In a message dated 3/29/01 9:43:13 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
greenman62@hotmail.com writes:
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Yes, but.
There was always a pecking order. In the 50s and 60s, we still waved at
other sports cars...but a Mercedes would not wave at a Triumph, though it
might acknowledge a Jaguar. It was complicated and sometimes you didn't know
if an oncoming car was wave-worthy until the last moment- one had to stay
alert. (When I drove a 300SL roadster one afternoon I didn't even
acknowledge any other cars, much less wave. And in my Hillman I was too
embarrassed to look up.) In racing the Porsche guys always went off by
themselves to talk about their latest speed secrets. The British car guys
went off to see what parts were interchangeable. The Italian car owners were
usually looking for the track welder and the French car owners, if any, went
to the woods to smoke Gauloises and sulk.
tom
The Easley Vintage Grand Prix
IRP, October 6-7, 2001
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Tom Butters
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and the NHRA US Nationals.
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