I had quite a similar experience with my 10 yo daughter (at the moment)
with my '62 XKE while following a nowadays Ferrari. The guys in front
didn't believe their eyes to see me stick to their track.
Fine moments.
Bernard
HBJ723407
E-Type 3.8
XK120
caws52803@aol.com a icrit :
> Neat story.? I remember my first lesson with my daughter Kim.? We were headed
>to a meet in our 100/Six and my right leg went to sleep so we needed to pull
>over and change drivers.? Found out that the wallet caused this.? She had been
>driving our family wagon that was stick shift, so no problems there, but when
>she pulled out back on the highway she jerked the wheel and the Healey cut
>across the road.?? Didn't take her long to get the feel of the car, but I had
>a few more white hairs.
> Rudy Streng
> Lenoir, NC
> BN4
> AN5
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Sailer <BJ8Healey@msn.com>
> To: Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:45 am
> Subject: [Healeys] Spirited Drive
>
>
>
> Morning all... I thought you might enjoy the following: Sunday eve I took my
> daughter (17) out for a Healey drive in the foothills behind our home in
> Idaho. She has been learning to drive a standard using my Land Rover Defender
> 110 (can't stall that) and I thought it time to have her drive the Healey. As
> we headed out into the vast undeveloped foothills (open rolling plains / with
> sagebrush leading up to mixed aspen and lodge pole pine) on a superb windy
> climbing road I came up behind a 60s Pontiac GTO convertible. The male duo in
> the GTO were looking at scenery top down going about 55 when I came up behind
> and due to corners I could not immediately pass. As we broke into an open
> stretch the driver of the GTO punched it .. and I simply followed (I think
> much to the surprise of the GTO) ... the straight ended at about 95 mph ...
> my daughter loved this .. (we did have a talk about conditions, experience and
> how they relate to safety later) ... into the corners the GTO simply had to
> back way off and we wound our way through several miles of corners until I
> passed ... both drivers hands raised in mutual joy of classic cars and a
> spirited drive ... not long after I turned the car over to my daughter for
> her first Healey drive .. She got 1/2 hour of experience in ... a few nice
> unintentional burnouts .. and hopefully some memories ...
>
> Jim Sailer
> 66 BJ8
> 60 Frogeye (basket case)
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