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To: Doug Anderson <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>, kturk@ala.net,
Subject: Dumb things to do.
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:59:04 -0700 (PDT)
Great thing about getting old (er), you finally
realize that you never stop learning.  No matter
how much you think you know, the surface ain't
even scratched. Shoot, back when I wuz about 28 -
29 - I thought I knew it all.  Yet, here I am,
still learning!

Dick J

--- Doug Anderson <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Iyam but imma awweful long way from Ol' Dick
> downdere in east Texas........
> 
> Dirty Doug in New Yawk
> 
> 
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> Reply-To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: "John Beckett"
> <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>,   "Dick J" 
> <lsr_man@yahoo.com>, "Joe Amo"
> <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
> CC: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: First Rule of Racing -= -VIOLATION
> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:58:34 -0500
> 
> OH NOW THAT CHANGES THIS PICTURE..... Okay
> John....you a Certified Welder?
> 
> Geez Now you Tell me....
> 
> Keith ( smiling all the way )
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Beckett"
> <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; "Joe Amo"
> <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: First Rule of Racing -= -VIOLATION
> 
> 
>  > Dick
>  >
>  > Lots of LSR cars have welded control arms.
> Keith ran 228 MPH with a pair 
> I
>  > welded. Get the front-end shop to figure
> which way you need to move the
> ball
>  > joint to get the alignment where you want
> it. Cut the joint end off,
>  > reposition,  tack-weld and take it to a
> certified welder.
>  >
>  > John Beckett, LSR #79
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message -----
>  > From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>  > To: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
>  > Cc: "Higginbotham Land Speed Racing"
> <saltrat@pro-blend.com>;
>  > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>  > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 9:16 AM
>  > Subject: First Rule of Racing -= -VIOLATION
>  >
>  >
>  > > I should have known that just as you can't
>  > > violate the rules of physics, you can't
> violate
>  > > the rules of racing.  I mean, whoever
> heard of a
>  > > racecar being ready two weeks before race
> day??
>  > > I think the rule goes something like: "No
> race
>  > > car can be ready to race until after
> sunset of
>  > > the night prior to the race."  I should
> have
>  > > known something was wrong when I delcared
> it
>  > > ready two weeks ahead of that!  I went to
> pick it
>  > > up at the front end shop and they couldn't
> align
>  > > it - lower right control arm is bent! 
> Then, to
>  > > make things better, when I call the
> renowned
>  > > Camaro supply house, they groan when I
> tell them
>  > > what I want.  Seems like there are no
>  > > aftermarkets available for '67-'69 model
> years.
>  > > They are scarce as hen's teeth and bring
> about
>  > > $300 bucks a piece if and when you find
> one!  I
>  > > am now frantically searching the internet
> for a
>  > > lower right control arm for a '68 Camaro. 
> If I
>  > > don't find one real soon - - it'll be no
> racing
>  > > for me this year!
>  > >
>  > >
>
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