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I've put the great photo that Bill Dentinger had of Crafty Jack caught =
in the act, hard at work with trustworthy tools in my last book (Myths) =
on page 38 with the story of Jack and Tony racing.=20
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From: Gt6steve@aol.com=20
To: cartravel@pobox.com ; BillDentin@aol.com=20
Cc: fot@autox.team.net ; saabhuman@netscape.net=20
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] My favorite memory of Jack...
I was aware of that work going on but not too involved as I was =
changing an engine myself. But I well remember the disappointment of =
not having those two cars on track with us. Steve
In a message dated 8/23/2008 8:45:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, =
cartravel@pobox.com writes:
Bill, that is what Paul Harvey would call "the rest of the story". =
I lost track of what Jack did after his car was pronounced done for the =
weekend. I knew he spent a lot of time working on the Tornado and that =
the spare head went from Jack's engine to yours. I didn't realize it =
was another liner problem. He was probably spent by the time it got to =
our all night marathon. I forgot to mention that my son, Tom, was =
working all night too. I let him work underneath the car, so the oil =
could drip in his face rather than mine. I didn't have a spare oil =
filter, so we had milky oil on Sunday morning too. We ran it anyway. =
All the water vaporized off during the first race, and the oil was clean =
after that.
Larry
BillDentin@aol.com wrote:=20
I could be wrong, but Larry might not be remembering that Hallett =
story 100% correctly. In fact, I think Jack was working on our Thunder =
Bolt (not his car, and it certainly was not his mistake). The two and =
three liners were in wrong. J K Jackson pointed it out, and Jack Drews =
led an effort to make 'at track' corrections. It was an ill-advised, =
albeit enthusiastic effort, (the figure eight gaskets got compromised). =
Kas couldn't bear to watch, and left the area with a grin on his face. =
We had a ton of kibitzers, and Jack was getting far more help and advise =
than he needed. I've got some great pictures of Jack working to first =
get the liners out (enough to turn them), and then to get them back in. =
We were using a really big hammer. Can't remember why we needed Larry's =
head, but we did, and I returned it to Jack after I got back home. We =
actually got the car running, but the oil looked like a light chocolate =
milk shake. We had plans to change the oil and run it a BARBER the =
following week end, but decided that was a bad idea.
Bill Dentinger
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<DIV><FONT size=3D3>I've put the great photo that Bill Dentinger had of =
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title=3DBillDentin@aol.com=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 23, 2008 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] My favorite =
memory of=20
Jack...</DIV>
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<DIV>I was aware of that work going on but not too involved as I was =
changing=20
an engine myself. But I well remember the disappointment of not =
having=20
those two cars on track with us. Steve</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 8/23/2008 8:45:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, =
<A=20
href=3D"mailto:cartravel@pobox.com";>cartravel@pobox.com</A> =
writes:</DIV>
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style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px =
solid"><FONT=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 =
size=3D2>Bill,=20
that is what Paul Harvey would call "the rest of the story". I =
lost=20
track of what Jack did after his car was pronounced done for the=20
weekend. I knew he spent a lot of time working on the Tornado =
and that=20
the spare head went from Jack's engine to yours. I didn't =
realize it=20
was another liner problem. He was probably spent by the time it got =
to our=20
all night marathon. I forgot to mention that my son, Tom, was =
working=20
all night too. I let him work underneath the car, so the oil =
could=20
drip in his face rather than mine. I didn't have a spare oil filter, =
so we=20
had milky oil on Sunday morning too. We ran it anyway. =
All the=20
water vaporized off during the first race, and the oil was clean =
after=20
that.<BR>Larry<BR><BR><A class=3Dmoz-txt-link-abbreviated=20
title=3Dmailto:BillDentin@aol.com=20
href=3D"mailto:BillDentin@aol.com";>BillDentin@aol.com</A> wrote:=20
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=3Dmid:ccf.3a45a3a1.35e16b8b@aol.com =
type=3D"cite"><FONT=20
face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0=20
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Old Face"=20
color=3D#400040 size=3D3 family=3D"SERIF" ptsize=3D"12" =
back=3D"#ffffff">I could be=20
wrong, but Larry might not be remembering that Hallett story 100%=20
correctly. In fact, I think Jack was working on our Thunder =
Bolt=20
(not his car, and it certainly was not his mistake). The two =
and=20
three liners were in wrong. J K Jackson pointed it out, and =
Jack=20
Drews led an effort to make 'at track' corrections. It was =
an=20
ill-advised, albeit enthusiastic effort, (the figure eight gaskets =
got=20
compromised). Kas couldn't bear to watch, and left the area =
with a=20
grin on his face. We had a ton of kibitzers, and Jack was =
getting=20
far more help and advise than he needed. I've got some great =
pictures of Jack working to first get the liners out (enough to =
turn=20
them), and then to get them back in. We were using a really =
big=20
hammer. Can't remember why we needed Larry's head, but we =
did, and I=20
returned it to Jack after I got back home. We actually got =
the car=20
running, but the oil looked like a light chocolate milk =
shake. We=20
had plans to change the oil and run it a BARBER the following week =
end,=20
but decided that was a bad idea.<BR><BR>Bill=20
Dentinger<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>It's only a deal =
if it's=20
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