Al Timke's Boring Personal Stuff

Boring Personal Stuff

*The Timke Clan*
*Al's Estate*
*My Pocket Rocket*
Astronomy
*Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival*
*My Gear-Freak Period*
*Green Valley Hornets, Class of 1966*



Clockwise from the top: Myself, Jeanne (sister), Evelyn (mother), Janette (sister) - Christmas 2000
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Al's Estate



My Pocket Rocket

2000 Honda Civic Si (and me) 1600cc (98 ci), 160 horsepower Double overhead cam, VTEC Redline 8000 rpm

Astronomy - 1986 to Present

Meade 8800 8" - f/4.5 Newtonian	Meade 622 6" - f/3.6 Schmidt Newtonian	Meade ETX-90EC 3.5" - f/13.8 Maksutov Cassegrain


Edmund Scientifics Astroscan 4.1" - f/4.2 Newtonian	Sugar Grove Observatory Located at Sugar Grove Nature Center near Funk's Grove, Illinois Twin City Amateur Astronomers Bloomington, Illinois	Sugar Grove Observatory Twin City Amateur Astronomers Bloomington, Illinois

My Gear-Freak Period - 1970

1965 Plymouth Barracuda Custom equipment - 4-speed w/ Hurst shifter - 4.56 to 1 differential - Schaefer Rev-Lock Clutch - Keystone mag wheels - Custom hood scoop - Sun tachometer - Thrush straight-through mufflers - Monroe Load-Leveler shocks, front and rear	Original 273 cubic inch V-8 Custom equipment - Custom exhaust headers - Iskenderian camshaft - Holley 4-barrel carburetor - Edelbrock intake manifold	Replaced 273 with 1969 Dodge 340 cubic inch V-8 Custom equipment Custom exhaust headers
*Green Valley Hornets, Class of 1966*
Al in 1966	Classmate Update	Al today