True story. Junior Johnson was a moonshine runner and early champion stock car
racer.
He was sitting in a bar talking to one of the revenuers who had tried to catch
him without success. The revenuer suggested that he go to one of race tracks in
NC and sign up as a driver.
He did, and was so
Jewish for sure!
--R
On 2/6/15 5:45 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
He did, and was so successful, he gave up running moonshine. Not sure if he was
a Baptist:
Johnson was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina,
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Stock car racing could lead to dancing, perhaps even drinking and s-x,
so it is verboten.
--R
On 2/4/15 9:46 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
Had no idea there was a stock car race track. I guess baptists don't do stock
cars?
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Stock car racing could lead to dancing, perhaps even drinking and s-x, so it
is verboten.
My uncle was a good Baptist... maybe...
mao
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Max wrote:
...hours from where I grew up.
Maybe googlemaps has a wrong Ogema? NW from Wausau, 2+ hours travel
Ogema to Rice Lake. Yes, that is hours... but still looks quite
northwest?
mao
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No, I think Baptists love stock car racing.
The south is full of Baptists and that is where stock car racing came from.
RB
On 05/02/2015 8:17 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
Stock car racing could lead to dancing, perhaps even drinking and s-x,
so it is verboten.
--R
On 2/4/15 9:46
You've got the right Ogema (don't think there is another). When I lived at
home, orbit was pretty much restricted Wausau, Tomahawk, Medford, Phillips.
Occasional trips to Ladysmith. Many trips to Northern Minnesota.
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Max Dillon
Charleston, SC
On February 5, 2015 5:49:43 PM EST, Mountain
Max wrote:
...hours from where I grew up.
Maybe googlemaps has a wrong Ogema? NW from Wausau, 2+ hours travel
Ogema to Rice Lake. Yes, that is hours... but still looks quite
northwest?
mao
West of Tomahawk, South of Phillips.From Rhinelander, SW to
Tomahawk, then West to Ogema.
You can't repent your sins unless you have some... ;))
Stock car racing evolved from shine running... Must have been a federal
program sort of like midnight basketball to get the criminals off the
street... ;))
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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Yep; birthplace and home of NASCAR.
Wilton
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On Feb 5, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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No, I think Baptists love stock car racing.
The south is full of Baptists and that is where stock car racing came from.
RB
On
cylinder.
So he had canvas covering the grill but theres no radiator... :)
-Curt
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There's a guy who drives his 2CV to the gun
All them ol boys were the ones who had already started drankin and
runnin shine
--R
On 2/5/15 12:02 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
No, I think Baptists love stock car racing.
The south is full of Baptists and that is where stock car racing came
from.
RB
On 05/02/2015 8:17 AM, Rich Thomas via
Yep; birthplace and home of NASCAR.
Wilton
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On Feb 5, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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No, I think Baptists love stock car racing.
The south is full of Baptists and that is where stock car racing came from.
RB
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LarryT wrote:
There's a guy who drives his 2CV to the gun range...
Frank Barret also drives a 2CV. Former publisher of Star.
mao
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...I took it to our family mechanic back in northern WI
What town in northern WI?
I have a town in northern WI - Gordon.
mao
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North-western part off the state, hours from where I grew up. I did go to a
summer camp at Rice Lake, don't recall if that was a church camp or an outdoor
leadership camp. I think the former, went there a couple summers. Had no idea
there was a stock car race track. I guess baptists don't
-Max wrote:
Ogema.
Much to like about that place, I would think.
In mid '60's we spent a week at Sarona at my uncle's trailer on Long
Lake. I loved the dirt stock car track at Rice Lake which you might
have known? And I see Gordon is half way north from Sarona to Duluth.
(I only know Gordon
My first car summer was a 31 Model A Ford 5-window coupe that had just been
semi-restored; looked great and was in reasonably good condition; usually
drove it at redline - 55 to 60 mph. It literally hummed; worst thing about
it was getting it stopped. Girl friend (SWMBO) loved it, and I'm
My first car (that I was totally responsible for i.e. license, insurance,
all maintenance and any other expenses) was a '63 beetle that my older
brother gave up on. He had rebuilt the motor using over-sized pistons, the
engine made a ticking noise when done, so he bought a '68 squareback. I
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dauphines are cool. I almost bought one for my first car (it was $35
A neighbor in Houston who was a trauma surgeon moved to Atlanta and
bought a 2CV to drive to/from work. His wife is French, he has some
sort of French background too, or he might have been a coonass, whatever
I never asked, a French name. But he liked the car, and was just weird
enough to
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There's a guy who drives his 2CV to the gun range I am a member of.
Last week it was cold out (30s) and he arrived with a sheet of canvas
covering 90% of the radiator opening - just like the big trucks. ;-)
I haven't spoken to him in a long
I grew up in Aiken - great little town - I was there from age 5 to 12
and spent most of my time (exc for school) in the woods playing Army and
Cowboy and Indians with my 2 best friends. this was pre network - we
didn't have a TV part of the time. Rt 1 box 400H was the address ;-)
I wonder
There's a guy who drives his 2CV to the gun range I am a member of.
Last week it was cold out (30s) and he arrived with a sheet of canvas
covering 90% of the radiator opening - just like the big trucks. ;-)
I haven't spoken to him in a long time and don't know how many miles he
puts on
On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 19:05:31 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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The stock I have from my employer would nearly cover such a project
right now but we also need a roof on the house and a furnace which I
guess get precedence.
Yeah, strange how that works ...
Folks
I have come onto many interesting cars. When i was about 15 or 16 i bought a
Renault 4CV (looks like a morris minor with suicide doors in the front) that
was sitting behind a house in Aiken SC.
I got the title and the car showed only about 20,000 miles.
I paid $20. I STILL have the car
Renault Dauphine - now there's a blast from the past. Parts are still
available:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_armrs=1_dmd=1_mPrRngCbx=1_ipg=50LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0_from=R14%7CR40_sacat=0_nkw=renault+dauphineLH_PrefLoc=3_sop=3rt=nc
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Rick Hawkins Java via Mercedes
WOW! It was an OK car if you never drove it over 50mph . . . A friend in
H.S. had one, we re-built the engine three times in two years to keep it on
the street.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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Renault Dauphine - now there's a blast
dauphines are cool. I almost bought one for my first car (it was $35) but it
had the dreaded automatic stick shift transmission and fortunately i studied it
and read about it and didn't buy it.
The 4cv was the post wwII renault made from 1947 to 1961
i guess they are common in france …. who
My sister had a Dauphine. It was one of the program cars that GM execs got
when my Dad was working for GM in the late 60s.
I was always amazed by the pushbutton transmission it had.
Dan
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On Feb 2, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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I MEANT to say summer of '53.
Wilton
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My first car summer was a 31 Model A Ford 5-window coupe that had just been
semi-restored; looked great and was in reasonably good condition; usually
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dauphines are cool. I almost bought one for my first car (it was $35) but it
had the dreaded automatic stick
Like the old Dodge Coronet and Edsel? Those were totally awesome! I
wonder why they haven't made a comeback. It could be a retro facade behind
a digital transmission interface.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
My sister had a Dauphine. It
First GM program car, 1964-5 or thereabouts: Vauxhall wagon. Total POS.
Second GM program car, late 1960s: Opel Kadette. Another POS, but that was
partly because my Mom thrashed cars. It actually held up pretty well,
considering the abuse it took.
Third program car, 1970-1: Renault Dauphine.
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