Re: [DML] Open Question for Marc, Harold, Kevin, Kayo, David, et al

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder if DMA members of the time gave Charles a bunch of crap about going technologically backwards, about increasing pollution, about creating a "Rube Goldberg" installation, etc?

Bill Robertson
#5939

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Kevin Abato <delorean@...> wrote:
>
> Actually, the award was specially designed to remember Charles himself
> since he passed at an untimely age.
> So, i will take your bait and answer the question that you already know the
> answer to Bill.   Charles put a carb on his car.
> Does this help to validate your car in some way?   Charles converted his
> car long before you did yours, and while i never personally met him, i
> always heard very nice things about him, and have never heard of him
> preaching non stop about what he did to prove a point.
> Again, the award was created to remember Charles by his friends in the DMA,
> and not specifically because he put a carb on a car.
> 
> No offense Bill, but you are your own worst enemy here...  Yes, you put a
> carb in your car.  You were not the first, you won't be the last.  Its your
> car, do what you want to it, but please "stop talking smack" to keep
> yourself at the center of attention.   It's getting old.
> 
> Kevin Abato
> On Feb 26, 2012 8:54 AM, "content22207" <brobertson@...> wrote:
> 
> > For nearly a decade the DeLorean Mid Atlantic club recognized "engineering
> > excellence" with a semi-annual award named after Charles Muffley. This was
> > not an award for being a good club member, or for being a good club officer
> > -- the Charles Muffley Award for Engineering Excellence was specifically
> > designed to recognize people who deviated from the factory design and
> > modified their DeLoreans.
> >
> > How exactly did Charles Muffley modify his own car that was so notable in
> > the first place? Did he only make one modification, or were there multiple
> > mods on his car?
> >
> > <crickets>Anyone?</crickets>
> >
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
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