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 been replaced by a computer module that handles navigation/steering.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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Keith Gernert
> > 79 MGB
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