Some of you know that I recently acquired a Tasco 15TE. It's a 3-inch refractor on a motorized equatorial mount, the flagship of Tasco's lineup in the 50's and 60's. They also offered a pier-mounted 4", but only a few are known to have been made and none are known to still exist in this country. Tascos got a bad rap when the company abandoned their Japanese manufacturers in the mid-seventies and began to source them from China. The formerly all-metal designs gave way to plastic, and optics of lesser quality. The old Tascos have objectives of the highest quality and were serious telescopes in their day. I also have a museum-quality 7TE (60mm x 1000mm) and a 6TE (50mm x 600mm). Both of those have outstanding optics and are all-metal examples of Tasco at their finest. Only the eyepieces of the day had some serious drawbacks, that said, some of them were pretty good despite a narrow FOV. The 15TE has an interesting history. I am the third owner, having purchased it from a man who got it at the estate sale of the original owner. Patrick especially may find this interesting due to his affiliation with NASA. Here is a repost of my report on Cloudy Nights: I now have the backstory on my recent Tasco 15TE acquisition. It's pretty cool. It was formerly owned by Fred Ordway III (1927-2014), and kept at his summer house on Montesano Mt. in Huntsville, AL. Ordway's summer house was used by all the NASA German engineers on Von Braun's team as a place to relax and converse, and plan where the upcoming lunar lander would land on the moon. They built an observatory on the mountain to house a 16" telescope to aid in the landing decision. It is very possible that the Tasco was used for the landing spot research prior to the completion of the 16". Certainly it was used by Ordway for his own stargazing while at his summer house, and chances are good that his many guests (co-workers at NASA and their families, mostly) looked through it as well, including Von Braun. Ordway also spent three years working as technical advisor on Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", thanks to his friendship with Arthur C. Clarke. I'm currently scouring the internet for any photos of Ordway and his friends relaxing at the summer house, and hopefully a shot of him at the eyepiece of the Tasco. He is survived by 3 adult children. I'm trying to screw-up my courage enough to find and contact them, and let them know that I am the new owner of their father's telescope, and ask if they can contribute any photos or other details of it's history. Ordway's obit: http://quadcitiesdaily.com/?p=182794 Wikipedia article on Ordway: http://en.wikipedia....k_I._Ordway_III <http://en.wikipedia....k_i._ordway_iii/> I will post links to pictures of the scope once I get it fully assembled and restored. It has some cosmetic issues that I want to address. Paint chips, etc., the optics are in perfect condition. Here is a link to a .pdf copy of the 1968 Tasco catalog. My 15TE was made in 1962, going by the serial number. http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/tasco/tasco1968.pdf I have a couple of other made-for-export Japanese refractors from the era, including a Penncrest 60mm x 1000mm (J.C. Penney house brand) and a Shrine Manon 60mm x 700mm, with optics made by Pentax, and a few others made by Towa and other makers, and branded for American companies. I'd love to hear from anyone else who has a fondness for these vintage telescopes. My very first telescope, brought to me by Santa Claus, was a Tasco 60mm alt-az in 1965. I found all the Messier objects with it over the course of about a year. Some of them were darn hard, as I recall, and took many tries before I was sure I had bagged them! But it sure was fun.
Interesting story Chuck, Just a thought but maybe before you fix the cosmetics you might want to do as you said and try to reach relative. It would be a shame if you fixed something only to learn later from a relative "Oh, yes, I remember that dent. It happened when dad accidentally knocked the scope over while showing Dr. Von Braun the Moon". Even blemishes can have a history worth preserving. All that aside, once you get it working I hope you'll bring it to a star party. patrick On 28 Dec 2014, at 21:21, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Some of you know that I recently acquired a Tasco 15TE. It's a 3-inch refractor on a motorized equatorial mount, the flagship of Tasco's lineup in the 50's and 60's. They also offered a pier-mounted 4", but only a few are known to have been made and none are known to still exist in this country. Tascos got a bad rap when the company abandoned their Japanese manufacturers in the mid-seventies and began to source them from China. The formerly all-metal designs gave way to plastic, and optics of lesser quality. The old Tascos have objectives of the highest quality and were serious telescopes in their day. I also have a museum-quality 7TE (60mm x 1000mm) and a 6TE (50mm x 600mm). Both of those have outstanding optics and are all-metal examples of Tasco at their finest. Only the eyepieces of the day had some serious drawbacks, that said, some of them were pretty good despite a narrow FOV.
The 15TE has an interesting history. I am the third owner, having purchased it from a man who got it at the estate sale of the original owner. Patrick especially may find this interesting due to his affiliation with NASA.
Here is a repost of my report on Cloudy Nights:
I now have the backstory on my recent Tasco 15TE acquisition. It's pretty cool.
It was formerly owned by Fred Ordway III (1927-2014), and kept at his summer house on Montesano Mt. in Huntsville, AL. Ordway's summer house was used by all the NASA German engineers on Von Braun's team as a place to relax and converse, and plan where the upcoming lunar lander would land on the moon. They built an observatory on the mountain to house a 16" telescope to aid in the landing decision.
It is very possible that the Tasco was used for the landing spot research prior to the completion of the 16". Certainly it was used by Ordway for his own stargazing while at his summer house, and chances are good that his many guests (co-workers at NASA and their families, mostly) looked through it as well, including Von Braun.
Ordway also spent three years working as technical advisor on Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", thanks to his friendship with Arthur C. Clarke.
I'm currently scouring the internet for any photos of Ordway and his friends relaxing at the summer house, and hopefully a shot of him at the eyepiece of the Tasco. He is survived by 3 adult children. I'm trying to screw-up my courage enough to find and contact them, and let them know that I am the new owner of their father's telescope, and ask if they can contribute any photos or other details of it's history.
Ordway's obit:
http://quadcitiesdaily.com/?p=182794
Wikipedia article on Ordway:
http://en.wikipedia....k_I._Ordway_III <http://en.wikipedia....k_i._ordway_iii/>
I will post links to pictures of the scope once I get it fully assembled and restored. It has some cosmetic issues that I want to address. Paint chips, etc., the optics are in perfect condition.
Here is a link to a .pdf copy of the 1968 Tasco catalog. My 15TE was made in 1962, going by the serial number.
http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/tasco/tasco1968.pdf
I have a couple of other made-for-export Japanese refractors from the era, including a Penncrest 60mm x 1000mm (J.C. Penney house brand) and a Shrine Manon 60mm x 700mm, with optics made by Pentax, and a few others made by Towa and other makers, and branded for American companies. I'd love to hear from anyone else who has a fondness for these vintage telescopes.
My very first telescope, brought to me by Santa Claus, was a Tasco 60mm alt-az in 1965. I found all the Messier objects with it over the course of about a year. Some of them were darn hard, as I recall, and took many tries before I was sure I had bagged them! But it sure was fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Nice story. Very interesting history. I like the sun projection screen in the catalog. Dave On Dec 28, 2014, at 22:37, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
Interesting story Chuck,
Just a thought but maybe before you fix the cosmetics you might want to do as you said and try to reach relative. It would be a shame if you fixed something only to learn later from a relative "Oh, yes, I remember that dent. It happened when dad accidentally knocked the scope over while showing Dr. Von Braun the Moon".
Even blemishes can have a history worth preserving.
All that aside, once you get it working I hope you'll bring it to a star party.
patrick
On 28 Dec 2014, at 21:21, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Some of you know that I recently acquired a Tasco 15TE. It's a 3-inch refractor on a motorized equatorial mount, the flagship of Tasco's lineup in the 50's and 60's. They also offered a pier-mounted 4", but only a few are known to have been made and none are known to still exist in this country. Tascos got a bad rap when the company abandoned their Japanese manufacturers in the mid-seventies and began to source them from China. The formerly all-metal designs gave way to plastic, and optics of lesser quality. The old Tascos have objectives of the highest quality and were serious telescopes in their day. I also have a museum-quality 7TE (60mm x 1000mm) and a 6TE (50mm x 600mm). Both of those have outstanding optics and are all-metal examples of Tasco at their finest. Only the eyepieces of the day had some serious drawbacks, that said, some of them were pretty good despite a narrow FOV.
The 15TE has an interesting history. I am the third owner, having purchased it from a man who got it at the estate sale of the original owner. Patrick especially may find this interesting due to his affiliation with NASA.
Here is a repost of my report on Cloudy Nights:
I now have the backstory on my recent Tasco 15TE acquisition. It's pretty cool.
It was formerly owned by Fred Ordway III (1927-2014), and kept at his summer house on Montesano Mt. in Huntsville, AL. Ordway's summer house was used by all the NASA German engineers on Von Braun's team as a place to relax and converse, and plan where the upcoming lunar lander would land on the moon. They built an observatory on the mountain to house a 16" telescope to aid in the landing decision.
It is very possible that the Tasco was used for the landing spot research prior to the completion of the 16". Certainly it was used by Ordway for his own stargazing while at his summer house, and chances are good that his many guests (co-workers at NASA and their families, mostly) looked through it as well, including Von Braun.
Ordway also spent three years working as technical advisor on Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", thanks to his friendship with Arthur C. Clarke.
I'm currently scouring the internet for any photos of Ordway and his friends relaxing at the summer house, and hopefully a shot of him at the eyepiece of the Tasco. He is survived by 3 adult children. I'm trying to screw-up my courage enough to find and contact them, and let them know that I am the new owner of their father's telescope, and ask if they can contribute any photos or other details of it's history.
Ordway's obit:
http://quadcitiesdaily.com/?p=182794
Wikipedia article on Ordway:
http://en.wikipedia....k_I._Ordway_III <http://en.wikipedia....k_i._ordway_iii/>
I will post links to pictures of the scope once I get it fully assembled and restored. It has some cosmetic issues that I want to address. Paint chips, etc., the optics are in perfect condition.
Here is a link to a .pdf copy of the 1968 Tasco catalog. My 15TE was made in 1962, going by the serial number.
http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/tasco/tasco1968.pdf
I have a couple of other made-for-export Japanese refractors from the era, including a Penncrest 60mm x 1000mm (J.C. Penney house brand) and a Shrine Manon 60mm x 700mm, with optics made by Pentax, and a few others made by Towa and other makers, and branded for American companies. I'd love to hear from anyone else who has a fondness for these vintage telescopes.
My very first telescope, brought to me by Santa Claus, was a Tasco 60mm alt-az in 1965. I found all the Messier objects with it over the course of about a year. Some of them were darn hard, as I recall, and took many tries before I was sure I had bagged them! But it sure was fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Thanks Dave. Those sun projection screens were included with most of the mid-and-top-tier Tascos. I have one for each of my 7TE models, and this "new" 15TE. They work quite well. I also picked up the Tasco camera adapter on eBay earlier this year. Looks like it was designed by Rube Goldberg. On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 3:46 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Nice story. Very interesting history. I like the sun projection screen in the catalog.
Is that the #1601 Tel-A-Dapter that’s listed in the catalog? Looks like something Marvin the Martian would have designed. Dave On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:19, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Dave. Those sun projection screens were included with most of the mid-and-top-tier Tascos. I have one for each of my 7TE models, and this "new" 15TE. They work quite well.
I also picked up the Tasco camera adapter on eBay earlier this year. Looks like it was designed by Rube Goldberg.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 3:46 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Nice story. Very interesting history. I like the sun projection screen in the catalog.
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Mine is the revised version, the #1601-N. They did away with the articulated arm and went with a pair of parallel rods. A bit more stable. Pics: http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/ATM%20components/1601... http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/ATM%20components/Came... http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/ATM%20components/Came... http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/ATM%20components/Came... http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii24/JethroTull1958/ATM%20components/Came... On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Is that the #1601 Tel-A-Dapter that’s listed in the catalog? Looks like something Marvin the Martian would have designed.
Dave On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:19, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Dave. Those sun projection screens were included with most of the mid-and-top-tier Tascos. I have one for each of my 7TE models, and this "new" 15TE. They work quite well.
I also picked up the Tasco camera adapter on eBay earlier this year. Looks like it was designed by Rube Goldberg.
No dents, Patrick, just little bits of missing paint and a scratch here and there. I'm sure there are no memories associated with anything so minor. I'm hopeful that we can try the "vintage" telescope star party again in 2015, maybe next time the skies will be more cooperative. The problem for me is choosing which of my "vintage" scopes to bring! The seller is forwarding a bag of nuts and bolts he found after shipping the scope to me, that he thinks might belong to the Tasco. If so that will save me having to hunt down replacements and speed the re-assembly process along. Another thing that makes this scope special is that you just don't find many old Tascos with RA motor drives. I have two. On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
Interesting story Chuck,
Just a thought but maybe before you fix the cosmetics you might want to do as you said and try to reach relative. It would be a shame if you fixed something only to learn later from a relative "Oh, yes, I remember that dent. It happened when dad accidentally knocked the scope over while showing Dr. Von Braun the Moon".
Even blemishes can have a history worth preserving.
All that aside, once you get it working I hope you'll bring it to a star party.
Wonderful bit of history Chuck -- thanks for sharing/R From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 9:21 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] "New" Tasco Some of you know that I recently acquired a Tasco 15TE. It's a 3-inch refractor on a motorized equatorial mount, the flagship of Tasco's lineup in the 50's and 60's. They also offered a pier-mounted 4", but only a few are known to have been made and none are known to still exist in this country. Tascos got a bad rap when the company abandoned their Japanese manufacturers in the mid-seventies and began to source them from China. The formerly all-metal designs gave way to plastic, and optics of lesser quality. The old Tascos have objectives of the highest quality and were serious telescopes in their day. I also have a museum-quality 7TE (60mm x 1000mm) and a 6TE (50mm x 600mm). Both of those have outstanding optics and are all-metal examples of Tasco at their finest. Only the eyepieces of the day had some serious drawbacks, that said, some of them were pretty good despite a narrow FOV. The 15TE has an interesting history. I am the third owner, having purchased it from a man who got it at the estate sale of the original owner. Patrick especially may find this interesting due to his affiliation with NASA. Here is a repost of my report on Cloudy Nights: I now have the backstory on my recent Tasco 15TE acquisition. It's pretty cool. It was formerly owned by Fred Ordway III (1927-2014), and kept at his summer house on Montesano Mt. in Huntsville, AL. Ordway's summer house was used by all the NASA German engineers on Von Braun's team as a place to relax and converse, and plan where the upcoming lunar lander would land on the moon. They built an observatory on the mountain to house a 16" telescope to aid in the landing decision. It is very possible that the Tasco was used for the landing spot research prior to the completion of the 16". Certainly it was used by Ordway for his own stargazing while at his summer house, and chances are good that his many guests (co-workers at NASA and their families, mostly) looked through it as well, including Von Braun. Ordway also spent three years working as technical advisor on Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", thanks to his friendship with Arthur C. Clarke. I'm currently scouring the internet for any photos of Ordway and his friends relaxing at the summer house, and hopefully a shot of him at the eyepiece of the Tasco. He is survived by 3 adult children. I'm trying to screw-up my courage enough to find and contact them, and let them know that I am the new owner of their father's telescope, and ask if they can contribute any photos or other details of it's history. Ordway's obit: http://quadcitiesdaily.com/?p=182794 Wikipedia article on Ordway: http://en.wikipedia....k_I._Ordway_III <http://en.wikipedia....k_i._ordway_iii/> I will post links to pictures of the scope once I get it fully assembled and restored. It has some cosmetic issues that I want to address. Paint chips, etc., the optics are in perfect condition. Here is a link to a .pdf copy of the 1968 Tasco catalog. My 15TE was made in 1962, going by the serial number. http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/tasco/tasco1968.pdf I have a couple of other made-for-export Japanese refractors from the era, including a Penncrest 60mm x 1000mm (J.C. Penney house brand) and a Shrine Manon 60mm x 700mm, with optics made by Pentax, and a few others made by Towa and other makers, and branded for American companies. I'd love to hear from anyone else who has a fondness for these vintage telescopes. My very first telescope, brought to me by Santa Claus, was a Tasco 60mm alt-az in 1965. I found all the Messier objects with it over the course of about a year. Some of them were darn hard, as I recall, and took many tries before I was sure I had bagged them! But it sure was fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
If you type Fred Ordway II into Google Images, you can pull up a picture of Fred in the same picture with Von Braun. Here is the link Fred Ordway III - Google Search | | | | | | | | | | | Fred Ordway III - Google Searchcgpublishing.com Fred Ordway 450 × 497 - 53k - jpg clarkefoundation.org ordway_podium 500 × 371 - 135k - jpg daviddarling.info Frederick Ordway 280 × 231 - 39k - ... | | | | View on www.google.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 9:13 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote: Wonderful bit of history Chuck -- thanks for sharing/R From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 9:21 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] "New" Tasco Some of you know that I recently acquired a Tasco 15TE. It's a 3-inch refractor on a motorized equatorial mount, the flagship of Tasco's lineup in the 50's and 60's. They also offered a pier-mounted 4", but only a few are known to have been made and none are known to still exist in this country. Tascos got a bad rap when the company abandoned their Japanese manufacturers in the mid-seventies and began to source them from China. The formerly all-metal designs gave way to plastic, and optics of lesser quality. The old Tascos have objectives of the highest quality and were serious telescopes in their day. I also have a museum-quality 7TE (60mm x 1000mm) and a 6TE (50mm x 600mm). Both of those have outstanding optics and are all-metal examples of Tasco at their finest. Only the eyepieces of the day had some serious drawbacks, that said, some of them were pretty good despite a narrow FOV. The 15TE has an interesting history. I am the third owner, having purchased it from a man who got it at the estate sale of the original owner. Patrick especially may find this interesting due to his affiliation with NASA. Here is a repost of my report on Cloudy Nights: I now have the backstory on my recent Tasco 15TE acquisition. It's pretty cool. It was formerly owned by Fred Ordway III (1927-2014), and kept at his summer house on Montesano Mt. in Huntsville, AL. Ordway's summer house was used by all the NASA German engineers on Von Braun's team as a place to relax and converse, and plan where the upcoming lunar lander would land on the moon. They built an observatory on the mountain to house a 16" telescope to aid in the landing decision. It is very possible that the Tasco was used for the landing spot research prior to the completion of the 16". Certainly it was used by Ordway for his own stargazing while at his summer house, and chances are good that his many guests (co-workers at NASA and their families, mostly) looked through it as well, including Von Braun. Ordway also spent three years working as technical advisor on Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", thanks to his friendship with Arthur C. Clarke. I'm currently scouring the internet for any photos of Ordway and his friends relaxing at the summer house, and hopefully a shot of him at the eyepiece of the Tasco. He is survived by 3 adult children. I'm trying to screw-up my courage enough to find and contact them, and let them know that I am the new owner of their father's telescope, and ask if they can contribute any photos or other details of it's history. Ordway's obit: http://quadcitiesdaily.com/?p=182794 Wikipedia article on Ordway: http://en.wikipedia....k_I._Ordway_III <http://en.wikipedia....k_i._ordway_iii/> I will post links to pictures of the scope once I get it fully assembled and restored. It has some cosmetic issues that I want to address. Paint chips, etc., the optics are in perfect condition. Here is a link to a .pdf copy of the 1968 Tasco catalog. My 15TE was made in 1962, going by the serial number. http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/tasco/tasco1968.pdf I have a couple of other made-for-export Japanese refractors from the era, including a Penncrest 60mm x 1000mm (J.C. Penney house brand) and a Shrine Manon 60mm x 700mm, with optics made by Pentax, and a few others made by Towa and other makers, and branded for American companies. I'd love to hear from anyone else who has a fondness for these vintage telescopes. My very first telescope, brought to me by Santa Claus, was a Tasco 60mm alt-az in 1965. I found all the Messier objects with it over the course of about a year. Some of them were darn hard, as I recall, and took many tries before I was sure I had bagged them! But it sure was fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
I found that same image over the weekend, and many more. I think Von Braun spent as much time at the planetarium/observatory/summer house as Ordway himself. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 9:31 AM, william baker via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
If you type Fred Ordway II into Google Images, you can pull up a picture of Fred in the same picture with Von Braun. Here is the link Fred Ordway III - Google Search | | | | | | | | | | | Fred Ordway III - Google Searchcgpublishing.com Fred Ordway 450 × 497 - 53k - jpg clarkefoundation.org ordway_podium 500 × 371 - 135k - jpg daviddarling.info Frederick Ordway 280 × 231 - 39k - ... | | | | View on www.google.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |
On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 9:13 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Wonderful bit of history Chuck -- thanks for sharing/R
Story update: Some of you know of my interest in Wankel rotary engines and Mazda rotary-powered cars. For some years, I have belonged to a couple of online forums dedicated to the RX-7 & RX-8. I recently related the story of my acquistion of the Ordway Tasco on a thread on one of those sportscar webistes. Incredibly, one of the members there contacted me to let me know that he went to high school with one of Fred Ordway's sons, and supplied me with his address! So the chances are getting better of filling in the story's details. Gotta love the Internet. Stay tuned!
Way to go! This is starting to take on a life of its own. Please keep us informed on your progress. Bill On Thursday, January 15, 2015 7:08 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: Story update: Some of you know of my interest in Wankel rotary engines and Mazda rotary-powered cars. For some years, I have belonged to a couple of online forums dedicated to the RX-7 & RX-8. I recently related the story of my acquistion of the Ordway Tasco on a thread on one of those sportscar webistes. Incredibly, one of the members there contacted me to let me know that he went to high school with one of Fred Ordway's sons, and supplied me with his address! So the chances are getting better of filling in the story's details. Gotta love the Internet. Stay tuned! _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
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