[DeTomaso] Fwd: "Are you Ready for the Future?" (No direct PC but interesting!)
Jack Donahue
demongusta at gmail.com
Thu Dec 28 02:27:38 EST 2017
Terry - I forgot to share with the List.
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> From: Jack Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] "Are you Ready for the Future?" (No direct PC but interesting!)
> Date: December 27, 2017 at 11:25:49 PM PST
> To: "Himes, Terry (397C)" <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
>
> At 8 years old I got my first kart - made by “Bug”, the hot ticket in the 50’s - 60’s. It replaced the Singer Special - two years prior. It started off with 6”wheels and a single Clinton 2.5 hp. driving the left rear wheel. It took some time & evolution, but in a couple years it had a live axle, 3- McCulloch 10 hp chainsaw motors (Mac 10’s) - 13” aluminum wheels with slicks. Disc brakes and a pressurized “Moon” tank on the rear of the seat. From the tank, were 3 clear plastic tubes feeding the Tillotson Carbs. That kart ran 90 mph at a deserted runway at McClellan AFB in Sacramento. My father - Colonel - pilot - had his 1959 Porsche Carrera gt Speedster (a bit rare in itself) - right next to me - it looked so comfortable at the time. Synchronizing the 3 motors was a little touch - to the point that 2 Mac 10’s almost ran as fast - but never threw a chain, like the 3-motor setup.
> The Christmas morning I got the kart, I also got my favorite candy - one pound of California Brittle from Sees and my first red/black Pendleton Shirt (Lumberjack). I was really STYLIN’ - drove through the neighborhood like I owned the road, chocolates between my legs, and the red Pendleton shirt a blazin’. On top of the friggin world. Well - I ran a stop sign in front of a cop, didn’t pay attention to a yield sign, and, when pulled over, I began vomiting up all that chocolate. He lead me home covered in vomit to a harsh treatment with a motorcycle belt to the butt by my mother, while my dad dealt with the CHP.All OK - Flyin' high in April - Shot down in May. All in 30 minutes. But lived to tell about it.
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>> On Dec 27, 2017, at 10:03 PM, Himes, Terry (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Ah! Speaking of Go Karts. My dad (a Ford Mechanic and later a machinist) built my Go Kart from Dart Kart plans
>> and put 2 West Bend 580’s in it. I will never forget the weekends racing it. I bet many of you had Go Karts also!
>>
>> Let’s hear about them!! It’s only a LITTLE off topic. ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
>> stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
>>
>> Terry W. Himes
>> JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
>> Dawn Spacecraft Team
>> Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
>> Phone: (818) 393-6261
>> Cell: (818) 653-8213
>> thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
>> 🇺🇸
>>
>>
>> On 12/27/17, 8:14 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Jack Donahue" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of demongusta at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hear Hear - to that. Old school, cubes, headers, & testosterone.
>> Ironic that my first go-kart (at age 6) was a “prototype” Singer sewing machine - I used to sit and watch my mother sew on one and just imagine how that wheel could be a "drive-wheel" on a go-kart. Fast forward 65 years - and here we are - electric cars??
>>
>>> On Dec 27, 2017, at 5:04 PM, audionut at hushmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Interesting indeed, Laurie-- thanks for posting. I'd say that if
>>> he's off the mark, it ain't by much.
>>>
>>> I don't know about you guys but I'm never going to be ready to swap out
>>> my V8 for an electric motor. I don't care how fast they are.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not even if you give me a 3D printer to poop out all the parts and
>>> robots to do the work. No f'n way.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A Pantera needs to growl, rumble and shake!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Terry - I forgot to share with the List.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jack Donahue <[1]demongusta at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] "Are you Ready for the Future?" (No direct PC
but interesting!)
Date: December 27, 2017 at 11:25:49 PM PST
To: "Himes, Terry (397C)" <[2]terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
At 8 years old I got my first kart - made by "Bug", the hot ticket in
the 50's - 60's. It replaced the Singer Special - two years prior. It
started off with 6"wheels and a single Clinton 2.5 hp. driving the left
rear wheel. It took some time & evolution, but in a couple years it had
a live axle, 3- McCulloch 10 hp chainsaw motors (Mac 10's) - 13"
aluminum wheels with slicks. Disc brakes and a pressurized "Moon" tank
on the rear of the seat. From the tank, were 3 clear plastic tubes
feeding the Tillotson Carbs. That kart ran 90 mph at a deserted runway
at McClellan AFB in Sacramento. My father - Colonel - pilot - had his
1959 Porsche Carrera gt Speedster (a bit rare in itself) - right next
to me - it looked so comfortable at the time. Synchronizing the 3
motors was a little touch - to the point that 2 Mac 10's almost ran as
fast - but never threw a chain, like the 3-motor setup.
The Christmas morning I got the kart, I also got my favorite candy -
one pound of California Brittle from Sees and my first red/black
Pendleton Shirt (Lumberjack). I was really STYLIN' - drove through the
neighborhood like I owned the road, chocolates between my legs, and the
red Pendleton shirt a blazin'. On top of the friggin world. Well - I
ran a stop sign in front of a cop, didn't pay attention to a yield
sign, and, when pulled over, I began vomiting up all that chocolate. He
lead me home covered in vomit to a harsh treatment with a motorcycle
belt to the butt by my mother, while my dad dealt with the CHP.All OK
- Flyin' high in April - Shot down in May. All in 30 minutes. But
lived to tell about it.
#4346
On Dec 27, 2017, at 10:03 PM, Himes, Terry (397C)
<[3]terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
Ah! Speaking of Go Karts. My dad (a Ford Mechanic and later a
machinist) built my Go Kart from Dart Kart plans
and put 2 West Bend 580's in it. I will never forget the weekends
racing it. I bet many of you had Go Karts also!
Let's hear about them!! It's only a LITTLE off topic. ;-)
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
[4]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
On 12/27/17, 8:14 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Jack Donahue"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
demongusta at gmail.com> wrote:
Hear Hear - to that. Old school, cubes, headers, & testosterone.
Ironic that my first go-kart (at age 6) was a "prototype" Singer
sewing machine - I used to sit and watch my mother sew on one and
just imagine how that wheel could be a "drive-wheel" on a go-kart.
Fast forward 65 years - and here we are - electric cars??
On Dec 27, 2017, at 5:04 PM, audionut at hushmail.com wrote:
Interesting indeed, Laurie-- thanks for posting. I'd say that if
he's off the mark, it ain't by much.
I don't know about you guys but I'm never going to be ready to swap
out
my V8 for an electric motor. I don't care how fast they are.
Not even if you give me a 3D printer to poop out all the parts and
robots to do the work. No f'n way.
A Pantera needs to growl, rumble and shake!
Sent using Hushmail
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