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Re: Pictures from Colorado English Motoring Conclave:

To: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Re: Pictures from Colorado English Motoring Conclave:
From: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:22:05 -0600 (MDT)
The model is in the very top of the picture.  Almost cut off, but not quite..

James, was one of your cars there?  Did I get a picture of it?



On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, James Nazarian Jr wrote:

> The Elise has been imported as an airplane.  Yes an airplane.  It is the
> second generation prototype aircar.  If you look at the pictires you may
> see the mounts in front of the rear wheels for the wing struts, and the
> brackets inside the rollbar are for the fuselage.  The steering wheel has
> been replaced by a computer module that handles navigation/steering.
> Don't know if it had plates on it but its papers say it's an airplane.  At
> one point he had a R/C prototype set up on the rollbar, but I don't think
> that was up when this photo was shot.
> 
> James Nazarian
> '71 B roadster
> '71 BGT ever so slowly turning into a V8
> '63 Buick 215 
> 
> "I sure wish I had a racer's budget, or are the racers just better at
> explaining expenses to the wife?"
> -Unknown
> 
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Keith Gernert wrote:
> 
> > On 17 Sep 2000, at 17:31, Andrew B. Lundgren wrote:
> > 
> > > I took about 250 pictures from this years Conclave...
> > > They are at:
> > > http://lundgren.thornton.co.us/Conclave-2000/camera.html
> > 
> > Andrew, thanks for posting the pics.  I enjoyed looking through them.  A 
>lot of great 
> > MGs there.  I've always had a thing for the Lotus Seven and Minis, so those 
>pics 
> > were appreciated.  
> > 
> > And how did that Elise get into the States?  Is is the special $50,000+ 
>"racing-only" 
> > version?  Did it have legal US plates?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Keith Gernert
> > 79 MGB
> > --
> > 
> 
> 


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