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"Dan Blocker Was a "Car Guy"..."

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Subject: "Dan Blocker Was a "Car Guy"..."
From: "Len and/or Marge" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:31:30 -0700
The following is from the Open Exhaust column by Al Auger in the (Vacaville) 
Reporter newpaper, 4/29/2005:

"  'Bonanza' star provided wild racing memories.    Dan Blocker was a "car guy" 
with a problem.  He loved sports cars and road racing.  But, his 6-foot-4-inch 
bulk could hardly fit in the cockpit of the cars he loved.  He was also a 
friend with a heart as big as his body.  I first met Dan at Laguna Seca where, 
although he couldn't drive a race car, he kept close to the sport as a car 
owner.

The Car, a highly modified Austin-Healey he called the "Vinegarroon", was a 
monster to drive, powered by a supped up V-8..."

(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA
1967 3000 MKIII HBJ8L39031




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