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Re: "Dearie, Do You Remember...."

To: sosnaenergyconsulting <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>
Subject: Re: "Dearie, Do You Remember...."
From: Craig Wright <cwright@pdghightower.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:59:00 -0700
Fred Puhn, the designer, builder and sometime driver of the Santee 
Sports racer just gave a talk at our Shelby club meeting in San Diego 
last week. A very interesting guy. He also wrote the book "How to make 
your car handle", whose subject is self evident, and I would recommend 
it to anyone interested in understanding and adjusting their 
suspension. Can you say "akerman"?

Craig Wright


sosnaenergyconsulting wrote:
> Thanks for the link, Steve!  Nifty cars.
> Oh, I found this while messing about in there:
> http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/SanteeSportsCar.html#Santee
> 
> The Santee Special.  Built in Santee, San Diego.  What's interesting is 
> when you look at the windshield.  Look familiar?  Early Sunbeam Alpine! 
>   Can't say I figured that out for myself: it was mentioned in a 
> magazine article :-)
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Regards
> 
> David Sosna
> 
> Steve Laifman wrote:
> 
> 
>>  Tigers and 'Pines,
>>
>>My son, Jay, was at the old Paramount Ranch (CA) movie site where I took 
>>him for Renaissance Faires when he was a kid. He found it was used as a 
>>sports car road course in the mid 50's and found a fine web site.  You 
>>will notice a lot of my old acquaintances there, and it is a lot of fun 
>>to see how it used to be. Yes, I was at that race.
>>
>>For a reminisce of the days I drove my new XK120M to watch my friends 
>>race (I was outclassed by then), 
>>
>>See Ken Miles in action, and what the AC looked like BEFORE Shelby, take a 
>tour through:
>>
>>www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/ParamountRanch.html
>>
>>There are plenty of name links and even a home movie of the races.
>>
>> http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/tam_redo_102.mov Just for old car fans.
>>
>>Steve

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