[Fot] tow vehicles

[michael a kowalski]

absolutely never and not!  just racing the Vee.

mk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Babcock" <Billb at bnj.com>
To: "michael a kowalski" <sm1ski at dslextreme.com>
Cc: "Bobby Whitehead" <igofaster at charter.net>; <fot-request at autox.team.net>; 
<fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] tow vehicles


> That sounds very familiar. Was marijuana involved? Let me guess...
>
> On Oct 18, 2008, at 3:17 PM, michael a kowalski wrote:
>
>> how about towing my FV with my '69 VW camper all over the S. Cal  race 
>> circuit.
>>
>> mike kowalski,
>> FP spit
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Babcock" <Billb at bnj.com>
>> To: "Bobby Whitehead" <igofaster at charter.net>
>> Cc: <fot-request at autox.team.net>; <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] tow vehicles
>>
>>
>>> I'm pretty well off now, but I don't have any trouble remembering  when
>>> I LIVED in a Econoline van. I bought it for $150 and built an  interior
>>> for it using mostly material from japanese motorcycle crates. Amazing
>>> how hard that wood was--I had to predrill every hole, no way to hand-
>>> drive a nail into it. Coleman stove, fold up bed, some shelves and a
>>> curtain. Lived in it over the winter in Anderson, CA (one of the
>>> coldest and hottest places on the planet) and then another six months
>>> in Long Beach, and a few other spells when child support ate up more
>>> money than I made wrenching. It was painted a strange shade of blue-
>>> green, with a brush. We called it the Turquoise Turkey. It served me
>>> well carrying my race bikes--Motocross all over, Ascot for the 1/2
>>> mile and TT, Riverside GP, Elsinore, and a lot of desert races. Pull
>>> out the bikes, fold down the bed, and I was home. Worked pretty well
>>> with the ladies as long as they weren't looking for stability and a
>>> guy with a suit.
>>>
>>> Now THAT'S hippy style. Especially since the typical tip for a
>>> motorcycle mechanic in California at the time was a lid of grass.  That
>>> sweet incense was pretty much permanently embedded. Sold it for $150.
>>>
>>> Be kind of fun to have it back.