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Re: International British Car Awareness Week
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2008, 11:14:46 AM »




















































Sorry,.....TRIUMPH.........how soon we forget..........










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Re: International British Car Awareness Week
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2008, 12:13:55 PM »
Why would anyone run a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing at Bonneville worth $1,000,000? Because!!! :-D
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Re: International British Car Awareness Week
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2008, 08:14:27 PM »
Quote from: fredvance on June 11, 2008, 12:13:55 PM
Why would anyone run a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing at Bonneville worth $1,000,000? Because!!! :-D

How else will ya know how fast it will go, this one has spent a lot of time on the salt.
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Re: International British Car Awareness Week
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2008, 01:23:37 AM »
Quote from: krusty on June 10, 2008, 10:00:24 PM
. . . why would you want to take it someplace that will promote corrosion?!     vic 

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Quote from: fredvance on June 11, 2008, 12:13:55 PM
Why would anyone run a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing at Bonneville worth $1,000,000? Because!!! :-D

How else will ya know how fast it will go, this one has spent a lot of time on the salt.

And there are a lot more Midgets in the world than 300 SL's, so taking a rust free Midget onto the salt isn't nearly as flagrant an assault on the sensibilities as you might think.  Hell, the car that currently holds the record for I/GT is an Abarth Bialbero - when was the last time you saw one of those?

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Re: International British Car Awareness Week
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2008, 07:00:12 AM »
Quote from: bak189 on June 11, 2008, 11:14:46 AM

Sorry,.....TRIUMPH.........how soon we forget..........

...I worked for the local importer they're mostly "Thai"-umphs now......

as for taking a Midget to the salt?....good answer Chris......

the real question is why a bloke who's , what are ya? five foot eighteen inches or somethin'? , try and cram himself into one... :-D :-D :-D :-D
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Re: International British Car Awareness Week
« Reply #20 on: June 12, 2008, 08:28:21 AM »
Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on June 12, 2008, 01:23:37 AM

And there are a lot more Midgets in the world than 300 SL's, so taking a rust free Midget onto the salt isn't nearly as flagrant an assault on the sensibilities as you might think.  Hell, the car that currently holds the record for I/GT is an Abarth Bialbero - when was the last time you saw one of those?


The one before that was an Abarth Zagato Double Bubble, another rare example.  The current record holder borrowed parts from the previous owner.

But in the spirit of the post, the one before that was a Bug Eye Sprite....  :-o  Don't ya love Bonneville, you can see almost anything there...  8-)
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Re: International British Car Awareness Week
« Reply #21 on: June 12, 2008, 10:03:15 PM »
Quote from: Dr Goggles on June 12, 2008, 07:00:12 AM

the real question is why a bloke who's , what are ya? five foot eighteen inches or somethin'? , try and cram himself into one... :-D :-D :-D :-D

Sometimes, the key to riding high in the saddle is getting a really small saddle.  :-)
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Re: International British Car Awareness Week
« Reply #22 on: June 12, 2008, 10:16:25 PM »
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