Arie... each of us is here for a different reason... Check the Archieves at
www.listquest.com I think there was another fella that was interested in
Modeling Land speed cars. Don't know if he is still a member of the list
but he was a serious model collector.
I don't know much about the MG cars.... did get to Meet Andy Green in 98 and
we had an interesting chat while they thrashed on the Latest MG attempt.
I collect Austin Healey's as well as play with this Land speed stuff and it
was Donald Healeys runs that got me really interested in the first place.
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: ArieB <ariebras@wxs.nl>
To: LSR list <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 3:33 AM
Subject: Intro / LSR Models
> List,
>
> Thanks to everybody for the welcome and the info.
>
> I have sent an email to Daniel Wright (and he mailed me back with info) on
> the models soon to be available, and I will check Jocko Johnson's website
> again pretty soon on the models he could do (although sculptutres might be
a
> better description I think).
>
> It is indeed a very big problem that one has to limit oneself.
>
> It all started out for me when I collected model cars (diecast) but
without
> specific interest, and In a model car shop in Paris I saw my very first
LSR
> model car: the 1963 Spirit of America! I did not know what it was, but I
> soon found that out. The problem with some info on the absolute landspeed
> record, was to find suppliers for models. I did at the time think that
there
> were only very few models available!
>
> Through the internet I found an address in England, and the guy supplied
me
> with info on the "Speed Record Club" who publish a quarterly magazine with
> info on all sorts of things related to speed records: ASR / WSR / LSR
> etc...including model news.
>
> Now I know where to get it, there is so much available that I just have to
> choose one by one. But hey, that is part of collecting! Moreover, I am
> trying to collate all sorts of info on available models / books / LSR cars
> in museums etc... into a website. Initially for the absolute speed record,
> but I am thinking of adding to that later on with info on the various MG
> record cars, the Colani "Automorrow '89" with the UTAH 1 thru 13 vehicles
> etc.. etc...
>
> Coming to Bonneville - one of my wishes for the future - is in itself not
> much of a problem, but we have 4 kids at home with the youngest one nearly
7
> and the oldest 14, so a trip to Bonneville is not yet that high on the
> priority list.
>
> Thanks for making me feel welcome. Will be in touch, and I hope you don't
> mind my wanting to pump you guys for info in the future.
> Arie
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