Rod wrote on Mon, 22 Dec 97 -
> >ObChapman: I once had a girlfriend whose father had a Chapman
> >battleship. Damn thing was so much trouble that I had to keep my
> >liking for Lotuses secret.
>
> What a '64 Ford Galaxy? Ex-John Sears?
No, no. One of the Moonraker boats Chapman used to build.
> When ACBC was tight with Ford, didn't they use big Ford wagons and
> such at the factory?
Chapman was too tight (British meaning) to let anyone at the factory
have large cars. He had a Galaxy that was photographed with Jim Clark
making fun of it, but one of Clark's prizes for Indianapolis was another
one.
Mike
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