[Fot] Racing memories

[Bill Sohl]

I have a blown piston from my TR-3.  It blew at Bridgehampton Race Track
back in 1973... it now serves as a pen/pencil holder on my garage workbench.

Cheers,
Bill Sohl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael" <mlcooknj at msn.com>
To: "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4 at cs.com>; <jhhasty at gdhs.com>
Cc: "Brendan Alexander" <brendan.tr4197 at gmail.com>; <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Racing memories


> Ah yes, the paperweight on my desk - a Spitfire 1300 rod with a nicely 
> curved
> bend in the middle and a scrape where it knocked a hole in the block. It
> happened in an instant at the top of the hill at Lime Rock...in practice 
> for
> pete's sake! I didn't save the broken crank. You see, Kas told me to 
> change
> the crank after six races and that Lime Rock event was number 
> seven..........
>
> At least we saved the head!
>
> Mike Cook
>
>> From: n197tr4 at cs.com
>> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:26:57 -0600
>> To: jhhasty at gdhs.com
>> CC: fot at autox.team.net; brendan.tr4197 at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Racing memories
>>
>> Some of the stuff we have is priceless.
>>
>> Like the forged piston with an imbedded valve.  (Watkins Glen)
>>
>> And the connecting rod with a tell tale bend.  (Road America)
>>
>> But no broken cranks.....yet.
>>
>> Joe Alexander
>> 645 1st Street
>> Jesup, IA 50648
>> The-vintage-racer.com
>> Gasketinnovations.com
>> Cell:  319.464.4711
>>
>> > On Jan 29, 2014, at 2:14 PM, "John Hasty" <jhhasty at gdhs.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I can't get rid of my "stuff" either.  Brings on, as He Haw used to 
>> > say,
>> > deep dark depression and excessive misery.  I've tried it a couple of
> times
>> > but I can't even throw away my bins of bits ...each one has a memory
>> > attached, memories I want to keep.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
>> > Behalf Of Joe Alexander
>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 2:59 PM
>> > To: walt
>> > Cc: Brendan Alexander; fot at autox.team.net
>> > Subject: Re: [Fot] Racing memories
>> >
>> > Sean, Mark, Brendan, and Erik, will have to clean up after me.
>> >
>> > Maybe Haley, Sammie, and Kennsington, too.
>> >
>> > There's some real treasures in there. Nice to know they are interested.
>> >
>> > Sean says I am being "morbid".
>> >
>> > Joe Alexander
>> > 645 1st Street
>> > Jesup, IA 50648
>> > The-vintage-racer.com
>> > Gasketinnovations.com
>> > Cell:  319.464.4711
>> >
>> >> On Jan 29, 2014, at 1:49 PM, walt <walt at hot-tr6.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Good choice Kas. When I die my wife will have the mother of all "real
> guy"
>> > garage sale followed by a big party.
>> >> Walt Hollowell
>> >> Abq. NM
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone
>> >>
>> >> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Kas Kastner
>> > <kaskastner at gmail.com> </div><div>Date:01/29/2014  12:36 PM 
>> > (GMT-07:00)
>> > </div><div>To: fot at autox.team.net </div><div>Subject: [Fot] Racing
> memories
>> > </div><div>
>> >> </div>Thanks to all that offered kind advice and some really good
>> >> advice
>> > too.B  In
>> >> the end I have decided to keep everything and let someone else worry
>> >> about selling my junk. Selling it would not be fun and selling cheap
>> >> would irritate me a lot.B  Most all of it still means a lot to me, so
>> >> I think I'll just put some things up on the wall and others in a safe
>> >> location and worry about it when I get old. Again thanks for all the
>> >> great responses from the FOT. But ifB  ever reversed my decision the
>> >> FOT will get first grabs.
>> >>
>> >> *Never be beaten by equipment.*
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