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Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
> Jamir Quay wrote:
>> Phxbrd wrote:
>>> "Grumpy AuContraire" <GrumpyOne@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:-9WdnUQcfppgB7TWnZ2dnUVZ_hudnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>> SMITH29 wrote:
>>>>> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
>>>>>> SMITH29 wrote:
>>>>>>> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
>>>>>>>> The only way not to fail IS TO QUIT ( Palin Quote) wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Palin@2012.usa wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>  consistent with their time-honored principles.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Looks like the Death Panel Assembly chose not to review his case.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They did and it was a "thumbs down."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> JT
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> xxxx
>>>>>>> Saw ChickenHawk in Carcraft :-(
>>>>>>> Do you know how Ted is doing?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ted is "back in the saddle" and raced in the pure stock drags and 
>>>>>> as usual pretty well destroyed the competition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wish that I had half his energy level...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JT
>>>>>>
>>>>> xxxx
>>>>> At 74 that's doing pretty dang good.
>>>>> I still have the 55 black President State sitting in the garage 
>>>>> waiting for me to up grade.
>>>>> It needs the usual rust in the front fenders repaired but for the 
>>>>> rest of the car it's rust free. Grandad had it undercoated and it 
>>>>> never sat in the weather.
>>>> I have a '56 Power Hawk and am switching out the front fenders with 
>>>> good used TX.  Still had to repair a few pin holes but it will be good.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The Ross steering is the first thing to address and still unsure as 
>>>>> How to attack that. Was unable to find a Saginaw of that period and 
>>>>> wonder if a front clip wouldn't be the answer.....
>>>>> Have you had any experience in that area?
>>>> The Power Hawk has the usual flat spot and I bought a Saginaw unit 
>>>> twenty years ago but it hasn't gotten so bad as to replace it (yet).
>>>>
>>>> You should be able to locate one as they were used on Champions 
>>>> only. Of course, be sure to get the correct length (c/k vs. sedan).
>>>>
>>>> JT
>>>
>>>
>>> You Steadybreaker fans are masochists.
>>>
>>
>> Avanti!
> 
> 
> Yes, the car that influenced all modern machinery years before it was 
> noticed.
> 
> I had a '63 R-1 for nearly twenty years and sold it about twenty years 
> ago.  Now, it is terrorizing the masses somewhere in Australia.
> 
> Twenty-nine world speed records set by various Avanti versions in the 
> fall of 1963 at the Utah salt flats, most of which still stand today...
> 
> JT
> 
> 
You sir are a man of rare taste and discerning nature.

I consider Raymond Loewy (father of the Coca Cola bottle) to be perhaps 
the greatest American design stylist of all time.

Good on you.