Atwell,
I just wish I still had all those plastic models (or the money I spent
buying them) back in the late 50's and early '60. They would probably
be worth a mint today.
Joe
Atwell Haines wrote:
>
> At 09:58 AM 11/27/98 -0500, Andrew Mace wrote:
> >As a teenager, I read _Rod & Custom_ almost as faithfully as I read _Road
> >& Track_ and _Motor Trend_. Back then (1960s -- gasp! He's OLD!), I was
> >just as fascinated by the creations of George Barris, Gene Winfield, the
> >Alexander Brothers ...
>
> <SNIP>
>
> Wow, Andy, as long as we are revealing those deep dark secrets, did you
> like 'Big Daddy' Ed Roth (creator of the Rat Fink) as much as I did back then?
>
> > Nor am I wrong to
> >enjoy a bone-stock Mk.IV wheezing its way up a steep hill. :-)
>
> At my age, I thought _I_ was the one that was wheezing. You mean it was
> the Spitfire all along? <whew>
>
> Atwell Haines
> '79 Spitfire
> Wheezing into the next milennium (both of us).
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