And he has a TR3 too!!!
Roger
>From: LMR356@aol.com
>Reply-To: LMR356@aol.com
>To: 356drb@indy.net, vintage-race@autox.team.net
>CC: chapman-era@autox.team.net, gmaltby@minn.net, CARRERAGTS@aol.com,
>skirmants@home.com
>Subject: Re: Lotus Eleven on Speedvision
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:54:52 EDT
>
>In a message dated 9/29/00 11:55:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>356drb@indy.net
>writes:
>
><< I've just been informed that the Escape Roads segment filmed at
> Indianapolis Raceway Park a week ago Tuesday will air on AutoWeek on
> Speedvision two weeks from today at 7:00 PM & 11:00 PM ET. It is based
> on my wide-chassis Eleven, #275 -- ex-works Sebring 1957 -- and should
> have some fleeting shots of Gary Bartlett's D-Type in the background.
> >>
>
>It's interesting that Dr. Brett Johnson is one of most recognized and
>dedicated 356 Porsche restoration historians and author....and yet...has
>had
>the "flexibility" to become a multi-marque devotee of motorsports. His
>restoration of the ex-Sebring Lotus XI is extraordinary...in as much as he
>did most of the detail work him$elf.
>
>Brett's owning and racing a British car ( with oil leaks, electrical
>failures, blown head gaskets, broken spokes, lost bolts, etc...) among that
>tightly-knit 356 Porsche (Por-sha) purist group is somewhat of a
>shocker...but kudos to him and all the others!!
>
>Looking forward to watching the Speedvision segment.
>
>Lee Raskin
>Brooklandville, MD
>356ers and the Arnolt-Bristol too
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