Good morning Team Slotus!
Well, yesterday was an event... Quite a day, really. I got to meet Mr. H, John Hennessy, in real life! As some of you probably remember, he's moving to the panhandle of Florida, near the town of Marianna which is about an hour-and-a-half from where I'm having coffee right now. He had also offered to sell me a set of Edelbrock aluminum cylinder heads that would fit the 5.0 in the Slotus. The stars aligned, he was coming to look at his project house and I could escape from work for a while and...
I drove up to the place, and there was a Range Rover sitting there, knew it was the right spot. John was waiting, got out asking if I was the guy to quote the cost of some windows for him. We straightened that out quickly, shook hands and we're off and running. John is quite a guy, with lots of stories and advice and general good fun. I've had the habit of calling him "Mr. Hennessy" because I thought he was quite older than me. Turns out he's not all that old, just been around quite a bit. Packed a lot of experience in his years.
And the accent!!! It took me a while to figure out who/what he reminded me of. Ever seen "The Man Who Would Be King"? Michael Caine plays "Peachy Carnahan" one of the two main characters who go off to become kings of Kaffiristan (or somewhere like that). I had a great lunch listening to engine building/drag racing/life stories with Peachy... I mean Michael... I mean John Hennessy... He even paid for lunch! (Which I don't think Peachy would have done.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucKHRfso7nwOh, and I got some good looking cylinder heads, rocker arms and valve covers out of the deal as well. Helluva day. Great day.
John, when you come back to FL, please let me know. I owe ya one (or maybe two)!
Peace, Love and "Peachy"-
JDK
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