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Red Cross donation time again
A few weeks ago, on Halloween, it was time once again to donate to the American Red Cross Blood Services. This was my 117th donation in the last 45 years. My blood is O+, and is CMV negative (an adult virus), which means my blood can be given to babies and children at hospitals who don't yet have the anti-bodies in their system to fight CMV.
My donation was a "Power Red", which means they take double units of red blood cells and return the other blood ingredients back into the body. I encourage everyone to donate blood to the Red Cross. Even CMV positive blood can be donated.
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
The Rickenbacker era at Indy was rich with his involvement of real achieving celebs of the day plus glamorous major movie stars of both sexes. Turner was a WWI pilot, turned barnstormer, movie stunt pilot and air race winner so he fit right into Eddie's sphere, especially with his Gilmore Oil sponsorship. ? He was the Starter in '33, and an Indy official for years later.
Roscoe and Tony with their wives and Gilmore ? RHer Ken Triplett shares a lot of the lore: ? Cheers, Bob Storck in KCMO, still remembering our friend Len -----Original Message-----
From: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RH] I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget! ? I do have a Roscoe Turner connection, sort of. Turner made sure that Carmen Schroder got the vast majority of his Ascot Park novelties upon his death. Carmen,? in turn, gave me absolute carte blanch access to all of it, and was incredible in her generosity. She allowed me to have all the duplicate items related to jalopies. She saved me 10 years of research for my jalopy book. Roscoe Turner had the wisdom to save tremendous amounts of historical items and Carmen Schroder allowed access. 2 incredible people!!!
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Thomas Luce
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
Ah, but that didn't come with ties to the lion who still resides in the National Air and Space Museum, along with his pal Roscoe Turner's air racer. ? -----Original Message-----
From: <[email protected]> Sent: Nov 13, 2024 10:57 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RH] I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget! ? That definitely looks very cool, but, full disclosure,? I'd rather have a 1958 red and white Murray Ranch Wagon pedal car, matching what I had as my first Hot Rod a long time ago in my previous life. I certainly couldn't fit in it so it would be living room carpet art. I have a list of various items from 60-65 years ago that I would procure and put into a trophy case but I'd have to hit the lottery before I could afford them. And I still dream of obtaining The Mother Load of jalopy racing photos from Southern California.?
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Thomas Luce
Manhattan Beach CA USA -- Bob Storck KC MO USA |
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
Very, very cool! -----Original Message-----
From: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RH] I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget! ? Hey Bob,
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Here's a rare midget just sold you should have bought:
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Al Isselhard
Wolcott, NY
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 2:18?PM Bob Storck via <bstorck=[email protected]> wrote:
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Wolcott, New York
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Re: I'm going to have to outbid Tom Luce for this original Gilmore midget!
Hey Bob, Here's a rare midget just sold you should have bought: Al Isselhard Wolcott, NY On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 2:18?PM Bob Storck via <bstorck=[email protected]> wrote:
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Al Isselhard
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Smith "Jiggler" at Riverview Park, Sioux City, IA
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI talked with a fellow from Sioux City, Iowa, named Mort Mulford who drove big cars and midgets from after World War II until the late ¡¯70s. He told me about a Smith Jiggler that was raced at Sioux City¡¯s Riverview Park Speedway quarter mile. ? The Jiggler was owned by Otto Hoffman who started racing before the war and mostly fielded low-bucks flathead fours. In 1949, Hoffman procured a car with a Smith Jiggler (see the clipping from the Sioux City Journal). Mort said that it didn¡¯t exactly fit the area rules at the time but, because it was it owned by Otto Hoffman, no one was worried about it being a ringer. ? (I¡¯ve attached a photo of the car and a closeup of the engine. LEEDS on the hood just refers to the Leeds section of Sioux City. All the photos are by Bob Stolze who documented racing from the first midget races in the mid ¡¯30s in Sioux City.) ? At the time, the newly formed Missouri Valley Auto Racing Association (MVARA) set the rules for Riverview. DOHC engines could be up to 105 c.i.d., OHV (in line) engines up to 125 c.i.d., V8-60s up to 146 c.i.d., and the Smith Jiggler up to 125 c.i.d. Sounded like maybe Hoffman¡¯s Jiggler used the regular V8-60 displacement of 136. (From an article in the Illustrated Speedway News, 1-28-49) ? Mort drove the car for him one night in July 1955 and ended up winning the B-feature. Otto had tears streaming down his face when Mort pulled in because none of his cars had ever won a race! (Photo of #4 about to be pushed off.) ? I have no proof, but I was told that the Jiggler in Hoffman¡¯s car may be the one in Bill Smith¡¯s museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. -- Jim Taggart
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Re: One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
Teresa Earnhardt is planning to turn 399 acre beloved farm Dale left near Mooresville, NC into an industrial park. Earnhardt worked and improved the farm to relax, hunted on the land and cherished the setting. -----Original Message-----
From: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RH] One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON ? I just found out.? This is so sad!!!! Just what we need is another industrial park!!!
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Thomas Luce
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