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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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In the early 60's there was a guy living above Sweet Home, Oregon in Cascadia, a small area, who had mad hot rodding skills. A '47 Ford, running a Packard with 400 cubes. Dual AFB's...solid lifters, etc. Closed mouth on the engine innards. Caddy Lasalle transmission, Ford 9" rear. Said he'd race anybody who could drive the road to his home. One of the first cars I'd seen to use weight transfer front shocks. Far as I know, he never lost. I personally watched this beast beat a Mopar 426 Max wedge. A one trick only car, but it did that trick well. Local cops made him paranoid enough that he took the car apart around '66-67...never put it back together. Bob was the local go to hot engine builder for years...
Done? I herded a couple of Goats back in the day, but always obeyed traffic laws. 
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent."
-Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.)
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