Impressive to think that that's only car to ever be in all five 200 MPH
Clubs.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:52 AM
Subject: Hot Rod again?
> I just got my copy of January's issue... and there Finally is the article
that
> so many of us worked our butts off on....
>
> On Pg. 45 DF actually gave me the only statement I really wanted to
make...
> That this was the most legit Magazine car ever...
>
> I mean that... Freiburger built and tuned what has turned out to be a
> wonderful engine... the car.. is remarkably stock... down to and including
the
> ratty door panels... it's not some high brow " you can't built it "
deal...
> it's my old junk Camaro and a ton of work by some great friends...
>
> This is exactly the way it oughta be...
>
> Thanks Dave for capturing in words what it was like in our lives for those
> three months...
>
> Keith and Tonya Turk
>
> I posted this on the Hot Rod Magazine Message board. For those that
haven't
> been as involved in the sport it's hard to understand the passion that is
> required to get it done... David F gets it and wrote it just exactly the
way
> it oughta have been done...
>
> There is tremendous pride for me seeing my junk in Hot Rod... but honestly
I
> was proudest of what we accomplished... all you guys know how hard I
worked at
> setting a record with the wrong car and wrong motor.... To Dahlgren's
credit
> we got it almost there.... The new car has all the right things ( and
> getting a few more up in Detroit )... it's a lot of fun... but it's not
what
> your average guy can build... this one is and thanks to David our sport
is
> once again being presented in a positive light to the general hot rodding
> public....
>
> Hope you all enjoy it....
>
> Keith
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