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Re: O.T., In memory of A.O.K.

To: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: O.T., In memory of A.O.K.
From: "Dave Stoll" <dgstoll@mint.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:46:55 -0500
Thanks for  sharing a few thoughts on great Dad,  sounds like a lot of good
memories to lean on..
daveS
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul <9laser3@bright.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; Vintage Race
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Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 9:55 AM
Subject: O.T., In memory of A.O.K.


>   While he wasn't a giant in the field of automobiles, he was the man that
> got me started with this crazy habit of buying strange little cars when he
> dragged home a 1960 DKW 750 back when I was just a kid.  From there it was
a
> Saab 96, a Sunbeam Rapier, a couple of Ford Cortinias, an early Subaru
100,
> a Mazda RX3 and RX4, and in moment of weakness, our first convertible, a
> 1963.5 Ford Galixe 500.    Together, we snuck out and test drove many
other
> cars that we could never have afforded.
>   He also got me started with racing.  Together we attended everything
from
> the local 1/8 mile dirt tracks to CAN-AM races at MidOhio, Watkins Glen,
and
> Elkhart Lake.  When our Saab 96 rusted out to the point it was no longer
> safe to drive, he even found some one who made it into a Formula S  open
> wheel racer, just so that the motor could carry on.
>   Nobody on the list ever met him, but we all had somebody just like him
in
> our lives.   Today I say my final good-byes to Albert Otto Kort, my
father.
>
> Paul
> OROC
> Sloan Racing
>
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