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Offline 4-barrel Mike

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Small 1981 Historical sidelight
« on: March 03, 2016, 04:20:39 PM »
Pages 33-37.  Lincoln/Mercury Motorsport sponsored streamliner & Mercury LN7 (pre-Dolan):

https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=http://foureyedpride.com/pdfs/motorsport/lincolnmercury/1982_LM_Motorsport_Binder.pdf

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Re: Small 1981 Historical sidelight
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2016, 04:37:21 PM »
I used to have that Lyn St. James poster. 

It wound up in the trash when my 1st wife and I found an apartment.

I still have a lot of respect for Lyn St. James . . .
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Re: Small 1981 Historical sidelight
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2016, 05:11:52 PM »
I sort of told Dan Warner I'd drop this issue but I did find it curious that the LN7 ran H and G/GT here, but GC, Alt and CC later. Rules have been rewritten to clarify the issue.

We spent a lot of time with Don Debring at Bonneville over a couple of years and I visited him at his house in CA later. Really nice guy, now passed. He kindly gave me a set of his plans that I modified for my size, engine/tans and capability to build my liner.
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Offline Stan Back

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Re: Small 1981 Historical sidelight
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2016, 05:38:58 PM »
". . . essentially a showroom car . . ."

I guess we have "essentially a Model A Ford".
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Re: Small 1981 Historical sidelight
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2016, 12:29:39 AM »
". . . essentially a showroom car . . ."

I guess we have "essentially a Model A Ford".

I guess I essentially have a "fuel tank" powered by a Model A Ford........
Should have just stayed with the Chebbie.
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Re: Small 1981 Historical sidelight
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2016, 07:36:37 PM »
Dolan ALWAYS read the book by what it didn't say, then did it.. He wasn't the first or last to do this.
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