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I'm the big ugly gut in the middle. No, not him, the other one, with the red hat. Kurt O.
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Looks like "In Harm's Way". Guy in the third shot standing on the model of the cruiser looks like director Otto Preminger. Kurt O.
I remember the magazine article and photos. I'm pretty sure it was Road & Track in their April Issue. They used to do a spoof on themselves called...
The Miller is one of two that Griff Borgeson rescued from the Bugatti factory in the '50s. Kurt O.
Jerry Grant in a Lotus 19 (ch.# 957) with an aluminum 215 BOP engine. Kurt O.
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Now THAT'S Jim Clark! Lotus 49 Cosworth, Nurburgring 1967. Kurt O.
Now that's one poor piece of Photoshop work. Kurt O.
Not Clark. Jim Clark always wore a dark helmet with a white peak. The Team Lotus cars of that era had either a single or double yellow stripe down...
Definitely the 'Ring. Jackie Stewart in the BRM P261, 1966 German Gran Prix. Not sure on the other car. Kurt O.
The X-15 program pilots, the organization they came from and the number of flights they each flew. A. Scott Crossfield, North American...
The coolant sold at BMW dealers is blue. Probably how they justify charging so much for it. Kurt O.
Dick Jutras' Devin Chevy. Very cool car. If you look close you'll notice the engine is offset to the passenger side of the car. I asked him about...
Absolutely! And the early Listers had a really evil IFS. If I remember right, they had equal length A-arms. As a result, the outside wheel would...
This looks like a great project and I'll be watching closely. I've wanted to do the same kind of thing myself. The only thing I wonder about is...
Borgward Isabella Coupe.
My all time favorite cartoon, Johnny Quest. [IMG] [IMG] Kurt O.
My Dad still has the Ives train set he got as a kid in the '20s. Kurt O.
I was thinking the same thing. The Strand in Hermosa or maybe Manhattan Beach. I know I've walked by that wall.
Not exactly. The Peerless did use Triumph TR3 running gear but had a purpose built tube frame chassis with deDion rear suspension. And, the fuel...
From Keith Martin's SCM; Chuck Jordan Chuck Jordan, the 4th chief designer for General Motors, died on Thursday, December 9. He was 83....
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My wife's Dad raced a TD with a V8-60 in So Cal in the mid-50s. Here he is racing at Palm Springs in (I think) 1954. [IMG] Kurt O.
Santa Barbara, 1955. Atlas bodied Swallow Doretti, built and raced by Bill Binney in So. Cal. [IMG] Same car, 2006, found in a side yard in Nor...
Phil Hill in the drivers seat, his buddy Richie Ginther waves to the camera.
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No. 8 looks like the Steyr-Allard built by Sydney Allard and raced in sprints and hillclimbs just after the war. Kurt O.
Hugh Riley, the Dad in the Lassie show, lived around the corner from me when I was growing up. His son was one of my brother's best friends. Hugh...
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