Re: ‘Video’ Bob Bartkus from Connecticut

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🙂 🙂 🙂 HEY… HERE’S A LIL’ “TIDBIT” FOR YA’…THE BRAZEE BROS. & SABIS CAR (JR FUELER) WAS BOUGHT FROM PAT “FLATHEAD FORD” CREAMOR…IT WAS WAS A WOODY GILMORE CAR…VERY LIGHT..AND I REMEMBER RICHIE SHOTT HAVING ANOTHER CAR BEING BUILT @ GILMORE’S RACE CAR ENGINEERING SHOP (WOODY BUILT HIM SEVERAL)…REMARKING THAT PAT WAS BUILDING THE “TRICKEST”, LIGHTEST D/D FLATHEAD FORD V/8 CAR EVER….(OL’ “SHOTTSIE” 😆 😆 JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT ANYONE WOULD GET A WOODY CAR….FOR FLATHEAD!!!…IT WUZ’… WELL…UN-AMERICAN!!!…OR AT LEAST UN-USUAL..) PAT MADE VERY FEW RUNS WITH CAR…SOLD IT TO BRAZEES’…& CHUCK (SABIS)…USED THE “PROCEEDS” TO OPEN BREWSTER HARLEY DAVIDSON…WHICH HE OPERATED FOR MANY YEARS…WE BOUGHT HIS “ULTIMATE ” FLATHEAD…341″ HILLBORN INJECTORS,ETC. WHICH HE HAD BUILT FOR THE WOODY CAR )…LIKE A LOT OF OTHER “STUFF” AT THE TIME….SOMEBODY CAME AROUND THE SHOP….MADE US AN OFFER…AND AWAY IT (MOTOR) WENT…PAT SOLD THE H-D FRANCHISE TO THE “BOYS” FROM CHAPPAQUA….WHO RELOCATED IT TO DANBURY…AND LIVES UP IN TICONDEROGA,NY…HAS A NUMBER OF CLASSIC/HOT ROD….CARS& BIKES…HE’S A GOOD GUY….WHO DID WELL….WORKED HARD…CAME A LONG WAY FROM DRIVIN’ THE COTT BEVERAGE TRUCK IN THE BRONX!!! HE WAS VERY FRIENDLY WITH THE B&L “GANG”…DRAKE 🙂 🙂 p.s. THE “GIANT” MIGHT HAVE BEEN COOLER FOR SURE…BUT LET ME TELL YA’…LIKE EVERYTHING ‘DEM BRAZEE BROS.-“CHUCKIE”(WTF’S UP WITH THE “ZIGGY” HANDLE!!!???*** 😆 😆 ) RACED…THEY WERE THE GENIUNE ARTICLE…”BAD JOSES”….FAST & CONSISTANT…CHUCK’S AN AWESOME WRENCH…GEORGE A SUPER SHOE…AND AT LEAST JOE BRAZEE DIDN’T SMOKE THOSE LIL’ “STINKIN'” CEE-GARS…LIKE GEORGE!!! 😆 😆 😆