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friedgreencorrado
friedgreencorrado SuperDork
9/1/10 9:21 p.m.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Tipo 33. 1975 and 1977 World Sportscar Champion. There's a book out there..betcha 5 Euros alfadriver's already got it.

oldsaw
oldsaw SuperDork
9/1/10 9:52 p.m.
friedgreencorrado wrote: Tipo 33. 1975 and 1977 World Sportscar Champion.

Had (and took) the opportunity to sit in a Tipo 33 a "few" years ago; it was on static display at an ill-fated start-up Alfa shop on Buford Hwy. It was really cool to sit in that cockpit, made even more special since it still had "M. Andretti" stenciled on the bodywork.

I had noticed the shop and wandered in, hoping to land a job in the parts department, but they weren't ready to expand the payroll. Oh, well.

Hotlink not allowed, but:

http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1974/Watkins_Glen-1974-07-14-060.jpg

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
9/2/10 12:05 a.m.

My favorite book

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
9/2/10 12:06 a.m.

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
9/2/10 1:22 a.m.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/2/10 1:45 a.m.
Keith wrote: The drinking age varies by province. In Ontario, it's 19. In Quebec, it's officially 18 but really it's "well, as long as you're old enough to know what to ask for".

I wish I knew that years ago. My great grandfather taught me when I was about 6 or 7 to get him three fingers of bourbon and a banana at snack time. Ofcourse being a kid I could only have two fingers myself. Made nap time come a lot easier for the both of us.

A bear's natural habitat:

JoeyM
JoeyM Dork
9/2/10 5:41 a.m.
oldsaw wrote: Hotlink not allowed, but: http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1974/Watkins_Glen-1974-07-14-060.jpg

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/2/10 5:48 a.m.

This book sucks.

neon4891 wrote: My favorite book
4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury SuperDork
9/2/10 6:29 a.m.

my first car:

except without the alloy wheels, 2 of those engine cylinder things, and ...well ...all that clearcoat

HappyJack
HappyJack Reader
9/2/10 6:50 a.m.

alfadriver
alfadriver Dork
9/2/10 6:50 a.m.
friedgreencorrado wrote:
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
Tipo 33. 1975 and 1977 World Sportscar Champion. There's a book out there..betcha 5 Euros alfadriver's already got it.

You would loose that bet- even though Ed is a friend of mine....

Since there are rules to this thread...

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
9/2/10 7:34 a.m.
Woody wrote: This book sucks.

+eleventybillion

Sappiness on the same order as :

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
9/2/10 7:38 a.m.

Shall we move on using the Tipo 33 as a springboard to revel in Can Am so I'm good and watered up when I get to the SVRA Vintage Gran Prix at the Glen next weekend?

(yes, I know thats Road America... )

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/2/10 7:41 a.m.
Woody wrote: This book sucks.
neon4891 wrote: My favorite book

This book blows:

BradLTL
BradLTL GRM+ Memberand Reader
9/2/10 7:53 a.m.
racerfink wrote:

And this is why I bought my wife a Touareg... they just always seem to win the fights.

Duke
Duke SuperDork
9/2/10 8:01 a.m.
alfadriver wrote:

Otto_Maddox
Otto_Maddox Reader
9/2/10 8:08 a.m.
Woody wrote: This book sucks.
neon4891 wrote: My favorite book

I thought I was the only one that thought it sucks. You almost can't say that for fear of reprisal.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/2/10 8:11 a.m.
Otto_Maddox wrote: I thought I was the only one that thought it sucks. You almost can't say that for fear of reprisal.

That's because it has the word Racing in the title.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/2/10 8:15 a.m.
Duke wrote:
alfadriver wrote:

oldsaw
oldsaw SuperDork
9/2/10 8:40 a.m.

Gullwings are cool, but my warped mind makes this more appealing:

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
9/2/10 8:46 a.m.

oldsaw
oldsaw SuperDork
9/2/10 8:47 a.m.

rainydave
rainydave New Reader
9/2/10 9:03 a.m.

Platinum90
Platinum90 SuperDork
9/2/10 9:36 a.m.
Otto_Maddox wrote:
Woody wrote: This book sucks.
neon4891 wrote: My favorite book
I thought I was the only one that thought it sucks. You almost can't say that for fear of reprisal.

I didn't like it as a book, but the fact that it brought amateur racing into the public eye helps. And it did make me cry. But the story line was kinda bouncy, and it used the same anecdote at least twice.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
9/2/10 9:48 a.m.
Platinum90 wrote: I didn't like it as a book, but the fact that it brought amateur racing into the public eye helps. And it did make me cry. But the story line was kinda bouncy, and it used the same anecdote at least twice.

My copy is keeping a stool from rocking.

And now, back to Can Am cars.

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