Hi Paul,
Yes I have heard of Fred Opert of New Jersey. He was the importer of a number
of Formula Ford makes including the Alexis Mk 14 that I race today. He also
sold Lotus, Hawke and Titan. As a matter of fact he is scheduled to make an
appearance during a vintage race this summer at Gingerman Raceway in Michigan.
There is a "Clash of the Titans" being planned and he is one of the guests. He
had a great advertising piece in 1969 showing three ready to race FFords
(Alexis, Hawke & Lotus) on their own single axle trailers, each accompanied by
a blonde wearing hip hugger bell bottom pants. You could purchase either car,
complete with helmet, gloves, driving suit, underwear & goggles for only $4,395
(without the blondes, of course!) I'm looking forward to meeting him to see if
he remembers what happened to the blondes!!!!
Vroom, vroom,
Jeff
Paul Richardson wrote:
> I've just looked up my wages on a contract in 1969. I was working for Ulf
> Norrinder who ran a Lola T70 Mk 111B and a T142 F5000 car. My wages were
> £35 per week (about $100) plus win bonus. We racemecs used to insist on
> several expenses 'deals' when we got to know people who'd invite us to
> '
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