[Hallicrafters] Cars and Hallis

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hey Guys,

I am the former drag racing guy and ISCA custom car circuit dude! The only 
thing sweeter than a vintage and/or custom rod is the old radio that plays 
the tunes in them! Go for it, this is fun reading -

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander N. Gerli Sr." <ac1y at nc.rr.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 6:08 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Cars and Hallis


> Can't resist this either...
>
> When I got my Novice, I started out with a DX-40 and a Hammarlund HQ-129X
> which my dad told me to get at Harrison Radio down on Varick St. in NYC in
> the summer of 1965. I carried the rx home on the subway and then the New
> Haven RR to Greenwich CT where we lived. Dad was really pissed because if
> I'd had Harrison send it UPS, he'd have saved the sales tax which they
> billed him for! I was 18 then and I was insanely jealous of guys who had
> keys to their parents' Chevys. My older brother had a '57 Bel Air
> convertible in light blue and white. Sigh...what was I driving for my 
> first
> wheels? Dad put me in a 1964 Opel Kadett wagon in that awful baby-poop 
> light
> green. It was the display car at the local Buick dealership and dad knew 
> the
> owner. I think it was $1400 brand-new. I was made fun of by practically
> everyone. We called that car the Opelsauce because it was rotten to the
> core. 6V battery, 4-banger the size of a Morris Minor.
>
> I dreamed of any Halli then...
>
> 73,
>
> Sandy AC1Y
>
> Alexander N. (Sandy) Gerli, Sr.
> 5805 Newhall Road
> Durham, NC  27713-2615
> 919-489-9638
>
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>
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