"Hoss" Hallstrand and his Subytub are in Kit Car Builder!

Just got my KCB mag in the mail and there's our one and only Hoss Hallstrand! Great picture!

I think Jim Youngs jipped us on the car total, he claims 53.

I thought Bruce and Bill counted up a few more than that.

Oh well, lets shoot for 60 next year!

Jerome

Jerome,
If sixty is a good number, then why not seventy. I didn't get my copy yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for posting this.
Hoss

Jerome,

90, uh 95, no, ah 100...yeah, that's the ticket.

No, actually Jim is right on the money - 47 Speedsters and 6 Spyders. I still need to get my photos out to Chris Nichols so he can post them. Just too busy: improvements to the house, kids in from California and as if Carlisle wasn't enough I'm organizing a big sailing meet in Newport - need a vacation!

Congratulations Hoss, you da man! Anxiously waiting for my copy of KCB.

ECB

It's a great picture!!!

What issue are we talking about?

Oh, I found the KCB issue with Hoss's picture... very cool, and a nice pic of Hoss & and his Cabriowet. But, I am surprsied, or maybe I'm not, that no one mentioned the multi-page write up and multi-pic layout of John Leader's incredible JPS 1958 GT. It was there, in that same issue.... in fact you would have to skip the first half of the issue to miss the write up on JL's Speedster.

Kudos to Hoss.... even more so to John Leader and JPS.

Man! Sheeeez! And yes, I am ballbagging a bunch of ballbags.

I missed the write-up on John Leaders car because of the short amount of time I had to glance at it. Basically while I was on the crapper before work. I was focused on the Carlisle coverage and the task at hand.

I did read the article this morning during the same ritual. It has some great photos and a nice write up.

You know Jim, some of us ballbagers arn't retired and are pretty busy. :)

Jerome

What's a cabriowet?

BD

A water-cooled Cabriolet.

"Basically while I was on the crapper before work" ....more than we needed to know.

Oh come on, how much time do you spend reading outside the bathroom?

It's the only time a busy guy can get some privacy.


Jerome

I still didn't get my copy! :>(

Bruce ,

I'll send you my copy if your's doesn't surface cause I'm a swell guy!

John Leader's featured speedster is a beauty inside and out, very well though out I'm impressed with the overall eye appeal and quality and will assume that in person it is something else....nice ride!

I think both Johns (Leader and Steele) oughta get together and somehow bring it east with them next May.

BD

I didn't get mine before I left for Denver, so I'll have to wait until Tuesday when I pick up my held mail. I even tried to find an issue in a couple of book stores while I was out there, but no luck.
Hoss
What ever happened to Victoria's Secret as favored reading material when on the throne?

Well, I got it. It was nice to have the picture and caption. Once again, the Hoss hat was mentioned in the included text. Perhaps next year I should go bald or grow a Mohawk, preferably a blue one, and make a different kind of statement.

Thanks to Jim Youngs and Harold Pace (photographer) for making me a part of this fine magazine.
Hoss

A "blue mohawk?"

You'll blend right in with the kids ...stick with the hat!

BLUE!!!! No, no, NO, John. It should be orange and white - checkerboard, preferably :-) Go Vols!

Good point Lane. How about the orange and white checker board painted on my shaved head as an alternative? I think that the hat is overshadowing me a bit. Come to think of it, I guess it almost has to do that.
Hoss

I got a better idea. Shave your head but wear an orange beret for that artsy, sophisticated look. Then you can either leave your beard white, or checkerboard it.

Hmmmmmm. East Tennessee and artsy....now there's a concept. This could create an identity crisis at the local flea markets. I could be pelted with empty jugs. Of course, those who have been consuming from the not-so-empty jugs would probably have bad aim. Perhaps I should stick to my current style that seems to be acceptable locally.
Hoss

I finally received my KCB!

Nice hat! :>) Hmmm, blue mohawk or orange/white checkboard heqd or beard, you are going to be stylin' and profilin' next year.