🚀 go-pugleaf

Jamir Quay wrote:
> 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.
> 


Well, he sure is recognized as the prevailing industrial designer of the 
  20th century.  BTW, there was not a single breakdown during the two 
weeks at the salt flats in the fall of '63.  Not one...

JT