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Chris_V
Chris_V UberDork
9/18/23 3:26 p.m.

 

And my favorite Road & Track PS of all time...

 

Duke
Duke MegaDork
9/18/23 3:38 p.m.
Gary said:

Hey, I've driven one of those.  My father's friend started collecting exotics back in the '70s when it was a lot more grassroots than it is now.  There were not as many specialty mechanics on the East Coast as there are now, so he had my father work on them.

My dad's friend bought it used from Jamie Wyeth, Andrew's son, who at the time was about 30.  It was pale metallic blue, and looked subtle, but good.  It had definitely been driven like cars are supposed to be driven.

It was later restored to concours condition and painted Ferrari Red.  Of course, it looked great, but maybe not as interesting as it did in the offbeat blue color.

Actually, it was this very car.  Looks like it's been returned to the original color.  And apparently my father's friend was the third owner, not the second.  I knew the two guys that picked it up from Jamie, as well.  It doesn't seem they kept it very long.

 

fasted58
fasted58 MegaDork
9/18/23 3:59 p.m.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/18/23 6:50 p.m.

Wally (Forum Supporter)
Wally (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/18/23 10:57 p.m.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/19/23 7:36 a.m.

Never heard of a whipcord tire.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/19/23 9:41 a.m.

fanfoy
fanfoy SuperDork
9/19/23 10:39 a.m.

stroker
stroker PowerDork
9/19/23 10:45 a.m.

In reply to fanfoy :

I don't care who you are, that right thar is funny. laugh

fanfoy
fanfoy SuperDork
9/19/23 10:46 a.m.

Peabody
Peabody MegaDork
9/19/23 11:24 a.m.

Seen on the book of faces this morning.

Everybody knows who That girl is, but do you know who that guy is?

George Carlin

Gary
Gary UberDork
9/19/23 3:37 p.m.
Duke
Duke MegaDork
9/19/23 7:35 p.m.

In reply to Gary :

Thought that was one of these.  My mistake!

fasted58
fasted58 MegaDork
9/20/23 3:01 a.m.

P3PPY
P3PPY GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/20/23 6:34 a.m.

In reply to fasted58 :

Oh shoot, I think they might have lost a piece down the drain. 

fanfoy
fanfoy SuperDork
9/20/23 7:18 a.m.

fanfoy
fanfoy SuperDork
9/20/23 7:19 a.m.

fanfoy
fanfoy SuperDork
9/20/23 7:22 a.m.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/20/23 7:58 a.m.

Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos)
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/20/23 1:33 p.m.
914Driver said:

Never heard of a whipcord tire.

Huh. Those look like ancestors of all terrain tires. I wonder how good they worked on muddy, rutted up roads. 

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
9/20/23 3:13 p.m.

Better than the Armour-All sidewalls of 4X4 posers out there.

;~  )

Old_Town
Old_Town Reader
9/20/23 3:35 p.m.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
9/20/23 4:54 p.m.

Sooooo... Motor Trend is unironically using a picture from Randy Pobst's Pike's Peak accident as the splash for a clickbait article about America's best and worst drivers:

Gary
Gary UberDork
9/20/23 7:49 p.m.


This should be about two feet shorter to be perfect.

travellering
travellering Dork
9/20/23 9:27 p.m.
Gary said:


This should be about two feet shorter to be perfect.

More airspace for your Aston Fartin?

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