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I would like to comment on the piece about Andy
Granatelli, what a great man. I had the
extraordinary opportunity of working for him back in the
70s when he bought out “Tune Masters” from Jerry Dress.
I sat in many of meetings in an Italian restaurant named
Little Joe’s in LA and at a pretty young age learned
many valuable things from Mr. Granatelli that I continue
to use in my life to this day. The most important being
how to always be fair and honest with people. My hat is
off to you, Mr. Granatelli. You are a living legend and
a roll model in my life!John
T., Madera County, California
Even as the earliest hybrid powertrains may have been
introduced back a hundred years ago, your segment from
the Netercutt should remind viewers that a lot of the
technologies that were being experimented with back in
the early 1900s were only delayed by the dominance of
gasoline power. Here a hundred years later, we are
really just picking up where we left off around 1915
when electric motors were still vying for a place in the
vehicles of the time. Now that fossil fuels are
being questioned for right reasons, it is notable that
we're only catching up today with a race from a century
ago. Perhaps you can take in a clip on the early
electrics.
Hank R. - Fremont, California
Now there is a hero of the hot rod world. Ed "Isky"
has a nickname that sounds like a cam guy and reminds me
of a nasty V8 with the rumpity-rump idle of an engine
that breathes for horsepower simply doesn't want
to cooperate with an idle. When to take people
like Vic Edelbrock, Sr., or Wally Parks, you can see how
they influenced generations of hot rodders with a love
of horsepower. But it was "Isky" who made the
mystery of the camshaft come to life and lead all of us
into the 21st Century to appreciate being an "original"
in craftsmanship and innovation. Seeing his first
cam grinding tool was terrific. Thanks for showing
us inside the Camfather's shop!
Charles M. - Las Vegas, Nevada
The Andy Granatelli interview was interesting and also a
great story of a hot rodder who turned his racing
passion into a career. Perhaps this is a clip that
could be shown to the younger racers coming up the ranks
to show them how the track can lead to other commercial
ventures. Just a thought. Thanks for the
"memories" of those best of flatheads and hop-up days,
Andy!
Dave H., Austin, Texas
It is good to see the way there is more focus on the
"green" technologies in cars today, and your "Plug-In
Hybrid Conversions" video was informative.
However, we needed to be doing what the automakers are
just starting to do today ten or twenty years ago.
We're way behind and really need to marshal the entire
energy of the engineering talents out there to bring us
forward to hit the efficiencies of the Europe and Japan
where green has been leading. Europe has full
diesel integration and here in the U.S. we're still
shuffling about soot and sulfur that has long been
addressed. How about more content for 'car guys'
on performance and green technology?
Duane T. - Denver, Colorado
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