Paul,
Sorry to hear about your Dad. My thoughts are with you during this difficult
time.
Your memories of your Dad will last a lifetime and it does sound like you
guys had fun together.
Cars come and go as do other material objects but your memories and love
will stay with you forever.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; "Vintage Race"
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
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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