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    Did you have two sets of 180s?  One you ran on the car and one you
    sent to Dan?<br>
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    I can ask Dan.<br>
    Asa Jay<br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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    <br>
    On 1/3/2014 7:13 PM, Team Pantera wrote:
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      <div>Speaking of headers I need to find out from Dan what happened
        to my 180's I donated to him for testing...did he ever post
        anything on Forum?</div>
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      <div>I would suspect I lose some Hp on low end but gain on high
        end...but its not why you put 180's on a Pantera...was happy for
        503 rwhp @ 6000 r's ;-)</div>
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      -------- Original message --------<br>
      From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shawkins777@comcast.net">shawkins777@comcast.net</a> <br>
      Date: <br>
      To: <br>
      Cc: TPR Forum <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com"><tpr@teampanteraracing.com></a> <br>
      Subject: Re: [TPR] GOALS FOR NEW YEAR Re: HAPPY NEW YEARS BOYZ +
      LAURI <br>
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      <div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
        0);">I have Magnaflows on mine and I'm very pleased with them. 
        Dan Jones has done testing with Magnaflow mufflers and they lose
        very little HP.<br>
        <br>
        Steve<br>
        <br>
        <hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Kirby Schrader"
        <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kirby.schrader@gmail.com"><kirby.schrader@gmail.com></a><br>
        <b>To: </b>"TPR Forum" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com"><tpr@teampanteraracing.com></a><br>
        <b>Cc: </b>"David in Durango" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:adin@frontier.net"><adin@frontier.net></a><br>
        <b>Sent: </b>Friday, January 3, 2014 5:17:00 PM<br>
        <b>Subject: </b>Re: [TPR] GOALS FOR NEW YEAR Re: HAPPY NEW
        YEARS BOYZ + LAURI<br>
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        <div>Asa Jay,</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        Pics of the roll cage. Ignore all the crap laying around… I’m
        still working on it.
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          <div>David,</div>
          <div>As for a ‘noise video’, that will have to be later. I’m
            still cooking up the coolant ‘Y’ that I need to mount the
            remote thermostat.</div>
          <div>No cooling system, no noise video.</div>
          <div>:-)</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>I like your plan!</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>I used Magnaflows on my Pantera 180’s, too. They were
            just too damned loud for street use with the ‘mufflers' that
            came with them.</div>
          <div>I’ve attached one pic of the setup.</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>I thought I had a good plan, but the 180 flanges are not
            pointed parallel. So all my good measuring and muffler
            ordering didn’t work worth a shit.</div>
          <div>The outlets are pointing at each other, so I had to
            rotate or cant the mufflers so they’d fit.</div>
          <div>Sigh….</div>
          <div>Round mufflers would work much better, but I already had
            them and started mounting them, so….</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Regards,</div>
          <div>Kirby</div>
          <div><br>
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              width="1091"></div>
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          <div>
            <div>On Jan 3, 2014, at 14:44, David in Durango <<a
                moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:adin@frontier.net"
                target="_blank">adin@frontier.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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                <div><font face="Georgia">Kirby,</font></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><font face="Georgia">Dang, those are tiny little
                    muffs!  Any way you can post a movie with noise? 
                    Guess they couldn't be any worse than the GTS units.</font></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><font face="Georgia">Overall plan: alum block
                    windsor (600ish flywheel hp), 180 headers [1] - its
                    the last motor so i'm going nuts.</font></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><font face="Georgia">Anyway, looks like those
                    Magnaflows could be used in either place.  I
                    wouldn't "need" the SSbling, but like the look of
                    the nasty giant pipes!.</font></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><font face="Georgia">So, at some point it would be
                    fun to hear that puppy . . .</font></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><font face="Georgia">Thanks.</font></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><font face="Georgia">David</font></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><font face="Georgia">PS, I sure enjoy this photo -
                    fun day.</font></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><span><funrally20137.jpg></span></div>
                <div> </div>
                <div> </div>
                <div><font face="Georgia">[1] Unfortunately, there are
                    some old school kinda things I can't get over. 
                    rumpa rumpa idle is one thing - so 1x4bbl or 2x4bbl
                    and the other will possibly be the damn 180s. </font></div>
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                  <div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
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                    -----</div>
                  <div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
                    font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height:
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                    rgb(228, 228, 228);"><b>From:</b><span
                      class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      title="kirby.schrader@gmail.com"
                      href="mailto:kirby.schrader@gmail.com"
                      target="_blank">Kirby Schrader</a></div>
                  <div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
                    font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height:
                    normal; font-family: arial;"><b>To:</b><span
                      class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                      moz-do-not-send="true" title="adin@frontier.net"
                      href="mailto:adin@frontier.net" target="_blank">David
                      in Durango</a></div>
                  <div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
                    font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height:
                    normal; font-family: arial;"><b>Cc:</b><span
                      class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                      moz-do-not-send="true" title="asajay@asajay.com"
                      href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" target="_blank">Asa
                      Jay Laughton</a><span
                      class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span
                      class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      title="tpr@teampanteraracing.com"
                      href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com"
                      target="_blank">TPR Forum</a></div>
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                    font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height:
                    normal; font-family: arial;"><b>Sent:</b><span
                      class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday,
                    January 03, 2014 9:32 AM</div>
                  <div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
                    font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height:
                    normal; font-family: arial;"><b>Subject:</b><span
                      class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [TPR]
                    GOALS FOR NEW YEAR Re: HAPPY NEW YEARS BOYZ + LAURI</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div dir="ltr">Yes, those are 3" ID SS Magnaflows that
                    are oval and fit into the 'hole' where the stock
                    mufflers fit.
                    <div>The tailpipes on the car are 3" header to tip
                      and I wanted to keep the ID.<br>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>From what I've read from Dan Jones and the
                        dyno testing that he's done with Dave McClain,
                        the GTS mufflers, even gutted, are restrictive
                        due to the small outlets.</div>
                      <div>As a side comment, apparently, Wilkinson's
                        new headers and mufflers are much, much better.</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>The race car had straight pipes and was
                        ungodly loud, which was the reason it got its
                        nickname 'Saturn V'... </div>
                      <div>Just tuning the carburetor with it idling
                        hurt my ears.</div>
                      <div>Gray's response was... wear ear plugs!</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Plus, Upton told me TWS is starting to
                        enforce the sound limits they have. </div>
                      <div>The new owner is trying to keep the locals
                        happy, it seems. Inevitable these days...</div>
                      <div>Upton is running a couple of Borla mufflers
                        on his car now. </div>
                      <div>:-)</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Anyway, I used the two reasons above to
                        convince myself that I needed to put mufflers on
                        the car with minimal impact to the performance.</div>
                      <div>I did some searching and found these. They
                        knocked the high frequencies off big time. It's
                        still loud, but it doesn't hurt the ears as
                        much.</div>
                      <div>The fit right into the opening where the
                        normal mufflers go, as you can see in the
                        pictures.</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>I'm pretty sure these are the ones, but need
                        to confirm to be absolutely sure.</div>
                      <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mpe-14149/overview/"
                          target="_blank">http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mpe-14149/overview/</a><br>
                      </div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>They are 3" ID all the way through, so I
                        can't see how they'd impact performance much...</div>
                    </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Magnaflow has lots of different option with
                      number of inlets, number of outlets, sizes,
                      offset, centered, etc. etc.</div>
                    <div>Summit's website allows you to narrow down the
                      selection to what you need very quickly.</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>FWIW,</div>
                    <div>Kirby</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                  <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                    <br>
                    <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:51
                      AM, David in Durango<span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
                        dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:adin@frontier.net"
                          target="_blank">adin@frontier.net</a>></span><span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br>
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                          <div><font face="Georgia">Kirby,</font></div>
                          <div> </div>
                          <div><font face="Georgia">Did we already talk
                              about mufflers?  Magnaflows?  or what?</font></div>
                          <div> </div>
                          <div><font face="Georgia">My car has the
                              "space city modified" whatever they are
                              and I'd like as quiet as I can get without
                              losing a lot of power.  I've heard these
                              thing rob a lot of power . . . .</font></div>
                          <div> </div>
                          <div><font face="Georgia">thanks,</font></div>
                          <div> </div>
                          <div><font face="Georgia">David</font></div>
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                                  Original Message -----</div>
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                                  background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228);"><b>From:</b><span
                                    class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    title="kirby.schrader@gmail.com"
                                    href="mailto:kirby.schrader@gmail.com"
                                    target="_blank">Kirby Schrader</a></div>
                                <div style="font-style: normal;
                                  font-variant: normal; font-weight:
                                  normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height:
                                  normal; font-family: arial;"><b>To:</b><span
                                    class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    title="asajay@asajay.com"
                                    href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com"
                                    target="_blank">Asa Jay Laughton</a></div>
                                <div style="font-style: normal;
                                  font-variant: normal; font-weight:
                                  normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height:
                                  normal; font-family: arial;"><b>Cc:</b><span
                                    class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    title="tpr@teampanteraracing.com"
                                    href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com"
                                    target="_blank">TPR Forum</a></div>
                                <div style="font-style: normal;
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                                    class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday,
                                  January 03, 2014 7:47 AM</div>
                                <div style="font-style: normal;
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                                    class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re:
                                  [TPR] GOALS FOR NEW YEAR Re: HAPPY NEW
                                  YEARS BOYZ + LAURI</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div dir="ltr">
                                  <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                    <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan
                                      2, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Asa Jay
                                      Laughton<span
                                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
                                        dir="ltr"><<a
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com"
                                          target="_blank">asajay@asajay.com</a>></span><span
                                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br>
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                                        <div>Hey Kirby, what does that
                                          red rocket have in it for roll
                                          cage protection?  Any more
                                          detailed photos you can send
                                          us?  How about a look at the
                                          rulebook for the vintage group
                                          you are trying to join?<br>
                                        </div>
                                      </blockquote>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>it has a custom built cage
                                        that was installed in the car by
                                        Dennis Quella years ago.</div>
                                      <div>Gray had the car worked on at
                                        PPC and it was there for a long
                                        time...</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>I'll get some pictures taken
                                        this weekend of the roll cage
                                        interior details.</div>
                                      <div>It is bolted in, which may be
                                        a problem when it comes to tech.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Some other pics of the car
                                        while I was working on it are
                                        here.</div>
                                      <div>I've changed the numbers
                                        since then, among other things.
                                        You can see part of the roll
                                        cage in the back.</div>
                                      <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/kirbyschrader/Pantera/styled/index.html"
                                          target="_blank">http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/kirbyschrader/Pantera/styled/index.html</a><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>The vintage group is called
                                        CVAR. Corinthian Vintage Auto
                                        Racing. They have links to their
                                        rule books and stuff on their
                                        website.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          href="http://www.corinthianvintagerace.com/"
                                          target="_blank">http://www.corinthianvintagerace.com/</a> </div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>The latest year I think
                                        they'll accept is 1972... but
                                        I'd have to check again.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
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                                        <div>There are a lot of other
                                          things that keep me from
                                          joining as well.  You can read
                                          more about them here:<br>
                                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                            href="http://www.sovren.org/"
                                            target="_blank">http://www.sovren.org/</a></div>
                                      </blockquote>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>I'll check it out this
                                        weekend.</div>
                                      <div> </div>
                                      <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
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                                        <div>I've worked a few of their
                                          races as a turn marshal and
                                          it's a blast watching these
                                          things go around a track.<br>
                                        </div>
                                      </blockquote>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Lots of guys have told me
                                        they really like Tom Upton's
                                        Pantera at the track. He's a
                                        hoot to watch on the starts.</div>
                                      <div>He doesn't really try to
                                        qualify any higher than the top
                                        10 because when they start, he
                                        just goes screaming out of the
                                        bunch and ends up in the top 3
                                        anyway by the time they get to
                                        the first corner..</div>
                                      <div> </div>
                                      <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
                                        style="border-left: 1px solid
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                                        <div>What's it like with your
                                          group?<br>
                                        </div>
                                      </blockquote>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>I've not actually raced yet
                                        with them, but watching the
                                        group Tom is in is fun. There
                                        are some big block 'vettes that
                                        just out horsepower him on the
                                        big straights, but he gives them
                                        hell in the short chutes and
                                        corners. He's usually in the top
                                        2 or 3 and does win races. Good
                                        fun.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Next month is the training
                                        event and I'll be a student for
                                        all three days. I'll have to do
                                        corner working and stuff like
                                        that, plus get the car tech'd
                                        and see if it passes or not.</div>
                                      <div>You know how that goes... I'm
                                        sure I'll end up spending more
                                        money.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Later,</div>
                                      <div>Kirby</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>  </div>
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                                        <div>Asa  Jay<br>
                                          <pre>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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                                          <br>
                                          On 1/2/2014 12:16 PM, Kirby
                                          Schrader wrote:
                                          <blockquote>
                                            <div dir="ltr">OK, I'll stop
                                              it.
                                              <div>It's the new year,
                                                actually....  :-)</div>
                                              <div>Time to be upbeat.</div>
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>Finding a good
                                                painter, no matter  how
                                                much they cost, is
                                                something you should
                                                hang on to.</div>
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>Yes, Tom Upton is
                                                still vintage racing. He
                                                did sell his GT1 Mustang
                                                though.</div>
                                              <div>He claims he's
                                                getting too old to keep
                                                two cars going and is
                                                concentrating on the
                                                Pantera.</div>
                                              <div>He's been after me
                                                for years to come and
                                                join him.</div>
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>You ask about 'Gray
                                                Gregory and his beast'.
                                                Man, you need to keep up
                                                on current events!</div>
                                              <div>If you're talking
                                                about the red Pantera
                                                that he used to run, he
                                                gave the car to me.</div>
                                              <div>Yup... said here, go
                                                have fun!</div>
                                              <div>That's what  I meant
                                                when I said 'race car'.
                                                It's in my garage now.</div>
                                              <div>See picture below.</div>
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>I've been spending
                                                time and $$ getting it
                                                vintage legal. It now
                                                has 15" wheels and
                                                slicks (used to have 16"
                                                and 17"), it has GTS
                                                flares.</div>
                                              <div>I've added a safety
                                                net. Some cooling system
                                                mods almost finished.</div>
                                              <div>The biggest problem
                                                is the motor. It's a
                                                705HP, 431ci, A3 heads
                                                and about as non-vintage
                                                as you can get.</div>
                                              <div>But it does have a
                                                carburetor!</div>
                                              <div>:-)</div>
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                              <div class="gmail_extra">The
                                                local CVAR guys have
                                                sort of hinted strongly
                                                that they'll let it run
                                                with them, but if I
                                                start winning, the motor
                                                will have to become a
                                                maximum 358ci vintage
                                                motor with cast iron
                                                heads. Upton is running
                                                cast iron 4V heads, but
                                                he's pinned them
                                                (something done in the
                                                '70's that I only just
                                                found out about) and put
                                                some serious aluminum
                                                port plates on them to
                                                raise the exhaust port.
                                                He claims he shifts at
                                                8500rpm. All I know is
                                                that the hair on my arms
                                                stands up when he comes
                                                by on the straight at
                                                TWS.</div>
                                              <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                              </div>
                                              <div class="gmail_extra">later</div>
                                              <div class="gmail_extra">Kirby<br>
                                                <br>
                                                <div class="gmail_quote">On
                                                  Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at
                                                  1:53 PM, TPR<span
                                                    class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
                                                    dir="ltr"><<a
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:teampantera@yahoo.com" target="_blank">teampantera@yahoo.com</a>></span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br>
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                                                    <p>Dear Cowboy,</p>
                                                    <p>STOP IT!<br>
                                                      There is no such
                                                      thing allowed as
                                                      depression in our
                                                      dysfunctional
                                                      goup....but I am
                                                      getting starting
                                                      to feel depressed
                                                      now thinking my
                                                      pantera is in
                                                      Tommy Hodges shop
                                                      amd I cant drive
                                                      it while weather
                                                      is so
                                                      nice...although
                                                      Tomy dont get
                                                      depressed or get
                                                      upset with his
                                                      painter because
                                                      Tommy fired his
                                                      painter  and now
                                                      Tommy is subing
                                                      paint work out
                                                      again to others.
                                                      Yea thank you and
                                                      Bud for your
                                                      lessons learned
                                                      ;-) one more
                                                      reason why I found
                                                      a no-drama painter
                                                      near my job site
                                                      in Fresno...of
                                                      course he doesnt
                                                      have Pantera yet
                                                      either haha</p>
                                                    <p>Speaking of Toms
                                                      u are saying Tom
                                                      Upton is still
                                                      vintage
                                                      racing.?......hell
                                                      I thought he died
                                                      about same time as
                                                      Gary Hall!!  and
                                                      now you say  both
                                                      of you on the
                                                      track together in
                                                      the
                                                      future...awsome...</p>
                                                    <p>speaking of race
                                                      prepared panteras
                                                      what happened to
                                                      Gray Gregory  and
                                                      his beast? I read
                                                      on Linked in he's
                                                      a builder now!<br>
                                                      Does he still have
                                                      the ranch? I loved
                                                      the way those Long
                                                      Horned cattle used
                                                      to run to the
                                                      fence to listen to
                                                      his race pantera
                                                      running...it
                                                      cracked me up.<br>
                                                      I though the
                                                      cattle were
                                                      dumb..they smart
                                                      as Gray said no
                                                      one eats
                                                      them..they are
                                                      ornamental
                                                      cattle....oh geez
                                                      has Texas changed1
                                                      ;-)</p>
                                                    <p>Kirby Schrader
                                                      <<a
                                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:kirby.schrader@gmail.com" target="_blank">kirby.schrader@gmail.com</a>>
                                                      wrote:</p>
                                                    <p>>Dear Dawg...<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >My reports
                                                      just sound like a
                                                      bunch of whining
                                                      which is
                                                      depressing enough<br>
                                                      >for me.<br>
                                                      >Why would I
                                                      want to depress
                                                      everyone else,
                                                      too?<br>
                                                      >:-)<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >Yes, I waited
                                                      for 7 years to get
                                                      my Pantera done.<br>
                                                      >No, it wasn't
                                                      finished
                                                      correctly. Don't
                                                      get me started.<br>
                                                      >I selected
                                                      another painter
                                                      (local) and he has
                                                      had more drama in
                                                      his life<br>
                                                      >than I would
                                                      want plus he's
                                                      laid up now with a
                                                      very bad back
                                                      after an<br>
                                                      >accident.<br>
                                                      >Sigh...<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >But soon, I am
                                                      told, it will be
                                                      done.<br>
                                                      >How good? We
                                                      shall see.<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >I now need
                                                      more room in my
                                                      garage after
                                                      inheriting the red
                                                      race car.<br>
                                                      >As a friend at
                                                      work said... Gosh,
                                                      I wish I had those
                                                      kind of problems!<br>
                                                      >That is most
                                                      definitely a
                                                      'first world
                                                      problem'.<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >On a positive
                                                      note, as I
                                                      indicated before,
                                                      I have joined CVAR
                                                      and hope to<br>
                                                      >attend my
                                                      first event in
                                                      February.<br>
                                                      >Tom Upton
                                                      actually seems
                                                      excited that there
                                                      will be another
                                                      Pantera on the<br>
                                                      >track with
                                                      him.<br>
                                                      >Let's just see
                                                      if I can get
                                                      through tech,
                                                      first.<br>
                                                      >The engine is
                                                      most certainly not
                                                      'vintage'.<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >Y'all have a
                                                      good 2014. That
                                                      goes for all
                                                      y'all, too.<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >Later,<br>
                                                      >Kirby<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >On Thu, Jan 2,
                                                      2014 at 10:25 AM,
                                                      TPR <<a
                                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:teampantera@yahoo.com" target="_blank">teampantera@yahoo.com</a>>
                                                      wrote:<br>
                                                      ><br>
                                                      >> Why can't
                                                      Kirby write such
                                                      an oustanding
                                                      report like that?<br>
                                                      >> Doc, that
                                                      is all most
                                                      excellent....end
                                                      of 2014?<br>
                                                      >> In dog
                                                      years that is
                                                      forever.<br>
                                                      >><br>
                                                      >> And you
                                                      aint got FOREVER
                                                      at your age.<br>
                                                      >><br>
                                                      >> Just ask
                                                      Kirby and Bud how
                                                      long 'forever'can
                                                      be trying to get
                                                      your car<br>
                                                      >> finished!
                                                      HAHAHAHA<br>
                                                      >><br>
                                                      >> Happy New
                                                      Year Boyz<br>
                                                      >><br>
                                                      >> I better
                                                      see at least one
                                                      TEXAN at the BORR
                                                      at Fort Stockton
                                                      this<br>
                                                      >>
                                                      year...okay
                                                      Hawk....you are
                                                      the MAN here.<br>
                                                      >> Show
                                                      these slackers how
                                                      a real Texan gets
                                                      things done.<br>
                                                      >> REMEMBER
                                                      THE ALAMO<br>
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                                              Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus
                                              Database: 3658/6471 -
                                              Release Date: 01/02/14</p>
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        this message.<br>
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          href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>
        Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus Database: 3658/6475 - Release Date:
        01/04/14</p>
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