Sy Kaback: The Man and his Machines

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The Life
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The Man and his Machines

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Introduction	01
In Search of Mr. Kaback	02
The Early Days	03
Midgets to Sports Cars	04
The Lotus 15	05
The "Blotus"	06
The Lotus 20	07

The Lotus 23 "Sebring"	08
Grand Prix Imported Cars	09
Dave Clark, Seven Racer	10
Grand Prix, Reprise	11
A "Dramatic" Effort	12
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Beyond Sports Cars	14

Acknowledgements: (so far, in no particular order!)
Thanks to: Robin Read whose mentions of Sy in his book "Colin Chapman's Lotus" piqued my interest, to John Watson who shared that my Seven had been imported by Sy and who directed me to Robin Read's book, Michael Gee for copies of letters written by Sy which provided interesting stories about the 23 and dealing with Lotus on a business level, to William Colson for details on Sy's Lotus XV and subsequent conversion to V8 power, to Pat Dennis for clarification of the "Used Engine Question" etc., and to John Murphy of Kaback Inc., who initially contacted Sy and his wife to tell them of my interest.

Great thanks of course are also due to Sy himself and to his wonderful wife, Cynthia Parker Kaback, who has facilitated communication with Sy by transcribing his comments as well as notes from his scrapbooks.

All photos are copyright 2001, Sy Kaback unless otherwise credited.
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