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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | OH NO! ...WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT PICTURE AGAIN???
I wanted that thing after I saw it the first time, and had dreams about it for a week. I even called Keller and asked if he'd think about selling it. He said he may consider a trade for a Mercedes. So that pretty-much dashed my hopes. I don't think I could ever afford a custom order on one.
I am amazed that they never made that a regular production model. Oh well ... it looks like another sleepless night. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | the real cool shit usually doesn't make it to production. Except the 47RI |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | CWK2 the real cool shit usually doesn't make it to production. Except the 47RI Oh why is that?are there any plans for a jumbo?do you conduct market surveys,perhaps we could have a poll about it :)
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Flume,do you remember a long haired hippy type at the factory named Bill Kaman? And whenever he would go up to the bell tower there was always a cloud of smoke billowing from up there.Cigarette smoke i assume :D :D .Any good "bell tower" stories is what i want to hear..Im sure Bill's nowhere near this site so just give us a couple of good stories.. ;) |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | LOL!!.....I have meet Bill many times, he is a real cool guy...he had a really nice old Caddy convertable that he would drive up to the factory....Don't know if he would remember me....but, alot of crazy things have happend up on the 5th floor, but, I can't say I ever saw Bill up ther smoking anything...I don't remember seeing him smoke cigs.....so your guess is as good as mine about the kind of smoke comming down from up there!!...lol...it's kinda like the attic of the place...we kept the discontinued parts up there...you could build any old solid body ovation has ever made with the parts up there. Originally posted by samova:
Flume,do you remember a long haired hippy type at the factory named Bill Kaman? And whenever he would go up to the bell tower there was always a cloud of smoke billowing from up there.Cigarette smoke i assume :D :D .Any good "bell tower" stories is what i want to hear..Im sure Bill's nowhere near this site so just give us a couple of good stories.. ;) |
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Location: NJ | . . I'd think that by now, he's probably pretty old . . . |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | I think Bill is maybe...50ish |
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Location: Burbank | . . I'd think that by now, he's probably pretty old . . .
.....fat and bald! Maybe dead! |
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Location: Ballston Lake, N.Y. | You guys are absolutely relentless! |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Hell, I think his father Charlie Kaman is still alive! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Tough crowd.
I heard that he'd be 55 this year. Now that is really old, past prime, over the hill, outta touch. Definately makes him a member of the OFC (old farts club, why? is there another OFC?) |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | cwk2,thats a pretty good guess but ive seen pictures of Bill and man he has to be "way older" than that.He must be over 60.I think your guess is way off.If there was some way we could find out? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | As the note on map reads "beyond this point there be dragons".
Flume',
What's a good Factory memory? Ever send a deep bowl skittering across the floor? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I've been keeping a list of people older than me who are still alive. Bill, you're on it now. |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | I have many great memories of working there!...here's a good one, the skittering bowl reminds me....there was a guy that worked there...probably still does, Frank Morell ....Anyway, back in the day all the screw ups...or scrap, would go into a bin till it was full, then we would distroy all the bad parts....this guy frank was sent to cut, break, distroy some messed up bowls....so instead of cuttin them with a band saw....he decided to lay one on the floor top side down and crush it with a damaged neck....so he raises the neck over his head like he's chopping wood....comes down on the bowl and the neck bounces off the bowl and hits him right in the forehead...almost knocked him out....he had a giant goose egg knot right in the center of his head....that was pretty funny!! |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Is cwk2......Bill?.....or an imposter? Originally posted by cwk2:
Tough crowd.
I heard that he'd be 55 this year. Now that is really old, past prime, over the hill, outta touch. Definately makes him a member of the OFC (old farts club, why? is there another OFC?) |
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Location: NJ | . . a light goes on in NewHartford . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Bingo. It took me a while too. The thing is, the more you hang out here, you'll come to know a lot of nice people. Except for that Tupperware guy, he's a madman. |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Ha ha ha!!!......Hey bill, still got the old Boss hog caddy???? |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | I know that Bill would know this, but,anyone know what the flume is? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | caddy's gone and someone else can answer the flume question. I don't think it was part of the tour.
Tupperwear is a little off but it's not his fault. |
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Location: closely held secret | I'm guessing there was (or still is) a flume behind the factory. |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Give that man a carrott!!.lol...yeah, the flume is located in the old shippind dept....it's where the paint and stuff was kept when I worked there.....back in the day when they factory was run on water power....the water was directed through the flume to generate power....I believe at one time sewing machines were made there. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | He may be old, but at least he still has hair. Good thing that guy didn't use an axe to bust up the bowl. |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | I'm not sure cause I just moved back to the area, and I haven't got back in touch with my old friends from Ovation....But, I believe he still works there....Frank Morrell....worked in enginering last I heard.....I'm sure he's better at that than domolition!! |
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