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Old 06-17-2020, 09:47 AM   #20
CalandLinda
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A man and his wife stopped by my shop last year. He had drag raced against Don Garlits when Don was starting out. The first race Don had one of the Plymouth’s with the headlights set on an angle. He looked at them and noticed the bottom set didn’t have headlights in them. Don had run a hose from them to the carburetor. He protected and won. Next race Don had small wheels on the front of his car. He protected again, won again and of course won both races. The way he said it Don was madder than hell.
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I called the aircraft a snake bird because aboard ship all of their aircraft were called snakes because of the bright orange diamonds in their paint scheme with the coiled rattlesnake.
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