[Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021

[Scott Meredith]

Dave, you're safe, the Statute of Limitations in CA. is 10 years -


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From: DAVE HOGYE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: fubog1 <fubog1 at aol.com>; fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>; garygret at sbcglobal.net <garygret at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 8:38
Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021

  I didn't scour on trash day, but there was a construction site close by and the portable concrete mixer's 8HP engine grew legs and ended up in my minibike.  I don't know how it got in there either, because it barely fit.  I had the fastest minibike in town.    Dave H.   
  On 12/31/2020 6:12 AM fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:           Ok so how many others used to get up extra early on trash pickup day and scour the neighborhood for junk reel lawnmowers ?  Glen
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From: Duncan Charlton via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> 
To: Gary Schneider <garygret at sbcglobal.net> 
Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>; fubog1 <fubog1 at aol.com> 
Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:38 am 
Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021 
 
     I discovered the same as Gary did with the Tecumseh engine on my Rupp go-kart when I was 13 or 14.  After about a year of this the flywheel exploded, with the heavy magnet portion deciding to end its union with the rest of the lump.  I felt a big impact behind my right shoulder just before the engine suddenly lost power.  I was damned lucky that the chunk with the magnet (which must have weighed 2 or 3 lbs.) bounced off the steel tubing supporting the edge of the sheet metal seat pan, saving me from a serious injury.  I found the piece about 30 feet away in the grass.       Duncan   
    On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:39 PM Gary Schneider via Fot < fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  
        Glen, that's great! My dad built me a go-kart out of plywood and an old reel lawnmower when I was around that size or a little bigger. I discovered my first speed mod: it went lots faster if you tied a string to the throttle and pulled it open past the governor. Turned out not for very long though, a big BANG clang-a-lang-a-lang after a few hot laps of the yard. My first motorized device and the first engine I blew up. Ungrateful little hellion. Fortunately there was no photographic evidence or body cams to capture the guilty look.       Gary Schneider          On Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 9:13:16 AM CST, fubog1 via Fot < fot at autox.team.net> wrote:               Yes, yes, and yes.   Glen Efinger       ps- here's my picture in advance, the 1st racecar I ever built, my brother John is driver.                         -          _______________________________________________ 
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