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Elliot Cannon
post Aug 16 2017, 06:12 PM
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You So. Cal. peeps might remember THOMAS from Germany. He is in the states on vacation with his niece and stopped by our place in Paso Robles. THOMAS was a fixture at most of the west coast events. He finally decided to go home to Germany and he has another 914 now. He promised to be a little more active on the web site and he said he would now that he has a 914 again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (Our good friend Sean Connery standing on his right).


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post Aug 16 2017, 06:16 PM
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Great guy. I swung by his machine shop years ago to have him shave down my shift rod for the PMS firewall bearing. He wouldn't take any money to do it.
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post Aug 16 2017, 06:48 PM
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T H O M A S sent me some PMs a while back saying he was planning to visit ... not sure when he's scheduled to drop in to the So Cal area ... I'll shoot him a PM (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)

It'll be great to visit with him again ... we (Dianne & I) miss the old bearded fart (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Sean Connery's come and gone ... Daniel Craig is the new Bond (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Aug 16 2017, 06:58 PM
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Good to see!

Ah ser gut.

The Haloween Runs were fun.
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post Aug 16 2017, 07:17 PM
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QUOTE(euro911 @ Aug 16 2017, 05:48 PM) *

T H O M A S sent me some PMs a while back saying he was planning to visit ... not sure when he's scheduled to drop in to the So Cal area ... I'll shoot him a PM (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)

It'll be great to visit with him again ... we (Dianne & I) miss the old bearded fart (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Sean Connery's come and gone ... Daniel Craig is the new Bond (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)


Sean Connery will ALWAYS be, "Bond, James Bond". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Aug 16 2017, 07:18 PM
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In the classifieds, I had offered to buy a slider inorder to make a locking tool for the tranny. That weekend when I went to an early G&R event Thomas walked up and handed me one. He wouldn't accept payment and did not know me from Adam. Good guy. My nephew moved back to Germany, too! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Aug 16 2017, 07:25 PM
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QUOTE(76-914 @ Aug 16 2017, 06:18 PM) *

In the classifieds, I had offered to buy a slider inorder to make a locking tool for the tranny. That weekend when I went to an early G&R event Thomas walked up and handed me one. He wouldn't accept payment and did not know me from Adam. Good guy. My nephew moved back to Germany, too! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
'LIKE'

That's T H O M A S for ya (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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post Aug 16 2017, 08:04 PM
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QUOTE(Elliot Cannon @ Aug 16 2017, 05:12 PM) *
You So. Cal. peeps might remember THOMAS from Germany.

He looks a bit dry ...
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post Aug 16 2017, 08:17 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) a bit? ...
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post Aug 16 2017, 08:22 PM
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Good to hear. THOMAS helped me many times with my 924, organized the Holloween Runs, and made all Joe Sharps Bar-B-Ques. Those were some of the best times ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Aug 17 2017, 05:31 PM
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Hi T H O M A S ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)

I still have a Thomas built transmission in my garage... waiting... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Aug 17 2017, 06:15 PM
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Hi T H O M A S ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)

I still have a Thomas built transmission in my garage... waiting... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I have three (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) ... one side-shifter in the 'BB', the tail-shifter that came out of Dianne's 71, and another side-shifter that's going into the '71 when the new 1.9L goes in.

T H O M A S only charged me $60 for rebuilding the tail-shifter, but only because it needed a new 1st gear and associated synchros, IIRC (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

The other trannys only needed new seal/gasket kits that I purchased from Pelican.
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post Aug 22 2017, 07:14 PM
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Saw Thomas and his Niece at Diablo's in Vegas. What a treat, visiting Vegas racer in his natural habitat and running into Thomas and his Niece. Vegas Racer aka JP will be posting a pic later.
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post Aug 22 2017, 07:21 PM
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Transmission on my last 75 1.8FI I bought from a member built by Thomas and still running or shift smoothly.
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post Aug 22 2017, 09:45 PM
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Steve had sent me a PM saying he was coming to Vegas for business, so I was expecting to see him at Diablo's today.
We were both delightfully surprised when Thomas and his niece stopped by on their last day before returning to Germany.

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