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4 The Nugget May 2005 AROUND THE BENZ Is been tough getting going this Spring. Like any good TV watcher, my rst thought was Taste Loss! but a switch to a more avorful beer was little help. Next I asked my doctor about the purple pill, Viox, Nexium, and Clebrex and was told that these were NOT right for me. That really hurt. Finally, after numerous sessions, my mental health care professional tracked down the problem CATALOG ENVY. If youve done much with cars youve probably accumulated some excellent cata logs. A great catalog should have as many of the following characteristics as possible: 1. It should appeal to a limited population. My earliest Stoddard Imported Cars catalog oered 1300 Super logos, in chrome, of course, to all of the owners of these ne cars. 2. In addition to oering routine parts it of fers some truly lunatic fringe cool stu that you want to buy just to have even if youll never use it. The Vasek Polak catalog did list 917 magnesium clutch petals and the Simpson Safety products catalog was just the place to nd a REAL driving suit not one of those wishywashy Sparco numbers but the kind that Red Adair would approve of a metal ized full re hood with built in goggles and a forced air supply driving suit designed to pro tect you every Sunday!, SUNDAY!!, SUN DAY!!! when the engine of your funny car exploded in your face at Sears Point Drag Raceway. 3. A good catalog should contain lots of miscellaneous information in addition to just list stu for sale. My Smart Racing Products catalog tells me that Jerry Woods racing valve springs have 120 pounds of seat pressure with a 0.500 lift cam while the GT racing catalog points out that the 911R tail light set up saves nearly Kg as compared to the standard tail light xture Important stu. 4. It should have a cool name like my P. B. Tweeks catalog. BILL BENZ, PRESIDENT All in all I was feeling really adequate in every way in the catalog department until two months ago when this coworker causally tossed the Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Co. catalog on my desk. Before I opened it, I could see that my catalogs were dead meat in the cool name department. It got worse. Limited population appeal Apparently, the core business of this company originally was selling pieces of spruce WOOD to people who were building WOODEN airplanes in their garages. As far as miscellaneous information this document has pages on the dierences be tween crow foot Kevlar and Eglass as well as the dierences between lers with wax and llers without wax. I now know that I should NEVER even ATTEMPT a layup below 70 degree Fahrenheit. It also taught me that a MS35338 split lock washer is cadmium plated and replaces an AN935 medium weight washer and that I can buy one in size 6 for the princely sum of .02! The really disturbing part, however, is in the lunatic fringe part department. On page 330 this is a 650 page catalog, by the way, I can buy a sign that says Solo from rear seat ONLY. Page 486 oers goat skin ying helmets in traditional and eece lined. The real capper is page 27 which oers me a full size carbon ber P51 World War II ghter plane replica and plans and kits to build the Culp special So you can experience the 1930s air show experience. All Id need to complete the P51 is a 1945 Rolls Royce Merlin engine. The Culp takes a 9 cylinder Russian M14P radial engine as used in the Sukhoi and Yak series aircraft. Look at that, and I always thought it was the M14Q that they used in the Sukhoi. Im in a program now. Im really OK about not being allowed to get my own copy of this catalog. Im sure that thas a good idea. I only use others Aircraft Spruce cata logs to order Porscherelated stu like Oetiker stepless screw clamps far better than hose clamps and they are 15 o if you by 50 which may be assorted and engine hour me
The Nugget May 2005 5 ters and 12 volt fuel pumps and wingtip strobe light addon kits and ...Im sorry, Ive got to remember to stay calm. Thas part of the program too. I look forward to seeing you at the next PCA event. If things go right, and Ruth really mailed my order this time like she said she TIME TRIAL #2 would, Ill have the only car there with an Innity Military Stick grip on its shift lever. As the catalog says on page 393 ...it has been tted to over 50 models of aircraft as well as blimps and helicopters, a submarine and a 314 foot long custom yacht. A 911 should be a breeze. DAVID LEONG, COMPETITION DIRECTOR
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