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

To: "Len and/or Marge" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>,
Subject: Re: "Dan Blocker Was a "Car Guy"..."
From: "John Soderling" <jsoderling@astound.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:58:55 -0700
Len,
"And now for the rest of the story ......?

Vrooom vrooom,
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len and/or Marge" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>
To: "Healeys Mail List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: "Dan Blocker Was a "Car Guy"..."


> 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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