Dean,
You should probably look into the 750 Motor Club. I think that was a
major part of Englands Hot Rod scene.
Mike
To:
WeslakeMonza1330@aol.com
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent:
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Golden Age of
Sports Cars thoughts
But I'm sure he knows somebody who can tell him about
those days.
I ran into an elderly British woman at the car show at Westown
Manor (near
King Of Prussia, PA) earlier this year.
She was telling me about
how her brother made a "Special' out of an old
Ford. This might have been
around the late 50's
Most of the sports cars were for export. So a young guy
with little money
had to improvise.
She was an interesting person to talk
to. Her brother eventually became a
physicist.
She indicated that there was
a big brain drain in the UK after the war and
he eventually ended up in the
USA (as did she).
I've heard and read a lot about early US hot rod culture,
but I'd like to
know more about what these young Brits were up to.
_____
From: WeslakeMonza1330@aol.com [mailto:WeslakeMonza1330@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:22 PM
To: dlh2001@comcast.net;
spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Golden Age of Sports Cars
thoughts
I don't think he's that old!
In a message dated 23/10/2012
05:47:41 GMT Daylight Time,
dlh2001@comcast.net writes:
Yeah, maybe Daniel
can chime in on that.
I would like to know more about "Specials".
By this I
mean the sports cars that UK folks built up themselves
during the post war
era.
Sort of like the US hotrod culture.
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