Fw: [V8] Frankentransplants

[Tony and Lillie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Frankentransplants


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> Subject: Re: [V8] Frankentransplants
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>> As some of you may recall, Rob Dupree and Scott J. were having a few 
>> beers
>> (imagine that) when they came up with the idea of stuffing an LT1 vette
>> motor into his old 5ktq chassis.  After much tinkering and welding and
>> completion of the project in the summer of '99, it's done it's share of
>> traveling (including parade lap at Monterey Historics in 1999, Mid Ohio,
>> Grattan and other track venues (various transmissions and a few more
>> engines) and extended 140mph+ runs through NV (now how would I know 
>> that?) .
>> It currently resides in CO and will be at the Steamboat Springs Gruppe Q
>> event in February.  Can you say TORQUE ? ;-)
>>

 It also has eaten more that its fair share of transmissions :)

 Tony Hoffman