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DiDueColpi
Fred Key
West coast - Canada
(1365 posts)

Registered:
05/14/2010 03:06AM

Main British Car:
I really thought that I'd be an action figure by now!

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Holy Cow!!!
Posted by: DiDueColpi
Date: July 17, 2012 10:31PM

You go away for a bit and this forum explodes!
It's going to take weeks to catch up to all the posts.
It is a little disappointing to see the world continue to spin without me though.
The Lovely Lynne said that would happen but I said no.
Oh well, I'll go back to my own reality and forge ahead.
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rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
(2764 posts)

Registered:
10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: Holy Cow!!!
Posted by: rficalora
Date: July 18, 2012 01:02AM

Welcome back Fred; looking forward to some interesting stories.

What's going on in that pic - the crowd doesn't show any signs of surprise. The guy in the middle with his face in his hands even looks bored?


DiDueColpi
Fred Key
West coast - Canada
(1365 posts)

Registered:
05/14/2010 03:06AM

Main British Car:
I really thought that I'd be an action figure by now!

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Re: Holy Cow!!!
Posted by: DiDueColpi
Date: July 18, 2012 02:54AM

This guy overcooked it right into a retaining wall. The wall that he stuffed it into had a big screen on it along with a camera so you could watch him drive right into it. I was sitting in the marina and the car was craned out over the water to get the race back underway. The crowd was a little jaded by then as they just had a big fire on the pit lane so the crash was a bit anticlimactic.
That silver van is on the pit lane just before the start finish line. Right after this the pits were closed to non essential personnel and all of these people got the boot. And so long to my pit pass as well.
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BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6470 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Holy Cow!!!
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: July 18, 2012 10:28AM

Lovely photo Fred. A little hard to drive with the wheels pointed both ways though I suppose. Makes my back hurt just thinking about the landing.

Welcome back. Think we had a pool going... well, you'll se the thread eventually.

Jim


Dan B
Dan Blackwood
South Charleston, WV
(1007 posts)

Registered:
11/06/2007 01:55PM

Main British Car:
1966 TR4A, 1980 TR7 Multiport EFI MegaSquirt on the TR4A. Lexus V8 pl

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Re: Holy Cow!!!
Posted by: Dan B
Date: July 18, 2012 10:44AM

I like the purple straps.


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Holy Cow!!!
Posted by: roverman
Date: July 18, 2012 02:14PM

Fred, Forget all that, Where's "our" 180 crank ? Wellcome back- if you brought it,. Cheers, roverman.


DiDueColpi
Fred Key
West coast - Canada
(1365 posts)

Registered:
05/14/2010 03:06AM

Main British Car:
I really thought that I'd be an action figure by now!

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Re: Holy Cow!!!
Posted by: DiDueColpi
Date: July 18, 2012 09:15PM

Funny thing about that crank Art.
Once the guy figured out that I was really coming to see it, he was always 350 or more kilometers away from where I was.
We put over 5000 kms on the rental car and were never near him. Hmmmm.
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roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Holy Cow!!! Is that a Model "T" crank ?
Posted by: roverman
Date: July 19, 2012 11:05AM

What some people will say, for 15 sec's of fame. Plan "B" ? Onward, roverman.


rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
(2764 posts)

Registered:
10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: Holy Cow!!!
Posted by: rficalora
Date: July 19, 2012 07:41PM

I get it now. Couldn't see the chain or strap/bar when I saw the picture on my phone.


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