru the corner either nose to tail or side by =
side Betty says to Sandy "I sure am glad Charlie doesnt take this too serio=
usly and only does it for fun".=C2=A0 Sandy bit her lip and said nothing.=
=C2=A0 After the race she got Charlie off to the side and told him that he =
would "owe her forever" for not explaining to Betty just how seriously we d=
id, in fact, take it.=C2=A0=C2=A0
Ok, one more... in the paddock he blipped the throttle and it ran up more l=
ike an F1 car of the era.=C2=A0 "Charlie you POS, it's supposed to have a f=
lywheel on it!"=C2=A0 His reply "It does".... "Well it's supposed to have a=
 weight at least in two digits"...."It does!=C2=A0 Eight point five"
Dear God, there are so many more Charlie Kates stories both that weekend an=
d thru the years.
Mike
-----Original Message-----=20
From: Dean via Fot=20
Sent: Sep 26, 2019 12:11 PM=20
To: "fot@autox.team.net"=20
Subject: [Fot] 1992 Mid Ohio=20

Don=E2=80=99t know if this will transfer, but this is from the race in 1992=
 carried in Vintage Motorsports Annual. I PhotoShowing Mike Jackson and Cha=
rlie Kates.=C2=A0Sent from Mail for Windows 10=C2=A0
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<div style=3D"color:black;font: 10pt arial;">
<div>Bruce...</div>

<div><br>
</div>

<div>All these names sure bring back memories.</div>

<div><br>
</div>

<div>Ken Gillanders was a Piece of Work (meant as a complimentary descripti=
on!)&nbsp; Ken's original Claim to Fame was drag racing his TR2 against Cor=
vettes (handicapped) in the early 1950s.&nbsp; And it was a Champion too.&n=
bsp; No one was more enthusiastic about TRIUMPH than Ken.&nbsp; If I rememb=
er correctly, he was a local politician (Orange County, CA?), and like all =
politicians, he was verbose (chatty).&nbsp; He could and would...talk your =
arm off.&nbsp; Later on he started British Frame and Engine, a mail order s=
ource of TRIUMPH competition parts.&nbsp; Another, lesser known, fact about=
 Ken, was his love of MAGIC.&nbsp; I believe there is some sort of MAGIC HA=
LL of FAME in his home town, and Ken was a frequent visitor, and loved to s=
how it off to visitors. &nbsp;<br>
Sadly, both he and his wife had serious health problems at the end, impacti=
ng dealing with British Frame and Engine.<br>
</div>

<div><br>
</div>

<div>Ken was a Piece of Work.&nbsp; I miss him.</div>

<div><br>
</div>

<div>Bill Dentinger</div>

<div><br>
</div>
<br>
<br>

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Original Message-----<br>
From: Bruce Stutzman via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
To: Vince G &lt;vangoughv@hotmail.com&gt;<br>
Cc: fot@autox.team.net &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;; fubog1 &lt;fubog1@aol.co=
m&gt;<br>
Sent: Mon, Sep 30, 2019 7:45 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR<br>
<br>

<div id=3D"yiv8225916849">
<div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">Since we are telling Charlie Kates stories:
<div>Bill Fornwalt and I were racing a TR4 in SVRA events in the mid 80s.</=
div>

<div>Charlie and his friend Bill Clark approached me at the 1986 VTR nation=
al.</div>

<div>Charlie wanted to go racing and did so with much enthusiasm.</div>

<div>He became Ken Gillanders' eastern test bed.</div>

<div>Any new hot racing part that Ken got Charlie got it first.</div>

<div>If it was going to fail or cause damage to the car Ken made sure the d=
river (Charlie) was thousands of miles away and could only reach him by pho=
ne and not by the neck.</div>

<div>Bruce</div>

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<div class=3D"yiv8225916849yqt4728600083" id=3D"yiv8225916849yqt27322">
<div class=3D"yiv8225916849gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at =
3:16 PM Vince G via Fot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; target=3D=
"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:fot@a=
utox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br clear=3D"none"></div>
<blockquote class=3D"yiv8225916849gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">




<div>
Great hearing the stories from fellow FOT=E2=80=99s. &nbsp; Priceless &nbsp=
; &nbsp;Thanks for sharing...<br clear=3D"none">
<br clear=3D"none">

<div id=3D"yiv8225916849gmail-m_-1447430452424645291AppleMailSignature" dir=
=3D"ltr">Vince</div>


<div dir=3D"ltr"><br clear=3D"none">
On Sep 27, 2019, at 1:40 PM, Mike Jackson via Fot &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fot=
@autox.team.net" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rec=
t" ymailto=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<=
br clear=3D"none">
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</div>

<blockquote type=3D"cite">

<div dir=3D"ltr">

<div style=3D"font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial, sans-serif=
;">
Yea, not a dream.&nbsp; Back in the day when SVRA had a spring race down he=
re in South Florida and Charlie had a relative that lives near by to visit.

<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;">Not only was he actually hanging upside down, in a FULL Batman costume =
but he had his little portable potty stationed back there with a rubber all=
igator placed as if it were about
 to be flushed down AND a boom box playing "See You Later Alligator" by Bil=
l Haley and the Comets</div>


<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;"><a style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255);" href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?=
v=3DCh1UQ47rWKU" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rec=
t">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DCh1UQ47rWKU</a></div>


<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;"><br clear=3D"none">
</div>


<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;">Oh yea, Charlie's business is as a caterer/chef so he had purchased som=
e 'gator chunks locally and fried them up to hand out to those passing by.<=
/div>


<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;">That evening a friend found a certificate for labeling a bat roost whic=
h we filled out and stuck to the side of his trailer.</div>


<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;"><br clear=3D"none">
</div>


<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;">And then he retired from racing and wasnt heard from for several years =
until after his wife passed away.&nbsp; Out of the blue he calls me years l=
ater and says "Well, my wife is dead
 so I guess it's about time I get back to racing"&nbsp; He was interested&n=
bsp; in finding another TR4 and I located one in the Midwest to send him to=
 see.&nbsp; Irv Corey's car as I recall.&nbsp; Before he got there I mailed=
 Irv a bat-a-gator to put in the car.&nbsp; In the end he
 bought a different Brit car but at least we got him back!&nbsp;&nbsp;</div=
>


<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;"><br clear=3D"none">
</div>


<div style=3D"font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9p=
t;">And, the bat-a-gators are another chapter that involved an argument abo=
ut whether his Bat or my Gator was male vs female.&nbsp; But seriously, thi=
nk about it, have you ever seen a gator
 that looked female?&nbsp; Me neither and I've seen a bundle of 'em down he=
re.&nbsp; Including the one that used to live in my pond, we named him Burt=
, after BS Levy.</div>

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 rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;fon=
t-size:10pt;font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:black;">
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From: fubog1 <u></u><br clear=3D"none">
Sent: Sep 27, 2019 10:30 AM <br clear=3D"none">
To: <a href=3D"mailto:grandwazoo@earthlink.net"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"no=
opener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:grandwazoo@earthlink.ne=
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Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR <br clear=3D"none=
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<div><font size=3D"2">I remember a dream I had of him in a batman suit, han=
ging from the roof inside of his racecar trailer, down @ PBIR...</font></di=
v>


<div><font size=3D"2">Strange dream.</font></div>


<div><font size=3D"2">Glen</font><br clear=3D"none">
</div>


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From: Mike Jackson &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:grandwazoo@earthlink.net"; target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:gr=
andwazoo@earthlink.net">grandwazoo@earthlink.net</a>&gt;<br clear=3D"none">
To: fubog1 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fubog1@aol.com"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"n=
oopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:fubog1@aol.com";>fubog1=
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Sent: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 10:25 am<br clear=3D"none">
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR<br clear=3D"none"=
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;">

<div>I just love that picture!</div>


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</div>

I'd have liked to tell either the Batman story&nbsp; from PBIR or the Bat-a=
-Gator one from Rd Atl or the "Circle of Truth" from PBIR but they all take=
 much too much explanation.

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<blockquote style=3D"padding-left:5px;margin-left:0px;border-left:2px solid=
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From: fubog1 <br clear=3D"none">
Sent: Sep 27, 2019 7:41 AM <br clear=3D"none">
To: <a href=3D"mailto:billdentin@aol.com"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener=
 noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:billdentin@aol.com";>billdenti=
n@aol.com</a>, <a href=3D"mailto:grandwazoo@earthlink.net"; target=3D"_blank=
" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:grandwazoo@e=
arthlink.net">
grandwazoo@earthlink.net</a>, <a href=3D"mailto:tr3a58dean@gmail.com"; targe=
t=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:t=
r3a58dean@gmail.com">tr3a58dean@gmail.com</a>,
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eferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.tea=
m.net</a> <br clear=3D"none">
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 noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:charlie106@att.net";>charlie10=
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<div><font size=3D"2">I have one of Charlies (cardboard) bats right here in=
 my office!</font></div>


<div><font size=3D"2">And then there's this photo if it goes through the in=
nernets...</font></div>


<div><font size=3D"2">Glen</font><br clear=3D"none">

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iv9529432044TIE.4441890" style=3D"margin:5px;vertical-align:middle;" alt=3D=
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Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4<br clear=3D"none">
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<div>The infamous BAT vs GATOR race. &nbsp;</div>


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<div>I was there.&nbsp; I seen it. &nbsp;</div>


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<div>They waved, when they went by.</div>


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<div>Bill Dentinger.</div>


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Subject: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4<br clear=3D"none">
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<div>Charlies old TR4 is now owned and extremely well driven by Mark Wheatl=
ey.&nbsp; It is a joy to see it every time its at the track with us.</div>


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I dont want to bore everyone with a hundred stories of that '92 weekend.&nb=
sp; But, here's my favorite..

<div>Charlie and I remain great friends even tho he races some Jap thingy n=
ow.&nbsp; We had been running literally door handle to door handle all week=
end long and having a great time at it.&nbsp; His wife Betty passed away so=
me years ago but she and my wife Sandy were
 on the hillside at the keyhole for the "big" race that weekend.&nbsp; Duri=
ng the race as we continued to come thru the corner either nose to tail or =
side by side Betty says to Sandy "I sure am glad Charlie doesnt take this t=
oo seriously and only does it for fun".&nbsp;
 Sandy bit her lip and said nothing.&nbsp; After the race she got Charlie o=
ff to the side and told him that he would "owe her forever" for not explain=
ing to Betty just how seriously we did, in fact, take it.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>


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<div>Ok, one more... in the paddock he blipped the throttle and it ran up m=
ore like an F1 car of the era.&nbsp; "Charlie you POS, it's supposed to hav=
e a flywheel on it!"&nbsp; His reply "It does".... "Well it's supposed to h=
ave a weight at least in two digits"...."It
 does!&nbsp; Eight point five"</div>


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<div>Dear God, there are so many more Charlie Kates stories both that weeke=
nd and thru the years.</div>


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<div>Mike</div>


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<div>Don=E2=80=99t know if this will transfer, but this is from the race in=
 1992 carried in Vintage Motorsports Annual. I Photo</div>


<div>Showing Mike Jackson and Charlie Kates.</div>


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