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I love the comments that I get to this newsletter. Makes it worth writing.
Chris Clay of the Opportunity Council in Bellingham, WA reacted to my story in the last issue about old buildings with new uses:
"The BPC [Building Performance Center] got to remodel and use as our office what was originally a bus station built in 1922, 10 yrs after that it was changed to a car parts store and we made it into offices and WX shop in the year 2000. Lots of cool things we found in there like old newspapers, painted signs on the woodwork for where to catch the buses, old metal signs and a 1964 Chevy Impala SS hub cap.
The story continues for the building as we have 13 brew pubs in town now and one of them has leased the building so now I can go over there and drink a beer in my old office."
Larry Zarker of the Building Performance Institute (BPI) asked about the old car that I mentioned in the article:
"What’s in the trunk of that Duesenberg?"
Wayne Dean of Smart Ventilation reacted to the story I wrote about the Lotus Europa in the November 13th issue:
"I read the first paragraph and was reminded of two Lotus Europas I owned. The first was a 71 with Renault engine, electric windows. It was red.
I never learned how fast it would go as oil pressure would drop at high speed. I think it needed an oil cooler of mammoth proportions.
It could get me quickly the 21 miles on back roads from my office to the courthouse. (Unless I was caught behind a low-moving deputy)
I loved it.
I was fearless.
It got set afire in my front yard by way of a truck tire filled with newspapers and diesel fuel placed beneath the engine. I smelled plastic burning in the middle of the night and looked out the window. I had filled the fuel tank on my way home that day. I had filed a lawsuit against a Phoenix business that paid little attention to the law. My client immediately asked me to dismiss the lawsuit, as I think he feared for himself and family.
I did.
Got a death threat on butcher paper with words cut out of a magazine that I was near death. I immediately began to carry a concealed Mauser HSC .380 handgun. I didn’t shoot anyone until about two weeks later. (leg shot) Jury found me not guilty of ag battery.
Second Lotus Europa was an earlier one with clip in windows. It may have had a few more horsepower and was lighter. 1300 pound. Black, John Player Special replica. Soon acquired a Honda Civic for a much lower profile.
While in law school I had acquired a Lotus Elan S-2 with the big valve Lotus engine. Almost had to wear ballet slippers to operate the pedals. Ran out of money and had to sell it for $1500.00. Pity. 60,000 miles
My muscles still remember the odd motions required to get either Europa into reverse."
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