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Re: Vintage race cars built today

To: <S800Racer@aol.com>, <vintage-race-digest@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: Vintage race cars built today
From: "Mike Cobine" <mcobine@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:08:30 -0400
Yeah, I noticed.  I got the wrong car.  Try this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=593215768


----- Original Message -----
From: <S800Racer@aol.com>
To: <mcobine@earthlink.net>; <vintage-race-digest@autox.team.net>;
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Vintage race cars built today


> In a message dated 7/10/01 9:40:40 AM, mcobine@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << It doesn't have to be a Roger Penske car or a works car or a famous
winner.
> There were lots and lots of club racers, that ran weekends, that are real
> race cars.   And I doubt that buying an old MGB production car from the
'60s
> or '70s would break the bank any more than the one you built.
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=593202841
>
> Go look at this one and tell me you built yours for less than a $1000. >>
>
>     This does not appear to be a very good example.  The ad material seems
to
> indicate that this car does NOT have any racing history.
>     Furthermore, while someone might be able to find MGBs and Spridgets
that
> do have race history, where would I find an available Honda S800 with
period
> history at a reasonable price?  The race history requirement would wipe
out
> the entire population of Honda S800s vintage racing in the U.S. (mine and
one
> on the west coast that is being readied for vintage.)   I don't think it
is
> good for vintage racing to eliminate rare and unusual production cars
based
> on lack of period race history.
>
>     Doug Meis
>     '67 Honda S800

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