> Thank you for proving a tribute to your father's relationship with you.
We
> could all be so lucky to have a son/daughter that loved us as much . . .
> I/we am very sorry for your loss of your friend, father and companion
> through life.
>
> Bryan
> Boulder, CO
>
> > 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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