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Re: Caterham 7s

To: Barry Spencer <bspencer@tsoft.com>,
Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
From: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 18:33:01 -0700
Oh, yes...you bet! John would have never been so crazy... I did mix 
pronouns, using 'I" and "we" denoted past and present, sort of.
--Pat K

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>From: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>
>To: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>, "John J. Stimson-III"
<john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>, "Michael R. Clements"
<mrclem@telocity.com>, "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>,
"Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>, "'Scot Zediker'"
<roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
>Date: Wed, May 29, 2002, 6:28 PM
>

>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
> To: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>; "John J. Stimson-III"
> <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
> Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>; "Michael R. Clements"
> <mrclem@telocity.com>; "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>;
> "Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "'Scot Zediker'"
> <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
>
>
>> When I first got our 7,
>
> When we first got our 7, or When I first got my 7 :>))))  Pat you're the
> owner, right? :>))))
>
> Barry
>
>
>
> I drove it on the street for about 3 weeks, and
>> discovered, as silly as it looked, using a helmet made it much more
>> comfortable to drive; kept the wind from buffeting my face. There were
>> several 7s being driven on the street at that time, and one driver's wife
>> insisted he put a flag like kids do sticking up, so people could see you
>> coming. It did hold three bags of groceries. :) And got excellent mileage.
>> The thing that turned me off was stopped at a red light, next to a big
> rig,
>> and straight level with my eyeballs was the lower lugnuts of his wheels.
>> --Pat K
>>
>> ----------
>> >From: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>
>> >To: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>> >Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>, "Michael R. Clements"
>> <mrclem@telocity.com>, "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>,
>> "Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>, "'Scot Zediker'"
>> <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
>> >Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
>> >Date: Wed, May 29, 2002, 5:23 PM
>> >
>>
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>> > To: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>
>> > Cc: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>; "Michael R. Clements"
>> > <mrclem@telocity.com>; "'John F. Kelly Jr.'"
> <76067.1750@compuserve.com>;
>> > "Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "'Scot Zediker'"
>> > <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 5:14 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Caterham 7s
>> >
>> >
>> >> > > werent many of these built with a toyota motor?
>> >>
>> >> James, I think that some other outfit does build a 7 replica with the
>> >> Toyota 4AGE engine.  There are a lot of companies that make 7
>> >> replicas, and there's even a book on how to build one yourself on the
>> > cheap.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 04:16:10PM -0700, Barry Spencer wrote:
>> >> > 7's are lots of fun around town. I drove a BDA 7 with 200 + hp :>)
> down
>> > 880
>> >> > a few months ago with two 18 wheelers each side of me :>((( It was
> scary
>> > to
>> >> > say the least.
>> >> >
>> >> > Barry
>> >>
>> >> Barry, I have got to wonder if it wasn't you I saw blasting down I-80
>> >> about three years ago when I came out to interview for my current
>> >> job.  There I was, between Cordelia and Davis, and I looked out the
>> >> window of my rental Neon and saw the top of a helmet hovering there.
>> >> Then a little bitty car zipped around me -- it was a Seven!  Cool.
>> >> Then I noticed I could see over his roll bar to the trunk of the Camry
>> >> in front of me!  That's when I realized that it's a fun car, but
>> >> probably not so much fun surrounded by tractor trailers and SUVs that
>> >> are jockeying for position at 45MPH...
>> >>
>> >> I still want one.
>> >
>> > No, it wasn't me.
>> >
>> > Barry
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> john@idsfa.net                                              John
> Stimson
>> >> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/                              HMC Physics
> '94

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