tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958801017836443258.post5714188653879429491..comments2024-02-15T08:37:35.558-08:00Comments on 40 years in broadcasting or My Life As An Idiot!: The Famous Fifteen Sunshine... Clunker!Pat Berginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024507079195415597noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958801017836443258.post-50237767432478136632016-01-23T04:46:27.684-08:002016-01-23T04:46:27.684-08:00WOW!!! Thanks for getting in touch. How weird is...WOW!!! Thanks for getting in touch. How weird is it that you'd find this blog after so many years? I gave up writing it because, as you and others have pointed out, my memory isn't as good as I thought it'd be.<br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed the car, sorry about the seatsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239389015399891064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958801017836443258.post-6350251928559915802016-01-13T08:29:48.070-08:002016-01-13T08:29:48.070-08:00Z-28's had 350/360 hp engines not as I wrote i...Z-28's had 350/360 hp engines not as I wrote in the opening sentence. The fact that the engine was not a 396 remains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958801017836443258.post-8924161602560672492016-01-08T14:46:56.841-08:002016-01-08T14:46:56.841-08:00It was a Z28 and all 1970 Z28's had a 302 engi...It was a Z28 and all 1970 Z28's had a 302 engine not a 396. I suppose someone who did not know how to do a legal drag race cannot be expected to know that .<br />The guy who won that car did not say anything to his wife because he was 19 and very single. It was however a piece of junk when it came to performance. The winner had it tuned up and changed the oil and it ran very well, however he had a 1969 Camaro with a 396, 375 hp engine. So after two weeks of driving the Sunshine Machine he sold it to a friend and kept his 69 Camero.<br />He used the Sunshine money to do 3 things. 1. To make a few performance enhancements to his 69 Camaro by replacing the 396 with a 427, 435 hp engine. It ran at Milan drag way 11.47 seconds in the quarter mile. 2. He started flying leasons because cars were just not fast enough. 3. Started college at UT which was called TU at the time. He then went to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.<br /><br />After graduation he taught flying at Crow Aviation which was at Toledo Express at that time.<br /><br />He then became a Navy Attack Pilot then an Air Force Fighter Pilot. He retired from the Toledo 180th Fighter Group at Toledo Express.<br /><br />He just retired from American Airlines as a 777 Captain last September, 2015.<br /><br />He now owns a Pitts Special in which he competes in aerobatic contest and he landed a retirement job as a corporate pilot in McHenry, IL<br />For fun wheels he now drives a 911 twin turbo.<br /><br />I know all of this because I was the winner of the WTTO Sunshine Machine and I am eternially grateful to the WTTO General Manager and all the staff for that contest. With the proceeds from that car and the help of a few friends and the grace of God I had a great life. Thank you all.<br />Denny Hall<br /><br />P.S. The Sunshine Machine was overall a nice car except for a few stains in the back seat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958801017836443258.post-65436879169422768532011-12-29T11:40:19.453-08:002011-12-29T11:40:19.453-08:00I've read that WTTO also had the unusual situa...I've read that WTTO also had the unusual situation of having two transmitter sites in use. One in the daytime and another at night. One of their transmitter sites was just across the state line in Bedford Township, Michigan (though it's probably in Lambertville since there were little towns that dotted that square mass of land). I rode my bike up there a couple times to see where it was. I recall there being an array of towers that were beaming the signal no doubt, though they eventually took that down some years back but left one satellite dish that's got weeds growing all over it. I took some pics of it as I love the artsy composition!Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com