[DeTomaso] NPC 60's land speed record

Boyd Casey boyd411 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 5 20:01:34 EST 2014


Being born in 1954 I remember the Spirit of America -Green monster battles.
I agree that the spirit of America was much cooler looking.  Boyd
[image: http://www.samuelhawley.com/arfons-breedlove-poster.jpg]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Larry - Ohio Time <Larry at ohiotimecorp.com>
wrote:

>    Guys,
>
>
>    If you were around in the 1960's, safe to say 98% of us were, (I was
>    just a snot nose kid) you will remember the battle for the land speed
>    record. I was a fan of Craig Breedlove and his Spirit of America. It
>    just looked cool to an 8 year old.  So much that just a few years ago
>    (20?) I jumped over the velvet rope around the car in the Chicago
>    Science Museum (great place) so I could touch it. Art Arfons and his
>    Green Monster was down in Akron 30 or so miles away from me, but as a
>    kid it may as well been on the moon.
>
>
>    In the 80's I had a customer by Arfons shop in Akron, (small and low
>    budget) and would look around the place. At the time his son was
>    putting helicopter turbines in tractor pulling rigs, I think. But still
>    hallow ground for me to be on.
>
>
>    If you remember any of this you will enjoy this video made back in the
>    day.
>
>
>
>    [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3GgQGuE4w_c
>
>
>
>    Larry (snot nosed older fart) - Cleveland
>
> References
>
>    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3GgQGuE4w_c
>
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   Being born in 1954 I remember the Spirit of America -Green monster
   battles. I agree that the spirit of America was much cooler looking.A
   Boyd
   http://www.samuelhawley.com/arfons-breedlove-poster.jpg

   On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Larry - Ohio Time
   <[1]Larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

     A  A Guys,
     A  A If you were around in the 1960's, safe to say 98% of us were,
     (I was
     A  A just a snot nose kid) you will remember the battle for the land
     speed
     A  A record. I was a fan of Craig Breedlove and his Spirit of
     America. It
     A  A just looked cool to an 8 year old.A  So much that just a few
     years ago
     A  A (20?) I jumped over the velvet rope around the car in the
     Chicago
     A  A Science Museum (great place) so I could touch it. Art Arfons
     and his
     A  A Green Monster was down in Akron 30 or so miles away from me,
     but as a
     A  A kid it may as well been on the moon.
     A  A In the 80's I had a customer by Arfons shop in Akron, (small
     and low
     A  A budget) and would look around the place. At the time his son
     was
     A  A putting helicopter turbines in tractor pulling rigs, I think.
     But still
     A  A hallow ground for me to be on.
     A  A If you remember any of this you will enjoy this video made back
     in the
     A  A day.
     A
     A [1][2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3GgQ
     GuE4w_c
     A  A Larry (snot nosed older fart) - Cleveland
     References
     A  A 1.
     [3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3GgQGuE4w
     _c
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References

   1. mailto:Larry at ohiotimecorp.com
   2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3GgQGuE4w_c
   3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3GgQGuE4w_c
   4. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
   5. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com


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