[Fot] Kastner Cool

[Brad Eells]

Interesting to note the Cobra shirt can still be bought off the shelf.

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*Brad Eells*
*Chino CA*
*#72 FP 1969 Triumph Spitfire Mk3*
*#35 DP 1962 Triumph TR4*
*1965 Triumph TR4A IRS...for the road!*




On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 9:05 AM Kas Kastner <kaskastner at gmail.com> wrote:

> That was indeed a funny couple hours.  Everyone in the Triumph pits was
> wearing one of the shirts and it was not until about ten o'clock in the AM
> that I noticed it on Charlie Gates who was driving my TR-250- (and won) in
> the modified category.  I was so embarrassed, not easy to do. My little
> mind was busy elsewhere. I have a photo of Charlie leaning up against a
> post in the paddock and the shirt is visible. (my first notice of it.)
>
> *Never be beaten by equipment.*
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 7:48 PM Chuck Gee via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I was just rereading the story about these shirts in one of Kas’ prep
>> manuals (the one with Uncle Jack on the cover, Racing, Winning, and other
>> Myths, page 16 or so).  These shirts showed up at the 1966 Daytona race,
>> the very same race featured in a recently popular car movie about some guy
>> driving a GT 40.   Interesting, at least to me, how so many stories
>> intertwine when it comes to racing in the 60s.  To think, Shelby had
>> everything on the line at that race (at least if you believe what’s in the
>> movie) and Kas’ guys busting his chops with a knock off Shelby shirt.
>>
>> Here’s to you Kas!  To bad the cameras didn’t pan a little left or right,
>> they might have caught one of these shirts on film (assuming the movie guys
>> were accurate in their portrayal).
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> On Jan 11, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Brad Eells via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Hello Amici,
>>
>> Why white? Here is the Kastner-Brophy Team in the early 70's. Chuck's
>> Candy Box is visible behind the group. Kas in the middle, the Candy Box
>> driver Carl Swanson to his left. My Spitfire driver, Doug Brown is the
>> short, very stout guy to Kas's right. Kas will know the rest of the guys in
>> the photo.
>>
>> The whole team is wearing white shirts with the KBR logo. The cool kids,
>> Kas and Carl are sporting the white pants and black belts. The coolest of
>> course, is Kas rolling with the Ray-Ban shades...
>>
>> <Vitesse Trans-Am and F 5000 crews KBR (Large).jpg>
>>
>>
>> White was clearly Kas's color of choice; cars, shirts, pants!
>>
>> *Brad Eells*
>> *Chino CA*
>> *#72 FP 1969 Triumph Spitfire Mk3*
>> *#35 DP 1962 Triumph TR4*
>> *1965 Triumph TR4A IRS...for the road!*
>>
>>
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