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To: scowle@mentorcollege.edu
Subject: Choice of car
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 08:01:42 -0800
Scott & All,

In my case, The choice came out of nostalgia I suppose. I ran roadsters 
from 1959 through 1981. I acquired the Piersion Coupe,  in 1980 and ran 
it through the 1991 season. Because it had been a very successful car, 
it just seemed natural to build another '34 Ford coupe and improve on 
the streamlining as best I could. Quite frankly, I knew that I would be 
giving away a bit of "slippery" to my competitors, it would have been 
smarter to have built a Pontiac Trans Am or something similar. But I am 
not SMART! And, I do like a challenge.

We had run well with the Pierson Coupe and I really thought that there 
would be more improvement in performance, by doing the streamling, than 
I have realized so far. That is not to say that I am regretting my 
choice, if I had it to do over, I would still chose the '34. It is a 
unique car that gets a lot of attention, it performs well, and I am 
enjoying running the car. I also enjoyed running the Pierson Coupe, it 
got a lot of attention and performed well too, but it was never seen as 
my car it was, and always will be, the "Pierson Coupe". My present car 
is recognized as TOM's COUPE and I enjoy that. We all have egos don't 
we? If not, why do we do this?

Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC

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