Letters about Len
In this section, we’re please to reprint letters, emails, and other commentary from those of you knew Len, or have enjoyed this web site. Please feel free to contact us anytime
. Thanks…Thanks, Stefan, Matt, John(Retsek), John(Clinard) and all the rest of you. I think about, and miss, Len all the time. Helen H. told me about the site about 15 minutes ago- I wish I had known sooner. Let me know if I can help in any way.
Anton Krivanek
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I was tasked with completing a review of lenfrank.com and have attached the result for you. The review explains my prior knowledge (none) of Len Frank and my current view (very high) of his work.
Several of the selections have stray paragraph commands inserted which make for odd breaks in the text flow.
Thanks for a great site. It should come online at
www.lacar.com in the near future.Harold Osmer
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I knew Len from a coffee house (Gaga's) in Long Beach. He was a quite nice guy. It nice to see some of his family history. I am on the political left. If I remember correctly he personally wasn't on the left, but I could sense that he had some history there. Now I see why. I always enjoyed talking to him.
Brian Hancock
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Stefan,
I really loved listening to your dad on the Car Show. I always think of him when I tune in the show. He did a lot in his short 59 years. I'll always think a bit differently about turn 9 at WSIR.
Best regards,
Martin Schacht
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I was so delighted to find out about the existence of lenfrank.com. Living across the hall from Len in Long Beach for about 2 years was a great time for me.
I have ended up back in NYC, writing about manufacturing technology and whatnot at Fortune Magazine. I still have a potted catus Len gave me to spare it from what he called his "black thumb."
Is that you there, John and Art? I hope you are well and filling the airwaves with great motor doings, as ever. There is a motorcycles-only garage 2 blocks from my place in Mahnhattan, crammed with 70 bikes owned by diehards like me. Len would have appreciated the beauty of it.
Best From East,
Stu Brown
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I have listened to The Car Show on KPFK (occasionally as a subscriber) for many years, at least since the mid 1980s, and was at all the Santa Barbara Concours where Len and John were Masters of Ceremonies.
I didn't always agree with Len (though I often did), but I always learned from him and I often took his advice. In fact, on the advice of Len and John I purchased a brand new VW Jetta in 1987 and flew to Germany to pick it up.
I was deeply saddened when, two weeks after Len's passing I heard about it on the Car Show. Still now, three years later, I still miss him and his wry, insightful, and delightfully iconoclastic commentary. And now, three years later, I hear on today's Car Show about <
www.cheetahracecars.org. I ran across your site yesterday afternoon after yet another extensive internet search for information on Cheetahs. I was very excited to find www.lenfrank.com. This is one of very few sites that I have found that contain sections dedicated to the Cheetah. I didn't have time to write to Mr. Frank last night, but I planned to write today. I thought that I had found a new contact for Cheetah info and another Cheetahfan to befriend. I started to read through the site today and was very disappointed when I realized that this site was dedicated in his memory. I have a strong feeling that he and I would have had much to discuss.I just wanted to say that this is a wonderful way to remember him and that you have done a fantastic job with his memorial site. I would like to add a like to your site. I know that the wonderful people who have helped to build our website would love to read about Mr. Frank. I would not be surprised if many of them already know of him. Thank you for sharing his words with us.
Sincerely,
Rob Brenner
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What a great guy he was. Nice job.
Richard MacCracken