Yeah I was able to find the emails I have from the original rescue effort, but not those from when he had to give it up (of course the archives weren't working...). I had it in my head that he was in Illinois or some such. It's entirely possible I'm confusing two different issues, tho. : ) Of course all of that brings up the question of where they are now, and why hasn't somebody else picked up on the project. There was a great deal of interest expressed at the time, but much of that may have been aimless enthusiasm. Cya, Robert On 9/6/07, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 9/6/07, Nunya Business <bulletheadx@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > IIRC they wound up with a guy (in the Midwest?) that was going to put > > them > > into production but then had a family crisis and lost his drive to start > > up > > the business. Haven't heard anything about him or them since. > > > > Cya, > > Robert > > > > Dear Nunya, > > Robert who was going to put them back in production is just a 45 minute > drive north of San Francisco -- hardly Midwest. =) Incidentally his name is > Robert too. He was talking $4500 in fiberglass. CF would likely have a price > like the top -- LARGE. > > BenT > |
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