Mornin Bill; I am confused,, Ray broke his oil pan on two different occasions? That trip that Don was describing was memorable. It rained so much it filled my cylinders in my roadster with water. Needed to remove the spark plugs to get the water out of the cylinders. Didn't do any damage to the engine. We ran across some older guy (like you and me now) who had a really large collections of mid 40 and 50 and 60's cars in one of the mining warehouses, He let us in to look around. Was Kool Best to you and Patti. Larry Hofer Corvette Shop/Raylar Engineering 4645 Ruffner St., "I" San Diego, CA 92111 858-277-8388 From: william hogue <hogue34@hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2026 10:21 PM To: don.kleine.vortex@gmail.com; 'Michael G. Brattland' <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com>; 'Tony Cortez' <tltony@cox.net>; lhofer@corvetteshopsandiego.com Cc: 'San Diego Car Guys List' <sandiegocarguys@brattland.org>; 'Ray Gauthier' <ragauthier@cox.net>; 'Ron Lambrecht Home' <lambrecr@outlook.com>; 'Pete Cowper' <petercowper@att.net>; 'Kevin Black' <kblack1967@gmail.com>; 'Michael G Brattland' <mgbrattland@big3partsexchange.com>; 'Bill Jansen GMail' <coebill@gmail.com>; 'Bill Personius' <billpersonius@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Sandiegocarguys] Re: My Willy Aum Oil Pan Don, Ray Smith was with a convoy of Over the Hill Gang members and we were actually going to the Oak Creek Rod Run (a bit south of Sedona). The year was 1978 and the group included Roy Chisolm, John Pickle, Norm Fletcher, Butch Whitley, Patti and me, and several others. As I recall, we "fixed" Ray's '38 Chevy by hammering a piece of wood in the hole in the oil pan and continued on to Oak Creek. Hillbilly engineering at it's finest! Bill _____ From: don.kleine.vortex@gmail.com <mailto:don.kleine.vortex@gmail.com> <don.kleine.vortex@gmail.com <mailto:don.kleine.vortex@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2026 1:43 PM To: 'Michael G. Brattland' <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com <mailto:mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> >; 'Tony Cortez' <tltony@cox.net <mailto:tltony@cox.net> >; lhofer@corvetteshopsandiego.com <mailto:lhofer@corvetteshopsandiego.com> <lhofer@corvetteshopsandiego.com> Cc: 'San Diego Car Guys List' <sandiegocarguys@brattland.org <mailto:sandiegocarguys@brattland.org> >; 'Ray Gauthier' <ragauthier@cox.net <mailto:ragauthier@cox.net> >; 'Ron Lambrecht Home' <lambrecr@outlook.com <mailto:lambrecr@outlook.com> >; 'Pete Cowper' <petercowper@att.net <mailto:petercowper@att.net> >; 'Kevin Black' <kblack1967@gmail.com <mailto:kblack1967@gmail.com> >; 'Michael G Brattland' <mgbrattland@big3partsexchange.com <mailto:mgbrattland@big3partsexchange.com> >; 'Bill Jansen GMail' <coebill@gmail.com <mailto:coebill@gmail.com> >; 'Bill Personius' <billpersonius@gmail.com <mailto:billpersonius@gmail.com> > Subject: [Sandiegocarguys] Re: My Willy Aum Oil Pan Hi, Just like the pan the Ray Smith broke on a rock going to Sedona in 1986 on the freeway in the rain east of Yuma. Don From: Michael G. Brattland <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com <mailto:mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2026 12:27 PM To: Tony Cortez <tltony@cox.net <mailto:tltony@cox.net> > Cc: San Diego Car Guys List <sandiegocarguys@brattland.org <mailto:sandiegocarguys@brattland.org> >; Ray Gauthier <ragauthier@cox.net <mailto:ragauthier@cox.net> >; Ron Lambrecht Home <lambrecr@outlook.com <mailto:lambrecr@outlook.com> >; Pete Cowper <petercowper@att.net <mailto:petercowper@att.net> >; Kevin Black <kblack1967@gmail.com <mailto:kblack1967@gmail.com> >; Michael G Brattland <mgbrattland@big3partsexchange.com <mailto:mgbrattland@big3partsexchange.com> >; Bill Jansen GMail <coebill@gmail.com <mailto:coebill@gmail.com> >; Bill Personius <billpersonius@gmail.com <mailto:billpersonius@gmail.com> > Subject: [Sandiegocarguys] My Willy Aum Oil Pan All back together and running here. As you always do a very nice Tig Weld both inside and outside on my hot rod oil pan which got holed at the oil changer place.Thanks so much making this pan repair for me Tony.....mgb MGBrattland Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S23 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone